Mike Duffy - The happiness hall of fame

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, our guest is Mike Duffy, CEO of Happiness Wealth Management in San Carlos, California.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike is a philanthropist who wrote five books on happiness: The Great Luck: A Positive Guide to Happiness! The Happiness Hall of Fame Homeless Outreach, which provides desperate income, food, spiritual advice, and hope, was also founded by Mike. Mike began to appreciate, inspire, and honor those who made others happier. The Hall of Happiness of Fame. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:02]</span> <strong>Why should I listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I talk to strangers almost every day, and I have a homeless outreach. My experience led me to start speaking to strangers on the street, getting to know them, and becoming friends. That moment shifted my destiny, and it's a given that we received the gift of my time.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[8:49]</span> <strong>Happiest people have past tragedy.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was born happy, born grateful love to be around people and have fun. At the age of 17, I lost my mom. Now I was gifted with one of the most amazing mothers ever. But within three months, she had died of cancer. And I was left in a state of depression for years there. You will find that most people that are the happiest today have tragedy, or trauma someplace in their past.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:26]</span> <strong>People's concepts in ability to have money.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I took a course at Stanford on failure. I learned that failure is a real ingredient in success.  Think of Edison; think of Colonel Sanders, who 1000 times was turned down with his great scheme of walking into restaurants and saying, here's my fried chicken restaurant recipe. And then finally, after 1000 times, somebody said, Yes, and it grew from there.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span