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Global to Local
Resiliency to Eudaimonia
Eudaimonia to World Peace
Dr. Aymee Coget
© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

 Who is Dr Aymee?
 Why Talk About Happiness?
 Global to Local
 Local to Personal
 Sustainable Happiness in 5 Steps
 Resiliency
 Contentment - Eudaimonia
 Upward Spiral formula for Local to Global
World Peace
Agenda

Who is Dr. Aymee?

Trusted, Recognized & Endorsed Sustainable Happiness Expert
 From metro Detroit , grew up in a loving modest family as an Olympic
developmentally trained athlete
 1996 - age 19 discovered life’s purpose “Help millions of people have
happier lives.”
 1998 - Introduction of Positive Psychology - unbeknownst to Aymee
 2000 - Undergraduate degree specializing in employee happiness
 2001 - First job ‘Happiness Coordinator’ on Trading Floor at Wells
Fargo (before Aymee - EVP yelling daily and employees quitting
everyday; after Aymee - EVP promoted to Treasurer, no one quit,
group grew 4x & made 4x more money)
 2002 - Started graduate school specializing in happiness in
organizational culture transitioned to leadership
 2003 - Started Leadership Coaching Business & Discovered Positive
Psychology in Organizational Settings – first book published from
University of Michigan Business School
 2004 - Started Media Focus for Educational Entertainment & San
Francisco Happiness Club & Trained Community leaders around the
world
 2006 - Created Happiness Makeover™ - Leadership Development
program
 2007 - Trademarked Happiness Makeover / Became Happiness Expert
/ Published book chapter “Thank God I was Fat, Ugly, Poor, Divorced
and Live in Chronic Pain.”/
Wrote Feel Better Now Self Study Guide it is available in English and
Arabic
 2008 - PhD in Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in
leadership and positive psychology
 2009 - Public Speaking & Corporate Consulting
 2010 - FOX, CBS, & PBS
 2011 - Pitched ‘Happiness Makeover’ to 5 cable networks
 2011 - Office Happiness Makeover (2 vet clinics, virtual team, & Global
Architecture office)
 2011 - Happiness Coach Training
 2013 - Book Published ‘Sustainable Happiness in 5 Steps’©
 2014 – Putting happiness in employee wellness programs
19 Years of Happiness Experience
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The Futures Company - Consultant on Future Products related to Happiness
Proctor and Gamble - Top 25 Executives introducing Happiness Science
Edelman PR Firm & Hilton Worldwide - Consultant on National Media Campaign on Travel & Happiness
UCSF Medical Center - Speech to OR and Oncology Nurses on having a good day at work everyday
West Virginia Family Court Judges - Speech Stress Relief with Positive Psychology
Health Magazine - Consultant for Eliminating Stress
Yahoo! Health - Expert Blogger
BlogHer - Featured Expert Blogger
Stanford - Social/ Emotional class teaches my doctoral research on barriers to authenticity in leadership
New York Times - Highlights my work and the Happiness Makeover
FOX - Happiness Expert Guest on Fran Drescher Show on Overcoming Challenges
PBS - Deepak Chopra’s Healing Quest TV 6 min feature on my work
CBS - 5 min news segment on my work and The happiness makeover
Danish TV2 - Coaching an Unhappy Danish Woman on Ole Henrickson Show
Customers
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Customers
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Why Talk About Happiness?

Benefits of Happy People
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Recover from illness faster
Increased immune system
Have greater pro social behavior
Get promoted more often
Make more money
Have more satisfying better longer lasting relationships
 Live on average 7 years longer
(Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.)

Benefits
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Using positive psychology during challenges will aid in
reducing stress, thinking clearly, and expand your brain.
PET scan image from the Mayo Clinic

Global to Local

United Nations declares the first
International Happiness Day
March 20, 2012.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
 The world, “needs a new economic paradigm
that recognizes the parity between the three
pillars of sustainable development. Social,
economic and environmental well-being are
indivisible. Together they define gross global
happiness.”
World Health Organization Predicts Suicide due
to Depression to move from 4th to 2nd leading
cause of mortality by 2020.
International Happiness Day
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Secretary-General Meets Korean Singer, Psy. UN Photo.
Ten Years of peace in Liberia. UNMIL Photo/Staton Winter.

Positive Psychology
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Gross National Happiness
Global Well Being
World Health
Your Workplace
Your Neighborhood
Your Family
YOU
=
Bridging The Gap

“The official metrics for global wellbeing are done. This new
institution of behavioral economic data will forever change how
world leaders lead.”
—Jim Clifton, Gallup CEO, 2010
Global Well Being Index
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Local to Personal

Sustainable Happiness
in 5 Steps

Types of Happiness
© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget eLearning Happiness Courses
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1. Positive Emotion (hedonic)
2. Deep Inner Contentment/Fulfillment (eudaimonic)
3. States of Bliss and Joy (chaironic)

Sustainable Happiness 5 Steps
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1. Empowerment
2. Positive Mood
3. Resiliency
4. Contentment
5. Bliss

Empowerment
Bliss
(Chaironic)
Contentment
(Eudaimonia)
1 2
3
4
5
Positive Mood Resiliency
(Frequent positive affect)
Sustainable Happiness
Five Stage Process Model
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Key: Empowerment directs positive mood (1) and resiliency (2).
From resiliency comes contentment (3 ) and from contentment (4)
and positive mood (5) come states of bliss.

Definitions
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Empowerment
The ability for an individual to take charge of their own happiness
instead of relying on the outside world for happiness.
Resiliency The ability for an individual to recover quickly from life challenges.
Contentment
The ability to be able to create a fulfillment in your heart center by
actualizing individuated MAPS (meaning, authenticity, purpose,
strengths.)
Bliss
The ability to feel connected to a spiritual force that is larger than
your egoic perception. There are three types of bliss: light,
effervescent, and peaceful divine bliss.
Positive Mood
The ability to maintain a positive uplifting mood for a sustained
amount of time.

Empowerment
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Resiliency

The Acceptance Model
1. Decide to Accept
2. Accept
3. Pragmatic Response
4. Ask “What did I learn?”
5. Gratitude for learning
Resiliency
The Happiness Shield
1. Kindness- I admire ____
2. Love- I accept____
3. Optimism- I’m optimistic __
4. Gratitude- I’m grateful __
5. Zest- I’m excited ___

Overcoming Happiness
Challenges

Contentment
Grass Grows with Rain
The Rainbow comes after the Rain
We learn in Every Situation
Good Story?

True or False
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There is a difference between
your mind and your heart?

True
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Research by Dr. Chris Peterson from University of Michigan
and Dr. Martin Seligman show you have strengths of mind
and strengths of heart.

Practical Exercise
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Self Report
What did you do today?
Mind
Heart
Versus

Heart Based M.A.P.S.
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M = Meaning in Life
A = Authenticity
P = Purpose
S = Strengths

Upward Spiral Formula
from Local to Global

DREAMS OF HAPPINESS?
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Upward spiral leads to benefits of happiness
3:1 (+ to - emotions) = Upward Spiral
Upward Spiral = Benefits of Happiness

Cutting Edge Research
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 International Journal of Management Reviews December 2010
1. Happiness at work is a measure of individual happiness
2. There is evidence happiness is important for both individuals & organizations
3. Past research has tended to underestimate the importance of happiness at work
 Harvard Research 2008
 A happy person influences up to 3 degrees of separation of every
single communication.
 Journal of Nursing 2008
 “This is the first study to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness, showing that one
person's emotional state can be affected by someone he doesn't directly know.”

What is ∛ 7 Billion =1913
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What would happen if less than 2000 organizations learn
the 5 steps to sustainable happiness?

Goes Up
 Global Well Being
 Gross National Happiness
 Global Happiness Index
 Sales
 Productivity
 Collaboration
Goes Down
 Suicide
 Depression
 Stress
What is ∛ 7 Billion =1913
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Implement Positive Psychology and Leadership in your organization. If you value
being positive at work, put practicality into the positivity of your working culture.
Benefits include : instant stress relief, increase in productivity, sales, health,
creativity, teamwork, customer service, low absenteeism, lower blood pressure,
and higher job satisfaction.
Consequences : high stress, high depression disability, high turnover, strokes,
and heart attacks
Contact: sfhappinessdoctor@gmail.com for information on interventions
Employee Wellness Program
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World Peace
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 Each Change Agent in this room has a voice in your heart to make
a difference.
 This voice in your heart is sometimes different than the existing
status quo.
 When you seek to make a difference there sometimes
is adversity.
 USE your happiness shield and the acceptance model and always
connect with the voice in your heart.
 Your eudaimonia will impact the bigger picture.

Questions and Comments
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Send emails to
sfhappinessdoctor@gmail.com
What did you most enjoy?

Be The Change You Want To See
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Get Involved. Make a Difference.
Work Together. Be Happy.
Dr. Aymee Coget
www.happinessmakeover.com
sfhappinessdoctor@gmail.com

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