Utkarsh Narang talks with a guest about why people seek greater joy. The guest teaches gratitude skills as the path to it, arguing that even brief moments of gratitude prevent misery without requiring constant happiness.
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And so if someone's standing at the step of that ladder, what would they be sensing right now? How would their life be right now that they feel that there is a need to go up this ladder?
You feel the need to climb the ladder if you don't feel that your life is full of joy right now. That's, that's what it's about. It's just about— and all my books, as you mentioned, are about teaching gratitude skills. That's the secret to joy. It's that simple. It's not complicated at all. If we live a life of gratitude, then we live a life of joy. So— And any moment that you spend in gratitude is a moment that you're not miserable. You don't have to be happy all the time. You don't have to worry about that. Just take one moment and experience gratitude. That's what builds it.