Practice kicking the ball up to yourself. (to get the right feel for the ball.)…
Jennifer Senior discusses her research concerning positive psychology and whether or not happiness is teachable and highlights some of the darker sides of happiness. To start the article, Senior reveals her score on her test from the Authentic Happiness Inventory. The test designed by Chris Peterson of the positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. This test is intended to numerically score ones level of happiness. In a scale of 1 to 5, Jennifer got a grade of 2.88. This indicated she was below average for most rankings such as “age, education level, gender and occupation” (422). Senior states she is at the 50 percent mark for her given zip code. She stated that liking her job was helpful to her happiness and that her religious views did not. She also stated that she believes unhappy thoughts can take over ones thinking. I decided to find what the literal definition of happiness was, to better understand this research.…
Achor defines happiness as, “the experience of positive emotions - pleasure combined with deeper feelings of meaning and purpose” (Achor 39). When the definition is put into those terms, I can really understand that I’ve settles for less as my definition of “happiness”. My definition of happiness is almost more accurately a definition of “content”. I am merely satisfied with my life. I, like so many others, have fallen into the trap of believing true happiness will come with success. Based on Achor’s research, this idealism is completely false. His research suggests that happiness causes success. In this section of the book, Achor goes on to say that, “happiness makes us more thoughtful, creative, and…
Can we become happier? The answer is yes. Most people, especially those who are less educated, will say that happiness is simply having lots of money and luxury things or is successful at work. According to “Happier”, Dr. Tai Ben – Shahar – a professor of Harvard University – discusses true happiness in life and the way of making life become more meaningful. Through this piece of work, we realize that happiness is a combination of pleasure and meaning.…
At this turning point in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the protagonist, Romeo, has been banished for killing Tybalt out of revenge for the death of his cousin, Mercutio. In having to face his banishment, Romeo flees to Friar Laurence’s cell to escape the Prince’s men and consult on what he shall do. During Friar Laurence’s monologue in act three, scene three, he explained to Romeo how being banished is a much better punishment than the original punishment, death; that his lack of control put him in this situation; and he should be lucky to be alive and have Juliet.…
Many children have an ingrained notion in which success develops from achieving good grades, thriving in athleticism,…
In the world today, it has been said that having a successful life and a career will make you happy. Moreover, longitudinal studies shows that happiness precedes as well as follows success and many of the effects of positive emotions were parallel by experimental research that induced positive affect in well-controlled studies positive emotions seem to build people’s intellectual, psychological, and social resources that contribute to enhanced happiness, as well. Having success in life is an enjoyable thing when it is involving happiness with positive behaviors. It’s like enjoying something every day, every week, and waking up just to go to work. Have you known somebody, or maybe you have done this yourself, always complain about going to work, or don’t…
ABC News 20/20 documentary, “Happiness, how to find it, understand it, and achieve it” by Bill Weir. Happiness is what we most want in life. Happiness cannot be bought, paid for, or found. It must be created. Happiness is a choice. Create your own happiness. Many people aim for happiness. Some through money, marriage or department stores. Our goal in life is to achieve happiness. Bill Weir reports on how to get happy, how we are hard wired for unhappiness and the extremes people will go to achieve happiness. Abraham Lincoln says” Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” Weir also visits the happiest places on earth, and these countries might surprise anyone. America is so far down…
(Recently a research, reported by UN, announced that only 57% precent people in US are pretty happy in 2010. It is surprised that 43% people in America with affluent resources and comfortable environment are unhappy, if these conditions are not able to make people become happy, how could we become happy again?)…
Multiple viewpoints concerning happiness exist, such as how one can attain happiness, and the different types of happiness. Two different perspectives on happiness are proposed in the articles by Arthur Brooks and Adam Green. Happiness 101, by Adam Green analyzes Thomas Aquinas writings on the attainment of happiness and the types of happiness. Love People, Not Pleasure, by Arthur Brooks focuses on how individuals attempt to achieve happiness by accumulating material wealth and objects. However, it is Brooks’s opinion that material objects cannot allow one to achieve happiness, but loving people is how happiness is attained.…
Each country has their own way of viewing happiness and what should make their people happy. I find this to be a misconception. We are all individuals and we all see things in a different way such as what makes us happy or feel fulfilled inside. People who are viewed as happy in our country today are also seen as being rich, having a loving family, and a great occupation. Our society is attracted to material things, rather than spiritual ones.…
There are many ways that one can achieve happiness. Some achieve it through material things while others take home memories that’ll be recalled over and over. There are also many articles and poems that relate to happiness such as “Study: High Incomes don’t Bring You Happiness”, “An Overview of the Great Depression”, and “Truth”. The authors all share the same view point about finding the key to happiness. It is that people should look to the bright side of every situation instead of focusing on the economics.…
The first factor that influences human development is a person’s socioeconomic status. This indicates a person’s position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, and place of residence. As a child, socioeconomic status has a big effect on the way a child is raised and the opportunities available to him/her. Children that come from high socioeconomic status families typically are more successful because they have more resources readily available to their children. They are able to afford high-quality childcare, education, and healthcare. Their children are also typically more involved in recreational sports and extra-curricular activities broadening their children’s horizons and talents. Children that are raised in low socioeconomic families lack the financial, educational, and social support that would make them feel equal to children from higher social standing families. These feelings of unease and not fitting in can lead to low confidence and low motivation. Children have to live with these feelings and the circumstances they were born into until they become adults and can make their own livings. Anyone is capable of overcoming his or her circumstances! When children grow up, they get to decide how far they want to take their education and what type of career field they want to go into as…
peers (Diener et al., 2002). When we are happy, our relationships, self - image, and…
Throughout history many have tried to find what makes the “good life”. One key consideration when discussing what makes the “good life” is happiness. Many have tried to define happiness or how to achieve it, such as Aristotle in The Eudemian Ethics. Happiness seems to be subject to personal interpretation, but what makes people happy or leads to happiness seems to be rooted in human interaction and habit. People who consider themselves to be happy have strong family and friend networks. (Happy, 2011)(Fleeson, 2002). Another attribute that leads to a happy person is resilience. The better one is able to recover from a bad situation the happier they will be. Financial status, to a degree, plays a part in happiness. Aristotle examines happiness as consisting of three parts: wisdom, virtue, and pleasure. He comes to the conclusion that the one aspect that truly matters is virtue. Living through Aristotle’s definition of a virtuous life is part of leading a happy life. Without the right virtues that Aristotle speaks about you can lead a very unhappy life even while being resilient. Happiness is rooted in resilience and virtue.…