Is there a pathway to happiness? Luke Kendall believes so, and seems to have found it. So what is it?

Luke is a former IT guy but now makes his living happily as an author. But his pathway began with meeting his wife, whom was 22 years his senior and working on her PhD at the time. They married 6 months after meeting and remained married 30 years until she lost her fight to cancer.

Marriage was just the beginning of his pathway to happiness, and his taking up writing and becoming an author of self published books is and has been his journey to happiness since. Immerse yourself in his books which may be found on Amazon/ Kindle.

Luke believes happiness is found in helping others and making others happy, and this is his goal in writing. He measures success not in financial rewards, but in the number of people he serves through his writing.

Check out his website and then his books which are easily found on Amazon. You’ll have found your path to happiness as well possibly, and most assuredly will help Luke find his.

2:00 - unique story. Met his wife while working, and felt they were soulmates. She was 22 years older and working on her PhD. Married 6 months after meeting, remained for 30 years. Died from cancer/dementia.

7:20 - after wife’s death and speaking with career counselor, she suggested he wasn’t happy with IT and determined since he liked to write why not take a stab. Started writing because it was something he wanted, and entirely submerged into writing to blunt loss of his wife.

11:00 - is there a pathway to happiness? Yes… through helping others, through appreciation of things around you, doing things that make you happy.

12:50 - life as a writer… started self publishing on Amazon. Did well for a while until Amazon changed algorithm and required authors to pay for ads. Likes to write books v. articles but is living off his savings, not making a lot of $$ writing. Views writing as a success based upon what readers get out of it, not what he financially gets out of it.

Find out more and connect with Luke at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukejkendall-author/  

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