Happiness Versus Well-Being. Several decades ago, during the period of my emerging adulthood, I occasionally experimented with psychedelic drugs.
On one occasion, I took ecstasy, and to this day recall its effects. In terms of pure experience, it ranked right up there as one of the happiest nights of my life. Indeed, I know the exact date, February 11, 1990. Why? Because it was the night that Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson. Now consider the following. First, let me be clear as to why it is difficult to explain from some perspectives in psychology and economics. Kahneman is not alone, and proposals for increasing happiness are all the rage. But my experience above should give us pause. Get happy: Using the powerful principles of positive psychology to live your best life! Timothy Sharp. Historically, psychology has focused almost exclusively on identifying and alleviating problems.
We have done a fantastic job of helping people overcome and deal with stress and depression and anxiety and more but … is that really all we want for life? For too long, we have assumed that an absence of problems is as good as it gets, but is it? If you want more than just an ‘OK’ life, then keep reading. Positive psychology is a relatively new discipline in which the ultimate goal is not just alleviating distress, but rather promoting happiness and flourishing — a full sense of mental and physical health and wellbeing. The goal of positive psychology is to help more people live their best lives in which they thrive, not just survive.
Drive: What motivates us by Dan Pink. Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation. Happiness At Work #68 ~ the power of the positive and learning from success. This week we New Zealand folk are in celebratory mood.
Eleanor Catton has won the Man Booker 2013 Prize with her second novel, The Luminaries. And we have still more reason to be proud as the New Zealand government officially recognises the two largest islands of our country with both their European and their Maori names: New Zealand forgot to name its main islands Maori names get equal status as country corrects long-standing failure to make North and South Island names officialEight hundred years after the Maori first arrived in Aotearoa (New Zealand), and 370 years after Europeans spied its shores, the South Pacific nation’s major land masses will finally get official names.For generations, the two main islands have been called the North Island and the South Island.
They have also appeared that way on maps and charts. I am continuing and extending this theme of celebration into the new Happiness At Work Edition #68 collection. Other success stories include 21st century ideas include. Enthusiastic People Accomplish MORE. This is NOT rocket science, but the general reactions of so many make it seem like this should be a Big Surprise: In places where there is high morale, there is higher performance.
This from Sirota Consulting and their research: They expand on the numbers and their conclusions in their blog post, which you can find here. We feel the same way, and do not think it is real rocket science to figure out how to establish a positive work culture. It is about innovation and improvement, celebration of accomplishments, and a continued focus on how to better compete and perform in the marketplace. Co_infographic.png 800×5.337 pixels. Well-Being News – Health Data, Well-Being Index, Workplace Wellness, Behavioral Economics.
World Happiness Report 2017 – World Happiness Report. The first World Happiness Report was published in April, 2012, in support of the UN High Level Meeting on happiness and well-being.
Since then the world has come a long way. Increasingly, happiness is considered to be the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy. In June 2016 the OECD committed itself “to redefine the growth narrative to put people’s well-being at the center of governments’ efforts”. In February 2017, the United Arab Emirates held a full-day World Happiness meeting, as part of the World Government Summit.
Now on World Happiness Day, March 20th, we launch the World Happiness Report 2017, once again back at the United Nations, again published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and now supported by a generous three-year grant from the Ernesto Illy Foundation. 10 Steps To Happiness At Work. Using the new Positive Psychology. Putting Performance and Happiness Together in the Workplace - Graziadio Business Review. Both job performance and the employees' level of happiness impact the potential of success for an organization.
By Charles D. Kerns, PhD, MBA 2008 Volume 11 Issue 1 Performance and happiness go hand in hand in making an organization successful.[1] With both an appropriate performance management system and a positive approach to influencing people that increases happiness, an organization’s key results can more likely be achieved and sustained.Which of the following types of persons would you prefer to have in greater numbers in your organization? Photo: Lise Gagne Which of the following types of persons would you prefer to have in greater numbers in your organization? A. B. C. D. E. The obvious preference would be “D.”