by Christina Nelson: Happiness Coach

1. You eliminate fear, anxiety and stress. You can’t be happy and depressed at the same time. It is impossible. When you decide to be positive within yourself the negative has to leave. It is just like walking into a dark room, you don’t yell and scream at the darkness and tell it to get out. You don’t try to grab it and physically remove it from the room so the light can get in. No!

You ignore the darkness because you know that all you have to do is simply flip the light switch and the light comes in.

2. Your body heals itself—when happy, your body produces endorphins and other chemicals that help your body repair and heal on its own. There are a multitude of stories of people who have had “miraculous” healings.

Often the body has even healed or eliminated cancer or other diseases that doctors couldn’t cure. Science has proven that when fear and doubt are eliminated it gives the body a better chance to heal itself.

3. Others are drawn to you—they like feeling good so they want to be around you. This works really great if you want to eliminate negative people and start attracting more positive friends. This positive energy then comes back to you from them.

4. You will find the good in people and in life. When we are happy we naturally see more of the good around us and in others instead of what is wrong. People respond better to positive reinforcement than negative.

So, in business, finding the good in people and the job will make you a better leader, manager, organizer, instructor, coworker, etc. And in your personal life you will be a better spouse, lover, friend, neighbor, and parent.

5. You could possibly earn a raise or promotion. There are statistics now proving that happy people do better on the job, get better jobs, and make more money. There is a very good chance that when your boss, manager, supervisor sees you working better with the customers/clients, and being more productive, he will want to reward you in some way, possibly with a bonus, raise, or promotion.

Don’t wait for prosperity to bring you happiness. Use happiness to bring you prosperity.

Stefan Aschan, leading expert on lifestyle, health and fitness solutions.