THE HAPPINESS
ADVANTAGE
TODAY YOU’RE GONNA…
Directly experience a variety of methods for increasing happiness. YAY!
Identify a variety of activities that support your happiness
Create a personal plan for incorporating more happy-making activities into your life.
HEY, LET’S WATCH THIS VIDEO…
“The Happiness Advantage: Research linking happiness and success” - Shawn Achor
http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html
KEY POINTS AND INSIGHTS FROM VIDEO
The public library
is the center of
public happiness
first, of public
education, next.
John Cotton Dana
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Each day, write three things for which you are grateful.
September 18
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September 19
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September 20
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September 21
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Happiness is not a
goal...it's a by-product
2. of a life well lived.
3. Eleanor Roosevelt
September 22
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ingredients for happiness
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Write down one positive experience from the last 24 hours
happiness advantage
Write down three things that inspire a feeling of gratitude.
Exercise
3-5 Minutes Meditate/Pray/Mindful Breathing
Perform an act of kindness or express appreciation to someone The happiness of
your life depends
upon the quality of
your thoughts.
S t r e t c h Marcus Aurelius
Pet a pet (a furry pet!) or hug or cuddle with a friend or loved one
Spend time with someone you feel good around (“resonant relationship”)
Let us be grateful
to the people who
make us happy;
they are the
charming
Dealer’s Choice: What else facilitates your happiness? gardeners who
make our souls
blossom.
Marcel Proust
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insights and inklings 4
KEY CONCEPTS, INSIGHTS, AND TAKEAWAYS
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Action may not
always bring
happiness, but there
is no happiness
without action.
William James
4.
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my happiness plan 5
List four things you CAN do that will promote happiness in your life.
Circle one (or two) that you WILL do tomorrow.
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Happiness is when
3. what you think,
what you say, and
what you do are in
harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
4.
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happiness materials 6
Achor, Shawn
Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness,
and Sustaining Positive Change (2013)
happiness advantage
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel
Success and Performance at Work (2010)
Emmons, Robert A. and Michael E. McCullough (editors)
The Psychology of Gratitude (2003)
Gilbert, Daniel
Stumbling on Happiness (2007)
Haidt, Jonathan
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006)
Hanson, Rick
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (2009)
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and
Confidence (2013)
Lyubomirsky, Sonja
The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want (2008)
The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t The most miserable
Make You Happy, but Does (2014) people I know are
those who are
Rath, Tom and James K. Harter
obsessed with
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (2010) themselves; the
happiest people I
Reivich, Karen and Andrew Shatte know are those who
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strengths and overcoming Life’s lose themselves in
Hurdles (2003) the service of
others...
Ricard, Mathieu and Daniel Goleman
I have come to see
Happiness: A guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill (2007)
that if we complain
Seligman, Martin about life, it is
because we are
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for
thinking only of
Lasting Fulfillment (2004)
ourselves.
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being (2012)
Gordon B. Hinckley
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (2006)
The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children against Depression
and Build Lifelong Resilience (2007)
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