HAPPINESS

There is no way to happiness – Happiness is the way.

Chopra... ‘Ask people what they want, and when they tell you what they want,

keep asking why until you hear the ultimate answer...

'BECAUSE I WANT TO BE HAPPY!'

HAPPINESS IS THE GOAL OF ALL GOALS!

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?

Happiness is a state of being, an inside job.

Ultimately a state of mind. We can choose to be happy or not. Its an attitude and your attitude is a state of mind! Optimistic people are happier and so are positive people.

Positive psychologists believe we have a happiness ‘set point’.

Similar to a ‘weight set point’ they say we are born with a genetically determined barometer of happiness.

They attribute 50% of our happiness to our set point, that another 10% is determined by our circumstances

while the remaining 40% is attributed to our deliberate actions.

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This evaluates to half of our happiness being by default,

40% by deliberate actions and 10% arising from our circumstances.

HAPPINESS equation -

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Set point 50% +

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Conditions of living 10% +

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Voluntary choices 40%.

WHY BE HAPPY?

Positive emotions move people forward and lift them to a higher level of well-being.

Inducing positive emotions in yourself and others supports the path towards flourishing and healthy longetivity, ie people are happier which brings expansion to opportunities. In grasping these opportunities we become healthier mentally and physically and enjoy life more and live longer.