You don’t need to overhaul your lifestyle in order to feel fully charged. Your general well-being is shaped by how much fulfillment you get out of daily life. That's determined by three key factors: meaning, positive interactions, and energy.

Forget about chasing happiness. The more significance you put on achieving it, the more likely you are to feel lonely and unfulfilled. Real happiness is a by-product of a meaningful life. It makes you feel enriched by contributing to something bigger than yourself.

Meaning is centered around internal motivation. You don't need to transform lives to find this; it can be draw from any situation. In that sense, meaning is not something that happens to you. It’s something you create.

You create meaning when your strengths and interests meet the needs of others. Identifying your talents and passions is only half of the equation. The other half is understanding how and where you can apply them.

Money and success are external motivators. That makes them fleeting sources of meaning and fulfillment. Even successful people become miserable when they compare themselves with more successful people.

Most people try to squeeze little bits of meaning in here and there, instead of dedicating their entire working day to meaningful things. The key is to work for more than just a living. Consider the impact that your job has and how you contribute value.

The way we view our work often depends on how we describe it to others. Would you rather believe the positive or negative version? If you haven't found your calling, observe the times when you’re exhilarated and when you’re tired. What are you doing in those moments?

Ask yourself three questions: 1) What would I feel satisfied doing for a living even if it didn't pay? 2) What do people routinely ask me for advice on? 3) What activities do I get so swept up in that I lose track of time?

The people around us influence our habits, choices and motivation. That's why it's important to invest time in worthwhile experiences with the right people. Interactions with others tend to generate far more positive moments than negative ones.

Make a habit of assuming that others have good intentions. The opposite is, in fact, rarer than you'd expect. Navigating life in the assumption that people have negative intentions toward you (whether it's true or not) will only bring out the worst in you and drain your energy.