About Have An Average Day
One of the most popular tips I have ever written was entitled “Have an Average Day!”. It was reprinted in the Utne Reader and the Irish Journal and a number of other publications around the world. It forms the basis for the sixth session of my book Supercoach, and I have received more mail around it than anything else I have written, often from teenagers, college students, young adults, and sometimes even their parents. I think the reason it speaks to so many people is that they recognize the truth in it – that despite all of our cultural mythology to the contrary, happiness leads to success a heck of a lot more often than success (in the achievement-oriented sense of the word) leads to happiness. Striving and struggling to succeed won’t get you more of what you really want out of life anymore than eating cookies will make you feel loved and whole. It’s a cheap imitation – a poor substitute – and it takes you away from the true wonder and joy that is always on offer and never more than one thought away. So I hereby make this official declaration:
June 22nd is International “Have an Average Day” Day!
That doesn’t mean don’t go to work if you work – it just means take the day off from trying so hard to be exceptional, brilliant, stunning, and amazing. The truth is, you’ll have better days, and God willing, you’ll have worse ones. And since today is the only day you have any guarantee of, you may as well enjoy it.
About Michael Neill
Michael Neill is an internationally renowned success coach and the best-selling author of You Can Have What You Want, Feel Happy Now! and the Effortless Success audio program. He has spent the past 20 years as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor and creative spark plug to celebrities, CEO’s, royalty, and people who want to get more out of their lives. His books have been translated into 8 languages, and his public talks and seminars have been well received at the United Nations and on five continents around the world.
He hosts a weekly talk show on HayHouseRadio.com®, and his newest book, Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life has recently been released by Hay House.
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