The document provides tips for increasing happiness through creating meaning in life by using one's unique strengths and talents to serve others. It recommends finding purpose by helping others through skills and volunteering 1-2 hours weekly in activities that utilize strengths if work does not allow it. Fulfilling the human need for meaning through service prevents suffering and benefits both oneself and those served.

1. How to Increase Your Happiness:
Create Meaning into Your Life

2. Meaning Through Service
• Life’s meaning provides a sense of purpose to keep our
spirit alive.
• Create purpose through your strength & talent in service.
• People are born with unique strengths & talents that
others need.
• If you aren’t helping others through your skills, then
everyone will suffer:
▫ 1) You suffer because you aren’t creating meaning into your
life.
▫ 2) Others suffer because you’re depriving them of the
services they need to live well.

3. Fulfill Your Purpose
• As long as you live, your craving for meaning will
always be there.
• This means you would need to serve others.
• When you are not fulfilling that human need,
you would experience suffering.

4. Volunteering
• If your work does not support your strength/talent,
then volunteer for 1-2 hours a week in activities that
need your skills.
• If your work supports your skills, then you’re on the
right track.
• If you’re retired, then you can do volunteer work
that allows you to use your skills.
• It does not matter what stage of life you’re in,
creating meaning is a lifelong task.