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Now that all the mega-lottery winners have stepped forward, the overwhelming odds are you didn’t win. Americans spent $1.5 billion in their quest to win the jackpot, fantasizing about how they would happily spend the $656 million to be paid out to the winner. As it happened, there were three winning tickets so the final after-tax take home for each will be about $100 million. Still, nothing to sneeze at.

Are you wondering how winners have fared in the past? In many cases, not so well. Over 1/3 were in serious financial trouble within five years, some facing bankruptcy. Others saw their health deteriorate or addictions spiral out of control. Relationships often turned sour, with friends or family taking advantage of them. And after an initial spurt in elation, most were not any happier than they were before winning.

So now that you don’t have to spend time counting your fortune or interviewing and hiring a wealth adviser, here are six approaches to think about as you seek the happiness you thought a winning number would bring:

Focus on gratitude. Several times a week, count your blessings and write about three specific experiences for which you were thankful that day. Linger over these memories and choose not to take them for granted. Express your gratitude to those who have made a positive difference in your life – you’ll feel happier and so will they.

Savor pleasurable events and emotions. First immerse yourself in these activities, being mindful so that your experience is rich and deep. Then set aside time later to re-live the event and enjoy Your feelings all over again. You’ll find that your body becomes more relaxed, your thoughts more focused and your mood more upbeat.

Engage in the world around you. When you’re absorbed in a challenging activity that you love and are skillful at, you’ll feel more alive and authentic. Your energized focus and immersion in the task at hand create flow. This peak experience is accompanied by deep feelings of fulfillment and happiness.

Build and nurture personal relationships. Studies continue to show that positive relationships provide a buffer for stress and are correlated with greater happiness, wellbeing, optimism, improved health, even a longer lifespan. And they work to create an upward spiral – the happier we are, the more we attract additional positive relationships.

Create a meaningful life by helping others. Receiving a windfall of money – like that coming from a lottery win – doesn’t actually lead to a long-term rise in happiness when you use it only for yourself, once your basic needs are met. However, when you spend a portion of that money on others – either as a gift or as a charitable donation – your joy and contentment increase.

Set goals for yourself and work to achieve them. Striving for and accomplishing a goal increases self-esteem and a sense mastery and efficacy. When you overcome challenges along the way, it creates even deeper wellbeing and feelings of control. And the optimism that you have about future meaningful successes can generate authentic happiness.

Is happiness really as simple as a warm puppy? Or as materialistic as a winning lottery ticket? There have been scores of philosophers and theologians over the years attempting to define it and to identify its components. As President Abraham Lincoln put it: Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

How happy will you decide to be?

© 2012, Her Mentor Center

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To a larger extent I think that every one reading this would say me. Then again with all the bad publicity of those who have won and who’s life’s have become total disasters more and more people are asking the question “do I want to win?”. I think before we answer the question we need to contemplate the consequences of such an action.

The Winning Numbers

First of all we have to take a look at ones chances of ever hitting the big jackpot. Most but not all lottery systems have you randomly picking six numbers between one and forty-nine. The numbers you chose depend a lot on the way you as a person thinks. Some of us would pick numbers about family members ages while others will use birthdays. There is any number of unlimited ways to pick your six numbers for playing.

Once you have selected your numbers they are then registered with the selected lottery company’s computer system in the form of a lottery ticket. This is your proof that you did register your numbers and participated in the lottery of the day your ticket is valid. Then you have to wait until the drawing to see if you have won.

Now to win the jackpot of most if not all lottery’s you have to select all six numbers drawn randomly at the drawing. That’s five numbers plus a bonus ball. Your chances of picking the same six numbers are about 1 in 80,089,128. That is pretty big odds against you to start with. For some the heavens and earth align and they hit the jackpot.

Here you are now holding the winning ticket in your hand to several millions. You already know that claiming the prize is going to have huge life changing consequences. How big these changes are depends on you as a person and how you react to winning such a large sum of money.

Lottery Horror Stories

Every day we see and read about how bad things have been for past winners of the jackpot around the globe. There is even a television show about people who have won and lost everything. So much is publicized about people who have won and how it has damaged there lives because it sells. Pick up any news paper or take a look on-line at most news web sites and you will see the stories within are generally full of doom and gloom.

They print all the bad stories because they sell. People are curious by nature and for some strange reason need to read or watch about the failure of others around them. Sure I will agree that a small majority of jackpot winners do have unfortunate changes in their lives which have negative effects. Are these changes due to how they reacted to winning such a large amount of money or the changes of others towards them because they have so much money?

I think it would be fair to say that it is equally a combination of both these circumstances. Only too often the dream of winning is far greater than the actual realization of winning. Others around you can and will try to pass their opinions on to you about what you should or should not do. This can lead to tremendous problems from not just family and friends but strangers as well.

Responsible Winners

On the other hand we never really hear about people that have won and go on to lead very fruitful lives as a result. These stories may not seem news worthy for publishers or the people who won just keep a low profile. Through out the world a number of people who have won that have gone on to affect many peoples lives in a positive way.

We can all think that winning such a vast amount of money will not changes us and constantly tell others around us that if I win I will do this or that. The cold truth of the matter is none of us really know what we would do given such a large responsibility. We can only hope that we are wise enough to make the right decisions and responsible enough to see the good we can do.