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The Solomon Paradox - advice to your future self

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The Evolve Journey involves developing the four pillars of happiness (health, wealth, relationships and freedom) to raise your baseline level of happiness... 

Health

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Wealth

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
― L.P. Jacks

Relationships

There was once a King named Solomon. He was amazing at giving advice, people would come from far away, and he could instantly recognise their problems, their blindspots and come up with incredibly sound advice. 
 
The only trouble was when it came to his own life, his decisions were disastrous; he couldn't apply wisdom that was so helpful to others to himself. 

This is named the Solomon paradox. Just think now, when a friend has come to you with a problem, how easily you can spot the solution and the way forward. This mix of rationality and kindness makes all the difference and it's why when we journal, we write 'Advice for future you'. 
 
It's our little hack for avoiding dear Solomon's paradox and shortcutting to some wisdom while uncovering blindspots and illuminating the best path forward. Talking to loved ones too helps a great deal!

Freedom

You’ve already achieved goals you once believed would give you lasting happiness. 
 
Are you caught in the happiness deferment trap? Promising yourself you'll be happy if you could just achieve this, earn that and so on. 
 
This isn't to say don't have goals. Instead. what you can do right now to find joy in the journey—while you're working your ass off towards creating the future you desire.
 
Does it have to be at the expense of the joy today?

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