The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

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Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt agree on this

Thomas Jefferson said, “Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any.”

Teddy Roosevelt said, “The best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

Former Esquire editor Martha Sherrill said, “I often think about dogs when I think about work and retirement. There are many breeds of dog that just need to be working, and useful, or have a job of some kind, in order to be happy. Otherwise they are neurotically barking, scratching, or tearing up the sofa. A working dog needs to work. And I am a working dog.”

So what kind of dog are you?

If you like thinking, if you like trying, if you like creating, if you like teaching, if you like learning, if you like connecting, then chances are good you’re a working dog, too. And what do working dogs do?

They work.

They never give up.

They never stop doing.

They never retire.

If you like neurotically barking, scratching, and tearing up the sofa, let’s chat. Because the truth is, you always need to do something. Something different, something interesting, something you love.

But let me tell you another secret.

You need an ikigai first.