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
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  THANKFUL COMPARISONS
  Putting things in perspective (comparing to much worse situations)
• The powerful role of gratitude/thankfulness
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  EFFECTIVE OWNERSHIP
  Do you really own/enjoy what you already have?
• Life is a journey (how to savor each moment)
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  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
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  70% of age SUPER HEALTH
  6 week experiment in envisioning self as 20 years younger
• Importance of listening to the body's signals
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  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