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SITE: http://www.courtneyanderson.com/swca-episode-139-joyful-art-of-business-series-are-you-a-prisoner-of-your-own-hope-unhappy--hoping-for-change.html SHOW NOTES: This episode is part of our JOYFUL ART OF BUSINESS™ series wherein we explore how to combine the positive benefits of our professional endeavors (“business”) with the overall positive emotional return on our efforts (“joy”). Our episode topic is, ”Are you a prisoner of your own hope (i.e. unhappy & hoping for change)?” HOPE: “to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true” Hope. (n.d.). Retrieved June 19, 2014, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hope We must have hope to be able to imagine and envision our goals. It is required. The challenge is that we have to balance and combine hope with action. Hope + Action = Positive Outcome If we rely exclusively on hope, we will not take any action to ensure our individual happiness. Even if someone wins the lottery or inherits large sums of wealth, th