Marilyn Tam is a Speaker, Author, Consultant, Board Certified Executive & Corporate Coach. Formerly CEO Aveda Corp., President Reebok Apparel and Retail Group; Vice President Nike Inc. and successful entrepreneur of four companies.

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Marilyn Tam – Give your team the inspiration and tools to advance performance, morale, productivity and leadership. Check out Marilyn’s website.

3 Value Bombs

1) Happiness is an overall sense of well being of a person and of feeling that there is balance in your life.

2) We need connections to thrive. It takes time and dedication to build relationships.

3) Recognize that we are a member of a community , working together collaboratively to create abundance, health, joy and fun in line with the greater good. When we have that altogether,  we are definitely happy and will create more happiness in the world.

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Show Notes

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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: Your Happiness Choice.

[1:12] – Marilyn shares something that she believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

• You have all the ability and what it takes to become successful.

[1:51] –  Marilyn talks about a list of 5 decisions she made that will determine our happiness starting with #1 Money.

• Most focus on this and thinks it is the only reason or thing that is going to make a difference if they will be happy or not. How you look at money and how you balance it with the other 4 decisions that you need to make will determine if you are truly going to be successful or not.

[2:54] – Mailyn gives an example.

• She coached a C level executive in a Fortune 50 company who has achieved success having acquired houses, planes and helicopter , all those things that can make a person happy including having a third spouse thinking that was the one. He has it all in monetary aspect but he confessed to her that he is not happy.
• They work on shifting his perspective from getting money to what will give him happiness.
• Happiness is an overall sense of well being of a person and of feeling that there is balance in your life.

[6:32] – Marilyn talks about #2 Body.

• When most people are on the climb to getting more money, they unconsciously abuse their body. Stress and not taking care of their body by not eating healthy, don’t exercise. The body imbalance results to unhappiness.

[9:07] – Marilyn talks about #3 Relationships.

• Money, body and relationships are all tied together and it’s the relationship that we sacrifice.
• We have to understand that there’s more than us in the world.
• We need loving and caring relationships and to depend on other people. We are social animals and we have to make time to cultivate and appreciate other people.
• We need connections to thrive. It takes time and dedication to build relationships.

[11:40] – A timeout to thank our sponsors!

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[14:26] – Marilyn talks about #4 Spiritual Life.

• When we don’t have any connection to something that is higher than us, we feel alone. We all encounter hardships and we can’t do it with our own efforts. There is a sense of divinity.
• She is not advocating any religion. It can be  ature or a connection to something greater than us that is intangible and that is something that we enjoy and gives an anchor to something that makes us feel that we are here for a purpose or a reason for our being.
• With a sense of wonder, you have a sense of belonging that doesn’t come from the different aspects of life that is very powerful and cannot be measured.

[17:11] – Marilyn talks about #5 Community.

• We have to connect, give back and help others. We can’t get to where we are without our community. It’s the circle of life when we connect the 5 decisions together.
• Putting all this things together in a dynamic balance is what life is about and we need it all.

[19:46] – Marilyn gives her key take away.

• Recognize that we are a member of a community , working together collaboratively to create abundance, health, joy and fun in line with the greater good. When we have that altogether, we are definitely happy and will create more happiness in the world.

[20:20] – Call to action.

• Marilyn Tam – Give your team the inspiration and tools to advance performance, morale, productivity and leadership. Check out Marilyn’s website.

[21:35] – Thank you to our Sponsor!

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