Secrets of Happiness: It may not be what you think it is NAGC Big Event‚ 28th October 2012 Dr Shoshana Garfield‚ PhD What Makes You Happy? What Makes You Distressed? Feeling Experience T h o u g h t h o u g h t T Outside In Living T h o u g h t What is ‘Thought’? • Non-verbal: – Even infants can be clinically depressed – Physical pain is so non-verbal it even‚ in the extremity of the moment‚ may eradicate the very capacity for language • Verbal: – 12‚000 to 50‚000 thoughts per day (National
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Introduction Happiness as a concept is poorly understood‚ inside and outside the workplace. It is important to see in an organization for employees to be happy‚ and not just for the employees themselves. Many people feel that if they become successful at work‚ they will automatically become happy. But it should be reversed. It is important to be happy which will then help people to become successful. (Achor‚ 2011) In Shawn Achor’s book (The Happiness Advantage‚ 2010)‚ happiness meansㅡ the joy people feel
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The Ethos of Happiness? Ethical theory revolves around the notion of the most final good. This concept originates with Aristotle who argues that if our pursuit of ‘good’ is to make sense‚ there must be a most final good. A good is most final if it is chosen for its own sake and not for the sake of anything beyond itself. Two other constraints that Aristotle puts on the highest good is that it is to be self-sufficient and most desirable. The Hellenistic philosophers add another constraint
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what is Happiness? what is happiness? Since human beings appeared on earth‚ everyone in the world regardless of social class or rank has given a lot of effort to get happiness. The three kinds of rights‚ which are the rights to pursue life‚ liberty and happiness are clearly declared in United States Declaration of Independence. If people lost the right of pursuing happiness‚ human being’s lives‚ quality and value will be also lost. Hence‚ many people are striving to be happy. The author of the
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A History of Happiness The concept of happiness is one that causes controversies‚ some says it doesn’t exist and others revere it. In this particular case one can read the facts of this phenomenon on the article A History of Happiness. In this article is recounted how the view of happiness has changed with time. Furthermore‚ it is compared one against the other. It is mentioned how linguistics shows the happiness as the human kind seeks being well and how this relates to our concept of it.
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The Greatest Salesman In The World 1) What happened to the little camel boy turned greatest salesman in the world? Hafid become successful and be the one of the most greatest salesman in the world‚ because his wise master pathros gave him “Ten Ancient Scrolls” which contained all the wisdom he would need to achieve his ambitions as a salesman. Hafid was supposed to read each scroll every morning and night for 30 days before moving on to the next one. 2) Why do you think this is a story
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Journal: "The Illusion of Happiness" For the course Intro to literature John Abbott College 2012-11-12 The Illusion of Happiness “If we are not happy there is something wrong with us”‚ says Chris Hedges‚ author of the article The Illusion of Happiness. This way of thinking might be the reason why there is such a big infatuation around psychology. Or‚ positive psychology might simply be a figment created by psychologists in a purely lucrative goal. Through his paper‚ Chris Hedges tries to
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The Pursuit of Happiness In 1981‚ in San Francisco‚ the smart salesman and family man Chris Gardner invested the family savings in Ostelo National bone-density scanners‚ an apparatus twice more expensive than x-ray with practically the same resolution. The white elephant financially breaks the family‚ bringing troubles to the relationship with his wife that leaves him and moves to New York. Without money and wife‚ but totally committed with his son Christopher‚ Chris sees the chance to fight for
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Hobbies and Happiness Looking back‚ I acquired most of my happiness and enjoyment through my hobbies. Even today‚ I continue these hobbies and have passed them on to my daughter‚ just as they were passed onto me. As far back as I can remember‚ as a young child I would help in the kitchen to prepare dinners or be at a table with Grandma Emma and Great- grandma Rose working on various arts and crafts. It was during these times that I developed my love for creative outlets‚ such as baking‚ sewing
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The greatest invention ever Out of the 6‚973‚738‚433 people who currently live in the world‚ how many people use the internet? According to Internet world stats‚ in the year 2011‚ thirty two percent of the world population used the internet in their everyday lives. After a year had past‚ more teenagers and elders started to use the internet to communicate research and watch the news. This great invention by Tim Burners-Lee had become a part of us‚ something our teenagers cannot survive without-
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