5 Week Happiness Course
(“YOU are the Project!”)
Partial Course Outline (about 1/3)
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS? (Zero to Ten Happiness Scale)
- What are the BENEFITS OF BEING HAPPY? (like better health & better relationships)
- Are the rich and famous really happy? (What does Happiness research tell us)
- Feeling happiness is a skill
- What is HQ- Happiness Quotient?
- Why NOT being number one is often the happiest- (The realities of fame and a higher profile job)
- Comparing yourself to the “Jones” (how does it makes us feel)
- Why we are "notoriously poor predictors" of our future happiness levels
- Our baseline happiness “set point”
- How Heredity plays a role in our happiness
- How can we increase our happiness set point
- How do we work on the 50% of the "happiness pie" that we CAN change
- Does an object or situation actually cause us to feel happy? (Various examples)
- Your mind, thinking and attitude’s effect
So, who really are the happiest people in the world? (What makes them different?)
THE 10 HABITS OF HAPPY PEOPLE-
. Imitate happy people
.Appreciate/want what you ALREADY have
Becoming happy is one of our MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- The 6 IMPORTANT AREAS of BALANCED human happiness
- Become a “HAPPINESS PRO”
- How to change our negative feelings in minutes rather than hours or days
- True Independence = high Happiness Quotient and high happiness skills
THANKFUL COMPARISONS
Putting things in perspective (comparing to much worse situations)- The powerful role of gratitude/thankfulness
EFFECTIVE OWNERSHIP
Do you really own/enjoy what you already have?- Life is a journey (how to savor each moment)
PRODUCTIVITY ("Productivity is the basis of morale")
Taking control of your life- Concentrate on "A" Activities
- Avoid the "auto pilot mode"
- Time and Progress Chart
70% of age SUPER HEALTH
6 week experiment in envisioning self as 20 years younger- Importance of listening to the body's signals
SPIRITUALITY (the powerful spiritual component of happiness)
- Studies show regular spiritual practices and being active in an organized religion increases happiness levels
- Forgetting self and joyfully helping others