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_powerpoints_-_happiness.pptxWHAT’S YOUR DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS?
EXPERIENCING JOY OR OTHER POSITIVE EMOTIONS
OR
BEING SATISFIED WITH ONE’S LIFE
OR
THE ABSENCE OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY OR OTHER NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
OXFORD HAPPINESS INVENTORY
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” - Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence, 1776
WHO IS THE HAPPIEST PERSON YOU KNOW?
HOW DID HE/SHE DEVELOP INTO SUCH A
HAPPY PERSON?
WHY IS HE/SHE SO HAPPY?
Two key components of happiness
FIRST KEY COMPONENT OF HAPPINESS:
HAPPINESS IS A PROCESS, RATHER THAN A RESULT OF ACHIEVING A DESIRABLE GOAL.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
HAPPINESS DOES NOT JUST COME FROM REACHING THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT ALSO FROM THE PROCESS OF THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
WHAT MIGHT BE THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PROCESS?
COMPONENTS OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
TRAINING AT HOME
ENJOYING THE GORGEOUS VIEWS
3. ENJOYING THE COMPANIONSHIP OF FELLOW CLIMBERS
4. ENJOYING THE RELIEF OF AN OCCASIONAL REST
5. OVERCOMING DIFFICULT AND PERHAPS UNEXPECTED OBSTACLES
6. REACHING THE TOP
7. ENJOYING A VICTORY CELEBRATION
8. REFLECTING BACK ON FOND MEMORIES OF THE CLIMB
HAPPINESS COMES FROM DOING ….RATHER THAN HAVING. ENJOYING THE ACTIVITIES ON THE WAY TO THE GOAL = LONG-TERM PLEASURE REACHING THE GOAL = SHORT-TERM HIGH
AUTOTELIC EXPERIENCE VS. EXOTELIC EXPERIENCE
AUTOTELIC EXPERIENCE – AN ACTIVITY THAT IS DONE FOR THE JOY OF DOING IT AND NOT FOR THE SAKE OF THE FUTURE REWARD
EXOTELIC EXPERIENCE – AN ACTIVITY THAT IS DONE MOSTLY FOR THE RESULT OR REWARD AT THE END
IF YOU’RE SINGING BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO SING, YOU’RE HAVING AN AUTOTELIC EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU ARE SINGING STRICTLY TO GET ON AMERICAN IDOL, YOU’RE HAVING AN EXOTELIC EXPERIENCE.
WAS CINDERELLA’S WEDDING TO PRINCE CHARMING HER GUARANTEE FOR A LIFETIME OF HAPPINESS?
BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG PRINCESS WHO MARRIES PRINCE CHARMING.
WAS HE A KIND, LOVING AND FAITHFUL HUSBAND?
DID SHE HAVE KIDS? WERE THEY SPOILED AND BRATTY?
DID SHE GET BORED WITH ALL OF THOSE
ROYAL BALLS?
HAPPINESS IS A PROCESS… NOT JUST ACCOMPLISHING A GOAL.
EVERYONE LIKES PLEASURE BUT WOULD YOU LIKE A LIFE MADE UP COMPLETELY OF GOOD FEELINGS? PHILOSOPHER ROBERT NORZICK PROPOSED THE CONCEPT OF BEING HOOKED UP TO A MACHINE THAT STIMULATED THE PLEASURE CENTERS OF THE BRAIN ON DEMAND SO YOU COULD FEEL GOOD ALL THE TIME? WOULD YOU WANT THAT?
HAPPINESS FEELS GOOD, BUT IT DOESN’T JUST FEEL GOOD…
SECOND KEY COMPONENT OF HAPPINESS: HAPPINESS IS GOOD FOR YOU IN MANY WAYS.
HAPPINESS IS HELPFUL , FUNCTIONAL.
AND A RESOURCE TO BE USED RATHER THAN ONLY TO BE ENJOYED.
BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS
HAPPY PEOPLE:
LIVE LONGER
STAY MARRIED LONGER
PRODUCE MORE CREATIVE IDEAS
WORK HARDER AND BETTER ON THE JOB
HAVE FEWER ILLNESSES
MAKE MORE MONEY
HELP OTHERS MORE
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING MORE PHYSICALLY FIT
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING FRIENDS
DESTINATION ADDICTION
DEFINITION = A PREOCCUPATION WITH FINDING SATISFACTION TOMORROW OR LIVING IN THE NOT NOW
A CONTINUAL SEARCH FOR THE NEXT PLEASURE
I PROMISE MYSELF (AND EVERYONE ELSE) THAT IF I CAN JUST GET PAST THIS ONE PROBLEM OR OBSTACLE AND THEN I WILL BE COMPLETELY HAPPY
THEN THEY GET TO THEIR DESTINATION AND IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN
WHAT’S THE HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR?
ANSWER: THE THIRD FRIDAY IN JUNE
Calculated from:
The value of being outdoors (O) is added to nature (N) multiplied by social interaction (S), plus childhood summer memories (Cpm) divided by the temperature (T) and added to the excitement felt on a holiday (He).
Formula by Cliff Arnall, Cardiff University
HAPPINESS PHOBIA VS. ANHEDONIA
SOME PEOPLE RESIST FEELING HAPPY DUE TO CERTAIN FEARS?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE FEARS?
1) IF WE FEEL HAPPY NOW, WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR A LETDOWN
OR DISAPPOINTMENT LATER.
2) IF WE APPEAR HAPPY, OTHERS MIGHT ENVY US AND/OR DISLIKE
US BECAUSE
WE SEEM SO HAPPY.
3) WE FEAR LOOKING SELFISH IF WE ARE OVERLY CONCERNED WITH BEING HAPPY.
4) WE FEEL GUILTY PURSUING HAPPINESS IN A WORLD WHERE SO
MANY PEOPLE LACK
BASIC NECESSITIES.
5) WE DON’T DESERVE TO FEEL HAPPY.
ANHEDONIA
DEFINITION: INABILITY TO EXPERIENCE PLEASURE FROM LIFE EVENTS THAT ARE PLEASURABLE FOR MOST PEOPLE SUCH AS EATING, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, SEX, EXERCISING, ETC.
THIS IS A KEY SYMPTOM
OF DEPRESSION.
WHEN WE LAUGH, WE FEEL GOOD.
IT IS HARD TO FEEL BAD WHEN WE LAUGH EVEN IF WE ARE HAVING A ROUGH DAY.
LAUGHING CLUBS IN INDIA
PROVE THE POINT
THE GOOD FEELINGS FROM LAUGHTER CAN BE TRACED TO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES.
LAUGHTER ELEVATES NATURAL MOOD-ENHANCING ENDORPHINS AND RELEASES THE FEEL-GOOD BRAIN CHEMICAL, DOPAMINE.
LAUGHTER ALSO LOWERS THE
CHEMICAL, CORTISOL,
WHICH IS ASSOCIATED
WITH NEGATIVE STRESS.
RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HUMOR AND PHYSIOLOGY:
TWO GROUPS OF CARDIAC
PATIENTS WERE IN A STUDY
FOR ONE YEAR POST HEART
ATTACK.
THE GROUP THAT WATCHED 10 MINUTES OF COMEDY DAILY IN ADDITION TO THE MEDICAL TREATMENT HAD FEWER HEARTBEAT IRRECGULARITIES, FEWER REPEAT HEART ATTACKS, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, AND LOWER STRESS HORMONE LEVELS THAN THE OTHER GROUP WITH JUST THE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DOES THE AVERAGE AMERICAN ADULT LAUGH?
15 TIMES A DAY
UNDERLYING GENETIC FACTORS MAY INFLUENCE HOW OFTEN AND HOW ENTHUSIASTICALLY WE TEND TO LAUGH.
91 percent of top executives surveyed consider humor important to career advancement.
WHY?
INCREASING THE HUMOR/LAUGHTER IN YOUR LIFE CAN INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS, LEVEL OF RELAXATION AND OPTIMISM.
WITH A PARTNER, DISCUSS WHAT IS A SURE BET TO GET YOU TO LAUGH IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR LAUGH/PER DAY STATISTICS? WHY DOES THAT PARTICULAR STIMULUS STRIKE YOU AS BEING SO FUNNY?
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PREDICTORS OF ONE’S LIFE SATISFACTION IS WHETHER OR NOT AND HOW OFTEN YOU
ARE “ENGAGED”
IN LEISURE ACTIVITIES
THE LEISURE ACTIVITIES THAT GENERATE THE MOST LASTING HAPPINESS ARE THOSE THAT CREATE A STATE OF MIND KNOWN AS “FLOW”
FLOW IS A STATE OF MIND WHERE YOU ARE SO FOCUSED ON AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU HAVE NO SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOU LOSE TRACK OF TIME
WITH A PARTNER, DISCUSS ANY LEISURE ACTIVITIES YOU HAVE DONE OR CURRENTLY DO THAT PUTS YOU INTO
“FLOW”
