Happiness is a skill
Happiness is only a choice. It is something you can train and achieve
Be resilient
We need to accept that suffering is part of life. This allows us to be more resilient when tragedy strikes. Resilient people tend to be happier.
Annoying Features of Mind
Overcome Annoying Features of the Mind
Overcome hedonic adoptation
What we can do to achieve happiness and well being?
What makes us happy?
- Savoring
- Gratitude
- Cold shower
- Social Connections
- sleep
- Spending time in nature
- Pursuing Meaningful Goals
- Mindfulness
- Cultivating Optimism
- Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms
What does not make us happy?
Warning
You are about to learn that everything you thought was important for being happy isn’t
Why We Have Misconceptions About Happiness in Our Mind?
the things that you are focusing on to make yourself happy are wrong
Why don’t these things make us happy?
Answer 1: Happiness is just set genetically so can’t really be changed
Genetics only contribute 50%
Answer 2: stuffs happens and messes things up (life suck)
According Sonja Lyubomirsky’s work, 10% of a person’s overall level of happiness can be attributed to life circumstances
But
According Sonja Lyubomirsky’s work, 40% of a person’s overall level of happiness can be attributed to a person’s thoughts and actions.
We can work hard and make ourselves happier
Doubt
