102. “Do You Know What I Like Most About You?” And Other Ways to Make Life Happier with Dr. Hal Urban

If you’ve committed to spending more time on things that add to your quality of life, then our guest today will bring delight to your everyday experiences. Dr. Hal Urban has traveled over two million miles talking about how small shifts in our positive character traits can help us celebrate the life we are living. He has written eight books on the power of positivity, but with a unique twist on how we can take control of our happiness.&nbsp; Dr. Urban’s shares story after story about “Living by choice, not chance.” His insights are not from hopeful speculation and anything like the typical “positive thinking” narratives. And they are not from cold research that turns out to be hypothetical in real life. No, Dr. Urban is sharing all that he’s learned from (and with) the students he taught for 35 years.&nbsp; Turns out, when it comes to gathering some wisdom about improving our perspectives… children can be our greatest teachers.&nbsp; In this interview, Hal shares many terrific tips about how we can often change the future by simply changing a few words in our standard responses to greetings like “How are you?” Or, how we can put a spring in our step and the steps of others with simple conversation openers like, “You know what I like best about you?”&nbsp; This episode gets to the heart of the quiet aspect of the Conspiracy of Goodness of our times by pointing out the characteristics most of us admire and love in others.&nbsp; [00:00- 02:12] Opening See the world in a positive way [02:13-05:44] Dr. Hal is a school teacher for 35 years with emphasis on good character&nbsp; Adjunct Professor at University of San Francisco His first book “Life’s Greatest Lessons” was selected by Reader’s Digest as most inspirational book of the year on the year it was published Mission in life: helping others by lifting their spirits Favorite quote: “We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.”- Horace Mann [05:45- 08:43] Happy hormones We live by choice not by chance People’s attitude is their choice. Attitude is the control center of life We do have control how to handle our attitude Viktor Frankl “The last of human freedom is man’s ability to choose its own attitude no matter what the circumstances are.” [08:44- 12:06] <li style=