We live in a world where each human being has his or her own ideas, or thoughts. For example, the way each person understands “happiness” differs from one to another. The idea that a person has about happiness will lead her or him throughout life, in each purpose or wish to achieve, and also in each goal the person pursues. For this reason, it is extremely important that the thoughts around this idea are constructed based on the person’s own experiences, as well as other people's experiences that make the person feel comfortable and secure with him or herself. It is so important that this idea of happiness influences him or her positively and allows the person to have joy during the time he or she lives in this world.

From my perspective, happiness is a feeling that the person has to build. It is a means that helps us to have satisfaction and feel fulfilled in our lives. Happiness is not something that is always present in life. However, in the moments where happiness is present, we must try to make the most of it and use it as motivation to continue forward.

In my life, there have been many people who have influenced the way I understand happiness. One person I do not know face to face, I have just heard him speak in several interviews. I also read his opinions in many articles, because this person has a concept about happiness that is quite interesting . The person I'm talking about is Toni Nadal, a tennis coach, who for many years has been the coach of one of the best tennis players in history, Rafael Nadal. I have always been Rafael Nadal's fan. Toni Nadal is known for being a very strict person who believes in hardness as a means to achieve happiness. His philosophy is that successful people achieved their goals by taking advantage of opportunities, because they were willing to face difficult times. On the way to happiness, it is impossible not to go through adversity, because this is part of the process, and it is key to know how to face these situations, which will shape our lives. The truth is that hard situations are the ones that give us a notion of what we really want, of what we really wish to have. We must understand that, as human beings, we find it difficult to put theory into practice. I think that the only way to be successful is by facing adversity. We must get used to leaving our comfort zone, to know that the objectives we set ourselves do not have to adapt to us, we must adapt to them. Many times, it is difficult to understand, but hard and very demanding situations shape our character — this is the law of life.

We cannot get stuck when difficult times come. The best option is to look forward and keep in mind that if we do things as they have to be done, we will achieve our goal and, undoubtedly, we will get the happiness that we look for. This is how I understand it, but obviously, we are different, and in that diversity is where everyone will make their own decisions that will lead them to feel fulfilled, and as a consequence satisfied with society, too. Errors will be part of us all the time, but we must counteract them with effective solutions. There is no key to happiness, but, from my point of view, this outlook seems to be the most appropriate.

Even though people around me have contributed many things to my personal training, I want to emphasize Toni's contribution to my life, because I really admire his methodology and his way of understanding what happiness is.

Let's live with a goal, but mainly, let's live to achieve it.