Should you work full-time, part-time, or not at all? The Gross National Happiness Index data story may have invaluable information for your life decisions.
Happiness at Work in a Money-based System is based on the work of David Rock published in the NeuroLeadership Journal, "SCARF: a brain based model for collaborating with and influencing others." The presentation gives realistic and valuable ways to increase happiness in the work-place based on basic work-place needs.
This document outlines 12 practices for a happy life, including seeing reality accurately instead of how you wish it to be, setting intentions based on virtue rather than harmful motives, behaving ethically, speaking harmoniously instead of gossiping, maintaining balance in work and leisure, choosing a career that helps others and the environment, being fully present instead of mindlessly busy, training the mind to focus on positivity, and assessing personal happiness using metrics from happycounts.org.
A handbook with simple things one can do to increase their own happiness and the happiness of others. The handbook is modeled on the Gross National Happiness Index and covers the 10 domains of happiness. It is one of the tools in the Happiness Initiative's toolkit.
The document introduces the "Happiness Budget Card" as a tool to ponder one's happiness across different life domains. It lists 11 domains of happiness: standard of living/finances, governance, environment, health, learning and culture, psychological well-being, community, social support, time balance, and work. For each domain, it poses reflective questions to consider one's level of satisfaction in that area and identify potential priorities to increase overall happiness.
Learn how to use the Gross National Happiness Index and join the happiness movement. Join the league of over 60 people who have taking the Happiness Initiative Leadership Training and are making history in their town, city, community, campus or company. Visit happycounts.org and click on the "training" for more information.
Happiness at Work in a Money-based System is based on the work of David Rock published in the NeuroLeadership Journal, "SCARF: a brain based model for collaborating with and influencing others." The presentation gives realistic and valuable ways to increase happiness in the work-place based on basic work-place needs.
This document outlines 12 practices for a happy life, including seeing reality accurately instead of how you wish it to be, setting intentions based on virtue rather than harmful motives, behaving ethically, speaking harmoniously instead of gossiping, maintaining balance in work and leisure, choosing a career that helps others and the environment, being fully present instead of mindlessly busy, training the mind to focus on positivity, and assessing personal happiness using metrics from happycounts.org.
A handbook with simple things one can do to increase their own happiness and the happiness of others. The handbook is modeled on the Gross National Happiness Index and covers the 10 domains of happiness. It is one of the tools in the Happiness Initiative's toolkit.
The document introduces the "Happiness Budget Card" as a tool to ponder one's happiness across different life domains. It lists 11 domains of happiness: standard of living/finances, governance, environment, health, learning and culture, psychological well-being, community, social support, time balance, and work. For each domain, it poses reflective questions to consider one's level of satisfaction in that area and identify potential priorities to increase overall happiness.
Learn how to use the Gross National Happiness Index and join the happiness movement. Join the league of over 60 people who have taking the Happiness Initiative Leadership Training and are making history in their town, city, community, campus or company. Visit happycounts.org and click on the "training" for more information.
Thanks to all of you who came to my TESOL session. You can get handouts and lots of downloads of Positive Psychology activities for teaching ESL/EFL at: http://ELTandHappiness.terapad.com
Feel free to use any of this stuff (the PowerPoint or the downloads) with your students.
All people desire happiness but it is elusive. Positive psychology studies what makes people happy, such as feelings of safety, love, compassion, gratitude and mindfulness. While happiness is our goal, traps exist within our brains that evolved for survival, not happiness. Our brains can be trained through practices like mindfulness, gratitude, empathy, compassion, and self-compassion to overcome these traps and increase well-being. Mindfulness meditation in particular helps quiet the wandering mind and become less reactive to negative thoughts and emotions.
Small acts of kindness, even daily, can significantly increase happiness and life satisfaction. Performing small kindnesses can benefit people physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally over time as positive effects accumulate. While physical benefits may not always be obvious, acts of kindness promote happiness from within through mental, spiritual, and emotional rewards.
(MBASkills.IN) The Surprising Science of HappinessSameer Mathur
The document discusses the human prefrontal cortex and its ability to simulate experiences. It notes that while people expect winning the lottery to result in long-term happiness, studies show lottery winners and paraplegics are equally happy after 1 year due to impact bias overestimating future events' effects. Happiness can be synthesized through changing one's views, and synthetic happiness is as good as achieved happiness according to experiments. While synthetic happiness seems unnatural, changing one's views is effective. The document advises synthesizing happiness when truly stuck without options, and notes problems arise when preferences drive too hard or fast by overrating differences between futures.
The document discusses positive psychology and factors related to happiness. It notes that rates of issues like divorce, teen suicide, crime, and depression have increased significantly from 1960 to 2000. Research shows that happiness is associated with benefits like better health, relationships, job performance, and longevity. Studies found that optimistic older adults had half the heart attack rates of less optimistic peers. The document advocates cultivating optimism, gratitude, and kindness to increase happiness and resilience.
The document discusses how to be happy by providing a complete guide to rational living. It explores topics like the ABCs of happiness, characteristics of psychologically healthy people, positive versus negative thinking, managing emotions, resolving conflicts, and overcoming depression. The guide suggests that happiness is achievable by taking control of your thoughts and focusing your energy on goals and values that provide satisfaction.
The science of happiness
"I'll be happy once <I get this done/I get a promotion/I change job/I buy a new car/etc >". How many times have you said something like this? We think happiness comes from success, but science has proven that it's the other way around: being happy makes us successful.
Happiness has huge benefits on most aspects of our lives, including the professional one.
So how can we be happy? Well, turns out we can quite easily "trick" our brain into being happy(er). Let me tell you how, and how I apply these concepts in my day to day work with my team
Downloads
Powerpoint: https://goo.gl/teHeis
PDF: https://goo.gl/qwV6KB
Social wellness involves maintaining healthy relationships and how those relationships can positively impact other areas of wellness. It relies on open communication between parties and understanding different perspectives. The benefits of social wellness include increased self-esteem, better stress handling, relief from depression, and maximizing life experiences. Communication is key to social wellness, allowing people to get through misunderstandings and be a positive influence on others.
Happiness for leaders: positive psychology and science of well-beingIWMW
This document discusses happiness and ways leaders can increase their own and their employees' happiness. It defines happiness and outlines several scientifically proven strategies to boost happiness, including savoring moments, expressing gratitude, kindness, social connections, managing time well, meditation, sleep, and exercise. The document notes that while life events only account for 10% of happiness, our thoughts and actions determine 40% and that managers can positively or negatively influence the emotions and happiness of their employees, even when not directly interacting with them.
The document discusses measures and indicators of health and well-being, including life satisfaction, positive and negative feelings, activities, living environment, variety of interests, mental health factors like optimism and stress levels. Examples provided are having a balanced lifestyle with healthy activities and work-life balance as signs of life satisfaction, and how playing sports can make one feel happy but drugs and excess alcohol affect long-term health and well-being negatively.
This document was written for The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index. It may be used for non-commercial purposes and with the understanding that you will share the data you collect. The Happiness Alliance issues unique codes to communities, cities, campuses, companies and others to gather aggregate data for groups in a grassroots effort to contribute to the happiness movement. We also work with pollsters to conduct random samples. Please contact info@happycounts.org for more information.
The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index requests that you use the following form of words to cite this document:
Gross National Happiness Index, (2013). GNH Index Round 2. Seattle: The Happiness Initiative, Developed by Howell, R.T., Musikanski, L., & Goldenberg, E.
This document was written for The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index. It may be used for non-commercial purposes and with the understanding that you will share the data you collect. The Happiness Alliance issues unique codes to communities, cities, campuses, companies and others to gather aggregate data for groups in a grassroots effort to contribute to the happiness movement. We also work with pollsters to conduct random samples. Please contact info@happycounts.org for more information.
The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index requests that you use the following form of words to cite this document:
Gross National Happiness Index, (2013). GNH Index Round 3. Seattle: The Happiness Initiative, Developed by Howell, R.T., Musikanski, L., & Goldenberg, E.
Candidate A argues that adopting a positive attitude is a key way to attain happiness. This involves smiling often, which improves one's own mood and how others respond. It also means finding good in challenges and not giving up easily.
Candidate B claims that setting and achieving goals is crucial for happiness. Goals provide motivation and fulfillment, and boost self-esteem even through small successes. Goals should have timeframes and be modified if needed.
Candidate C maintains that good health is essential for happiness. Health allows one to face life's demands and play a role in society. It encompasses physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being.
The Happiness Alliance's Gross National Happiness Index Round 4, 2015. A subjective measure of wellbeing for communities, cities, campuses and companies that anybody can use: Happycounts.org
This document discusses various aspects of choosing a career path and setting professional goals. It emphasizes the importance of doing an honest self-evaluation of one's talents, abilities, and interests to guide career choices. While a career path may change over time due to circumstances, having an overall professional objective can help make decisions with clarity.
Pathways to Happiness are policy suggestions for communities using the Happiness Index and scoring low in an area. Each one suggests policies and programs for when a community scores low in one area.
Transitions to Independent Living Communities: Life Satisfaction and Later Li...Jennifer Rehm Eipel
Had the privilege of contributing to this scientific consensus conference looking at the factors relating to seniors transition in to communities. Thought provoking read.
Thanks to all of you who came to my TESOL session. You can get handouts and lots of downloads of Positive Psychology activities for teaching ESL/EFL at: http://ELTandHappiness.terapad.com
Feel free to use any of this stuff (the PowerPoint or the downloads) with your students.
All people desire happiness but it is elusive. Positive psychology studies what makes people happy, such as feelings of safety, love, compassion, gratitude and mindfulness. While happiness is our goal, traps exist within our brains that evolved for survival, not happiness. Our brains can be trained through practices like mindfulness, gratitude, empathy, compassion, and self-compassion to overcome these traps and increase well-being. Mindfulness meditation in particular helps quiet the wandering mind and become less reactive to negative thoughts and emotions.
Small acts of kindness, even daily, can significantly increase happiness and life satisfaction. Performing small kindnesses can benefit people physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally over time as positive effects accumulate. While physical benefits may not always be obvious, acts of kindness promote happiness from within through mental, spiritual, and emotional rewards.
(MBASkills.IN) The Surprising Science of HappinessSameer Mathur
The document discusses the human prefrontal cortex and its ability to simulate experiences. It notes that while people expect winning the lottery to result in long-term happiness, studies show lottery winners and paraplegics are equally happy after 1 year due to impact bias overestimating future events' effects. Happiness can be synthesized through changing one's views, and synthetic happiness is as good as achieved happiness according to experiments. While synthetic happiness seems unnatural, changing one's views is effective. The document advises synthesizing happiness when truly stuck without options, and notes problems arise when preferences drive too hard or fast by overrating differences between futures.
The document discusses positive psychology and factors related to happiness. It notes that rates of issues like divorce, teen suicide, crime, and depression have increased significantly from 1960 to 2000. Research shows that happiness is associated with benefits like better health, relationships, job performance, and longevity. Studies found that optimistic older adults had half the heart attack rates of less optimistic peers. The document advocates cultivating optimism, gratitude, and kindness to increase happiness and resilience.
The document discusses how to be happy by providing a complete guide to rational living. It explores topics like the ABCs of happiness, characteristics of psychologically healthy people, positive versus negative thinking, managing emotions, resolving conflicts, and overcoming depression. The guide suggests that happiness is achievable by taking control of your thoughts and focusing your energy on goals and values that provide satisfaction.
The science of happiness
"I'll be happy once <I get this done/I get a promotion/I change job/I buy a new car/etc >". How many times have you said something like this? We think happiness comes from success, but science has proven that it's the other way around: being happy makes us successful.
Happiness has huge benefits on most aspects of our lives, including the professional one.
So how can we be happy? Well, turns out we can quite easily "trick" our brain into being happy(er). Let me tell you how, and how I apply these concepts in my day to day work with my team
Downloads
Powerpoint: https://goo.gl/teHeis
PDF: https://goo.gl/qwV6KB
Social wellness involves maintaining healthy relationships and how those relationships can positively impact other areas of wellness. It relies on open communication between parties and understanding different perspectives. The benefits of social wellness include increased self-esteem, better stress handling, relief from depression, and maximizing life experiences. Communication is key to social wellness, allowing people to get through misunderstandings and be a positive influence on others.
Happiness for leaders: positive psychology and science of well-beingIWMW
This document discusses happiness and ways leaders can increase their own and their employees' happiness. It defines happiness and outlines several scientifically proven strategies to boost happiness, including savoring moments, expressing gratitude, kindness, social connections, managing time well, meditation, sleep, and exercise. The document notes that while life events only account for 10% of happiness, our thoughts and actions determine 40% and that managers can positively or negatively influence the emotions and happiness of their employees, even when not directly interacting with them.
The document discusses measures and indicators of health and well-being, including life satisfaction, positive and negative feelings, activities, living environment, variety of interests, mental health factors like optimism and stress levels. Examples provided are having a balanced lifestyle with healthy activities and work-life balance as signs of life satisfaction, and how playing sports can make one feel happy but drugs and excess alcohol affect long-term health and well-being negatively.
This document was written for The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index. It may be used for non-commercial purposes and with the understanding that you will share the data you collect. The Happiness Alliance issues unique codes to communities, cities, campuses, companies and others to gather aggregate data for groups in a grassroots effort to contribute to the happiness movement. We also work with pollsters to conduct random samples. Please contact info@happycounts.org for more information.
The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index requests that you use the following form of words to cite this document:
Gross National Happiness Index, (2013). GNH Index Round 2. Seattle: The Happiness Initiative, Developed by Howell, R.T., Musikanski, L., & Goldenberg, E.
This document was written for The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index. It may be used for non-commercial purposes and with the understanding that you will share the data you collect. The Happiness Alliance issues unique codes to communities, cities, campuses, companies and others to gather aggregate data for groups in a grassroots effort to contribute to the happiness movement. We also work with pollsters to conduct random samples. Please contact info@happycounts.org for more information.
The Happiness Alliance, home of the Happiness Initiative and Gross National Happiness Index requests that you use the following form of words to cite this document:
Gross National Happiness Index, (2013). GNH Index Round 3. Seattle: The Happiness Initiative, Developed by Howell, R.T., Musikanski, L., & Goldenberg, E.
Candidate A argues that adopting a positive attitude is a key way to attain happiness. This involves smiling often, which improves one's own mood and how others respond. It also means finding good in challenges and not giving up easily.
Candidate B claims that setting and achieving goals is crucial for happiness. Goals provide motivation and fulfillment, and boost self-esteem even through small successes. Goals should have timeframes and be modified if needed.
Candidate C maintains that good health is essential for happiness. Health allows one to face life's demands and play a role in society. It encompasses physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being.
The Happiness Alliance's Gross National Happiness Index Round 4, 2015. A subjective measure of wellbeing for communities, cities, campuses and companies that anybody can use: Happycounts.org
This document discusses various aspects of choosing a career path and setting professional goals. It emphasizes the importance of doing an honest self-evaluation of one's talents, abilities, and interests to guide career choices. While a career path may change over time due to circumstances, having an overall professional objective can help make decisions with clarity.
Pathways to Happiness are policy suggestions for communities using the Happiness Index and scoring low in an area. Each one suggests policies and programs for when a community scores low in one area.
Transitions to Independent Living Communities: Life Satisfaction and Later Li...Jennifer Rehm Eipel
Had the privilege of contributing to this scientific consensus conference looking at the factors relating to seniors transition in to communities. Thought provoking read.
Pathways to Happiness are policy suggestions for communities using the Happiness Index and scoring low in an area. Each one suggests policies and programs for when a community scores low in one area.
The document discusses the history and foundations of positive psychology, which examines how people can become happier by focusing on positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and achievement. It explores factors that influence happiness such as love, work and personality rather than money or age. The PERMA model is introduced as a framework for improving well-being through intentional activities in each of the five elements of positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment.
It is about concept and significance of positive psychology in the modern world. it also explains techniques positive psychology recommends for attaining happiness and blissful state.
How does positive psychology see happiness as stages. Pleasurable life, Good life and Meaningful Life. Can Organisations, cities, countries and the world lead with a goal that is larger than themselves being selfless?
Happiness is my attitude - Way to be happier every dayUptitude
Happiness is an attitude that can be cultivated through various processes and small tips. The document outlines a workshop menu for happiness that includes choosing an attitude of gratitude, optimism, kindness, forgiveness, and spirituality. It suggests focusing on relationships, goals, and small moments of happiness while avoiding overthinking and social comparisons. Happiness is described as 40% due to genetics, 50% from intentional activities, and 10% from life circumstances outside our control.
This document provides an overview of positive psychology, including the foundations of emotions, mood, well-being, positive health, and subjective well-being. It discusses the biological, cognitive, behavioral, and social factors that influence emotions and well-being. Key points include: emotions are complex biological and psychological responses to internal or external events; basic emotions include joy, trust, fear, sadness, disgust, anger, surprise, and anticipation; positive emotions like happiness are influenced by neurotransmitters, genetics, thinking patterns, behaviors, and social relationships. Maintaining a positive mood provides benefits like better relationships, career success, health, and creativity. Positive health focuses on enhancing vitality and functioning rather than just the absence of illness. Factors
What can you do to improve you happiness when you score low in health after taking the gross national happiness index? Ideas for your happiness and the sustainability of the planet.
What can you do to improve you happiness when you score low in satisfaction with life after taking the gross national happiness index? Ideas for your happiness and the sustainability of the planet.
What can you do to improve you happiness when you score low in arts, culture and lifelong learning after taking the gross national happiness index? Ideas for your happiness and the sustainability of the planet.
One of a series of infographics designed people to use after taking the Gross National Happiness Index and self-assessing themselves low in the domain of standard of living/economy.
The document discusses the concept of "flow" - a state of complete focus and engagement in an activity where one's skills are fully utilized. Flow is described as being "in the zone" and feeling totally at one with the activity. Examples are given of athletes who achieve flow states during competition, such as UFC fighter Lyoto Machida using meditation techniques and Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna describing driving in an altered, instinctual state. For flow to occur, the challenge level must match the individual's abilities and intrinsic motivation and goals are important factors, along with clear feedback.
This document discusses the history and key figures of positive psychology. It summarizes the work of pioneers like Maslow who introduced the hierarchy of needs, Seligman who defined authentic happiness as using your strengths, and Csikszentmihalyi who studied flow states. It also outlines Martin Seligman's VIA classification of character strengths and virtues. Finally, it discusses Ed Diener's research finding that increased income does not necessarily correlate with increased life satisfaction and that strong social relationships are important for happiness.
What can you do to improve you happiness when you score low in social support after taking the gross national happiness index? Ideas for your happiness and the sustainability of the planet.
This document discusses developing people skills, or being "people smart", in the workplace. It outlines several competencies of people who are people smart, such as understanding others, resolving conflicts, and being a team player. Developing these skills can lead to benefits like being appreciated, respected and trusted. The document then provides models for setting goals, understanding personality and needs, and resolving conflicts through a 7-step process. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of interpersonal skills for career success.
This document provides guidance on how to write an effective book review in 4 paragraphs. The first paragraph introduces the book's genre and intended audience. The second paragraph shares the reviewer's personal opinions and how the book relates to their life. The third paragraph is a descriptive summary of the book in 3 phases without spoilers. The fourth paragraph discusses the author, purpose, awards, additional information, and provides a conclusion. Overall, the document outlines the key components of a successful book review.
We envision a world where all beings thrive and work-life balance and enjoyment are at their highest levels. Currently, the average satisfaction with work-life balance is 48.3 out of 100 and time spent doing enjoyable activities is 44 out of 100. The document discusses envisioning a world with more balance, enjoyment and happiness through changes like reduced work hours, public transportation, childcare and mindfulness practices.
The document discusses work-life balance for career women. It notes that while traditionally women's roles were confined to the home, today women have made strides in all fields of work. It defines work-life balance as the daily achievement and enjoyment in all spheres of life, including work, family, friends, health and spirit. It discusses the challenges modern women face in balancing responsibilities at work and home, and recommends employers provide flexibility and support through policies around childcare, leave, and workload management to help women achieve a better balance.
This document summarizes a regression analysis of factors that influence wages. The analysis finds that on average, women earn $15,038 less per year than men, which is statistically significant. Women also work on average 9.6 fewer hours per week than men. A t-test shows no statistically significant difference in wages between black and white individuals. When factors like age, education level, hours worked, and number of children are controlled for in a regression model, women earn 28% less than men on average and individuals with a college degree earn 51% more than those without a college degree.
This document contains copyright information for Total System Services, Inc. and provides details about a business process document on happiness. It includes sections on optimism, basic needs, relationships, finding happiness in your current job, smiling, forgiving, and making friends. It also contains sections on how to follow your intuition by trusting your instincts and learning to identify intuition. The document is confidential and the version and author are provided.
Take control of your life,
Many people working in academia find it difficult to achieve or maintain a good work-life balance. This talk goes into the reasons for this, the consequences of working too much, the benefits of having the right balance, and ways of achieving a better balance. The talk is very much based on my personal views and experiences, but I hope there is some interest in sharing these.
The document describes a Life Change Index Scale that assigns numerical scores to various life events based on their estimated impact. A higher total score indicates a greater likelihood of illness in the near future, as the body does not cope well with sudden changes and disruptions to routines. Events like the death of a spouse (100 points) have the highest scores, while more minor events like a change in sleeping habits (16 points) have lower scores. The scale provides a way for individuals to informally assess their risk of stress-related illness based on recent or anticipated life changes.
This document discusses factors that influence happiness and health. It states that happiness is a ratio of positive to negative feelings and lists benefits of being happy such as being healthier, more satisfied with life, and having better relationships. It also discusses research showing that positive emotions can transfer between people on social networks and that our emotional highs and lows tend to balance out over time due to adaptation. Money and financial well-being are shown to correlate with happiness up to a point, but continual increases in wealth do not necessarily lead to greater and sustained increases in happiness. Comparisons to others and an adjustment process called hedonic adaptation are presented as reasons why happiness levels tend to stabilize despite changing external conditions.
This document discusses factors that influence job satisfaction and summarizes a study on job satisfaction. The study found that three major predictors of job satisfaction were: believing all employees are treated equally, gender (females were more satisfied than males), and seeing a future in one's current job. While factors like age and education were hypothesized to be significant, they were not found to influence job satisfaction. Shift worked was a significant factor, with first shift workers being more satisfied with pay. The document also discusses the big five personality traits and their relationships with job satisfaction.
What is driving millions of Americans to quit their jobs? We find that a single factor contributes to this phenomenon... lack of happiness at work. Employees need to measure daily mood at work to build a happiness score to make the right decisions.
Work life balance And Spiritual QuotientSudeep Malik
Does not mean an equal balance. Trying to schedule an equal number of hours for each of your various work and personal activities is usually unrewarding and unrealistic.
(must read the last article)
This document provides guidance on how to rate workplace satisfaction. It explains that workplaces vary significantly in their structure, management styles, and treatment of employees. To compare workplaces, it recommends measuring employee satisfaction across three dimensions: connection, appreciation, and trust. Employees are asked to rate their workplace from 1 to 5 stars in each of these areas to calculate an overall satisfaction score. Providing honest ratings can help both employees and management better understand how happy or unhappy workers feel in their current job. It also helps job seekers identify workplaces that are more likely to meet their needs and preferences.
This document summarizes 10 things that science has shown can increase happiness: 1) Exercise more, even just 7 minutes a day; 2) Sleep more to be less sensitive to negative emotions; 3) Move closer to work to reduce commuting time; 4) Spend time with friends and family; 5) Go outside for 20 minutes each day; 6) Help others for 2 hours each week; 7) Practice smiling to improve mood; 8) Plan trips, as the planning provides happiness; 9) Meditate to change your brain structure; 10) Practice gratitude daily to increase both happiness and life satisfaction. Each recommendation includes a brief summary of supporting scientific research.
Dr. Sulaiman Al Mawali is the Head of the Emergency Department at Oman International Hospital located on Al Dhayafa St in Muscat, Oman. The hospital website is www.omaninternationalhospital.com. Dr. Al Mawali leads the emergency care team and the hospital is trusted for its medical expertise and chosen for the care it provides patients.
The document discusses the concept of time affluence, which is feeling like you have enough time to relax or pursue meaningful activities, versus time poverty where one feels stressed from constantly rushing. It notes that those with less time affluence experience less happiness and health. Ways to increase time affluence include meditating, engaging in new experiences, paying for time-saving services, and blocking time in your calendar for downtime. Money and time are similar in that we feel we never have enough, so choosing how we use our time wisely can shape our fulfillment.
A tool presented at the Helping the Helpers workshop at LiveOn NY's 26th Annual Conference on the Transformation of Aging. The focus of the workshop was on how to combat and manage stress for those in the helping professions. This tool helps individuals assess their current quality of life as it relates to their work.
This document discusses tips for achieving work-life balance. It begins by defining work-life balance and explaining how scenarios have changed with more expanded work areas, long hours, and dual career families. This can lead to stress, health issues, and conflicts between work and family roles and responsibilities. The document then provides tips for individuals and organizations to achieve better balance. These include prioritizing responsibilities, setting boundaries, managing time effectively, getting social support, and reflecting regularly to refine one's approach over time.
The document discusses how to make New Year's resolutions stick. It provides three key tactics:
1. Set a specific and inspiring goal. Connect emotionally to "why" you want to achieve the goal by visualizing yourself achieving it and how it will improve your life.
2. Set daily deliberate actions. Make small, consistent choices each day that move toward your goal rather than expecting to achieve it in one grand gesture. Successful people achieve goals through compounding many small, correct choices over time.
3. Apply the principle of integrity. Do what you say you will do by the time you say you will do it. Committing to your words, not thoughts/feelings, programs your subconscious mind
This document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It begins by defining work-life balance as properly prioritizing between career/work and personal life/health. It then discusses various demands on personal resources like time and energy, and how to allocate them between work and non-work. Several studies and statistics are presented about dissatisfaction with work-life balance and its impacts. The remainder of the document provides many suggestions for improving balance, including time management, flexibility, self-care, prioritizing tasks, saying no, establishing boundaries, and organizational policies around leave, flexible schedules and childcare.
Most people's retirement prospects are fairly bleakMaxiLife
Deloitte's and HSBC have some pretty powerful information on your retirement future. There's plenty of bad news but it is mostly fixable.
You can accumulate enough wealth to retire comfortably if you take some action now.
Visit www.maxilife.com.au and find out how!
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This document discusses different aspects of community well-being as it relates to AI and technology. It raises questions about how well-being can be defined and measured, examines domains of happiness, and explores how community is defined and how technology interacts with it. The document advocates for recognizing our shared humanity, establishing rights for all beings including nature and robots, and achieving a balanced symbiosis between technology and humans through systems that mimic nature. It also envisions a future with universal basic income, opportunities for growth, cooperation across communities, and prioritizing well-being over GDP. The reader is asked to share their own visions.
The Happiness Alliance aims to spread happiness to all beings through community, meaningful work, trust in business and government, and a healthy environment. It highlights women leaders in the happiness movement and provides individual happiness scores compared to other survey takers, with the goal of starting a new paradigm where increasing happiness starts from within each individual.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on incorporating happiness into public policy. It discusses the Happiness Policy Handbook, which provides tools for policymakers to measure and promote happiness. The panelists describe policies like supporting happiness data collection, reforming cost-benefit analysis to include well-being, and changing urban planning, education, healthcare and work to focus on relationships and reduce stress. Measuring happiness at a community level and learning from social movements were also discussed.
When the author was young, their mother told them happiness was the key to life. In school, when asked what they wanted to be, they wrote "happy," but teachers said this did not understand the assignment. The author responded that the teachers were the ones who did not understand that happiness is more important than any career or job.
Science tells us good relationships are key to happiness and so is a strong sense of community. Start right next to home by making friends with your neighbors to increase your happiness and the happiness of those around you.
First published in 2014 as part of a peer reviewed essay Happiness in Public Policy (http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/jsc/vol6/iss1/5/) The policy-screening tool provides 26 factors in the domains of happiness. Policies or projects are rated by the factors that are relevant. Not all factors in the tool will necessarily be relevant. Decision-makers choose which factors to use. Decision-makers may develop other factors not included in the tool. Origins
Kunzang Lhamu, Chief Research Officer of the GNH Commission in Bhutan, worked with the Happiness Alliance, a small nonprofit based in the US to create a hybrid happiness policy screening tool for adaptation and adaption by local governments and agencies in the United States.
We challenge you to practice gratitude every day for the next year. The research connecting gratitude practices with happiness have been established. Practicing gratitude makes you happier.
Keep a gratitude journal, post everyday on your favorite feed, or spend a little time each day in contemplation. For the next year, we challenge you to focus on one topic each month.
This document summarizes a talk about the connections between intentional communities, happiness, and quality of life. It discusses how human behavior and feelings evolved to promote behaviors that help pass on genes, with happiness as an accidental byproduct. Intentional communities may help exercise "good mood apps" in the brain and avoid "bad mood apps" by providing a social structure more aligned with how humans evolved. A study of over 1,000 individuals in 170 intentional communities found high levels of life satisfaction, social support, and other measures of well-being and quality of life. The talk suggests intentional communities provide an environment that may avoid "discords" or mismatches with human nature that can cause mental health problems in modern societies.
The document discusses terminology related to measuring quality of life, well-being, and happiness. It notes that while terminology is still evolving, there is general agreement that these concepts broadly encompass life satisfaction, relationships, purpose, and health. Both objective metrics like life expectancy and subjective surveys are important to get a balanced picture. Common categories of well-being metrics discussed include those from positive psychology, governments, businesses, and crowdsourcing. Key metrics examined include life satisfaction surveys, composites indexes, sustainability reporting, and experience sampling apps.
Slides for the ISQOLS webinar featuring John C. Havens, author of Heartificial Intelligence, and presenter at the ISQOLS 2017 conference, and Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems.
The algorithms powering autonomous systems and Artificial Intelligence are driving the future of society. Imbued within our cars, companion robots and smart cities, we are becoming a culture of code. The risks and benefits regarding these technologies are largely evaluated through the lens of GDP-focused, exponential growth.
But when robots and algorithms diminish individual agency by making decisions on our behalf, when the liability of their actions becomes too complex to assess or when Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are transforming our jobs, we must question if this will increase or decrease our well-being. Humans can’t thrive unless metrics prioritizing positive mental and emotional health are elevated as key indicators of a flourishing society.
Heartificial Intelligence - the Intersection of Emerging Technology Beyond GDP features John C. Havens, Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems who will describe initial efforts to introduce Beyond GDP metrics into the AI community in an effort to prioritize human wellbeing for the creation and proliferation of these technologies. The goal of The IEEE Global Initiative's work is to invite cross-disciplinary research between technologists, engineers, and the Wellbeing / Happiness community to advance AI and robotics in a way that redefines innovation with a focus on flourishing versus exponential growth.
Pathways to happiness are tools for policy makers seeking the secure the right to the pursuit of happiness. This tool addresses the aspect of satisfaction with work that is due to a sense of being paid appropriately. Other policies to address other areas can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html
Pathways to happiness are tools for policy makers seeking the secure the right to the pursuit of happiness. This tool addresses the aspect of satisfaction with work that is due to a sense of productivity. Other policies to address other areas can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html
Pathways to happiness are tools for policy makers seeking the secure the right to the pursuit of happiness. This tool addresses the aspect of satisfaction with work that is due to a sense of autonomy. Other policies to address other areas can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html
Pathways to happiness are tools for policy makers seeking the secure the right to the pursuit of happiness. This tool addresses the aspect of health that due to energy level. Other policies to address other areas can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html
This document discusses potential policies and programs to promote happiness through increased exercise and time spent outdoors. It recommends (1) creating bike-friendly cities through bike rentals, bike lanes, and public transportation integration; (2) increasing urban green spaces through tree planting programs and guidelines; and (3) encouraging street vendors to make cities more walkable and social. Resources are provided on model bike-friendly and urban forestry programs as well as studies on street vendor regulation. The document advocates embracing exercise and active transportation in everyday life to improve happiness.
Pathways to Happiness are tools for city and town governments seeking to secure people's right to the pursuit of happiness. The complete set of tools can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html Happiness Policies are policies, programs and projects to increase happiness and well-being in the domains of happiness. Each area has its own unique circumstances. The policies in Pathways To Happiness are suggestions and starting points for policy makers seeking to secure people's inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness.
This document discusses three courageous policy proposals to help alleviate financial stress and promote economic well-being: 1) Providing tax incentives for savings targeted at low to middle income individuals to encourage savings and long-term stability, 2) Expanding college debt forgiveness programs to encourage enrollment and career choice, and 3) Placing limits on the high interest rates credit companies can charge to help the poor and middle class avoid excessive credit card debt driven by other costs like housing and medical expenses. Resources on each of these proposals are provided.
Pathways To Happiness for Having Enough Money to Buy Food are ways governments can address food poverty, hunger and people not having enough money to buy food. These combined with other pathways present opportunities for governments to secure our right to the pursuit of happiness.
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2. Satisfaction with work
darker = more satisfied
on average
lighter = less satisfied
on average
A score of 100 would mean everybody feels
completely satisfied with their work. A score
of 0 would mean nobody does.
Our average overall average is 52.3
3. Life is worthwhile
darker = a greater sense of life
being worthwhile
lighter = less of a sense
A score of 100 would mean everybody feels
their life is 100% worthwhile. A score of 0
would mean nobody does.
Our average overall average is 68.74
4. Working full time
means you will have
more money. No
doubt about that. But
you won’t necessarily
be happier in other
ways, such as how
you feel and if you
lead a purposeful and
meaningful life.
People who work
part-time and for
themselves enjoy
better life-balance,
obviously!
5. The data shows
there is not
much difference
between full-
time and part-
time.
However, not
working outside
the home can
lead to
unhappiness.
6. A happiness at work policy
Job Sharing allows two people to work part-time or less
time to fill what would otherwise be a full-time position.
Compensation is apportioned between the two
employees.
Massachusetts state government Job Sharing
Guidelines provides an example of Job Sharing policies
and programs.
Job sharing is different from work sharing, which allows
employers to reduce hours in lieu of lay-offs.
http://www.mass.gov/anf/employment-equal-access-disability/hr-policies/alt-work-options/job-sharing-guidelines.html
7. A happiness at work policy
Flex time allows employees to choose the hours and
days they work within a framework, while still working
the same overall hours each week.
University of Chicago’s flextime request provides an
example procedure and policy
http://humanresources.uchicago.edu/fpg/policies/300/2103%2012%2009%20FlexibleWorkOptionsGuide-U310.pdf
8. A happiness at work policy
E-communing, working
from home and
telecommuting allows
employees to work from
home some or all days of
the week..
The telework toolkit has guidelines and policy frameworks
http://www.teleworktoolkit.com/library/PolicyWritingGuide.pdf
9. You are the Happiness Movement
Use the Gross National
Happiness index at work