Stress floods the body with fight or flightresponse hormones
and chemicals.
Happiness and positive psychology researcherProfessor Martin
Seligmans formula for Happiness:INHERITED SET POINT + CIRCUMSTANCES
OF LIFE+FACTORS UNDER VOLUNTARY CONTROL
Choosing not to stressout about thingsexcessively falls
underthe category of factorsunder our voluntarycontrol.
Becomeaware oftheninjastressin yourlife
Choose to release the stress by not engaging withthe incessant
worry. Move around, shake your hands,breathe deeply or anything
else that releases yourstress.
Increase the incidenceof relaxing, soothing andcalming
experiences.
#3. Understand Your Sphere ofInfluence and Your Realm of
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Each of us has a sphere of influenceand act within our realm of
control.
The events and circumstances within the realm ofcontrol and
influenceare the ones thatwe can make a difference on.
Outside the realm of control is the realm uponwhich we may have
no direct control...we have nodirect and immediate control on the
weather andthe global economy.
Understand whichevents are withinyour realm of controland which
events liebeyond.
#4. How Important are Sleep andRest to Your
Happiness,Productivity and Creativity?
Research done in sleep researcher Sara Mednicks lab has
shownthat taking a nap for an hour prevents the performance
declinethroughout the day that is present even in well-rested
people.
In another study by Mednicks group, People who took a
napincreased their creativityby an astonishing 40%when compared to
the non-nap control.
MORE SLEEP AND NAPS=MORECREATIVITY+
HIGHERPERFORMANCEAND...MOREHAPPINESS!
NOURISH YOURRELATIONSHIPS ANDBELONG TO A COMMUNITYWITH
STRONGSOCIAL TIES!
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Feel great and empowered!
Understand that emotional reactions happen as aresult of what
we perceive. The thinking brain thenlabels the reaction as a
feeling.
Become aware of the snowballeffect of thoughts, feelings and
theeventual entry into brooding.
Instead of suppressingnegative feelings, hear themout, if
possible learn from theevent and then choose to letthem go by
acknowledgingtheir impermanence.
Choose something that makes you feel better and brings youback
to your happy center.
#7. Change Your Energy and Persona: Instead ofBeing a Victim,
Empower yourself as The Architectand Creator of Your LifeW*") I
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amtransforming andshaping the life that Inow choose to live.
LET GO OF THEVICTIM PERSONAAND ENERGY...
Assume the role of the principalarchitect, the creator of
amazingthings in your life.
CREATIVE CONFIDENCE!According to David Kelley, founder of IDEO:
Many ofus opt-out of being creative and embracing ourcreativity
early on in life due to influences that havediscouraged us.
Take action...CREATIVITY+ACTION+ROLEASARCHITECT OF YOUR
LIFE=HAPPINESS
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feel recharged and make you feel
fabulous...YOGA...WALKING...READING...ANYTHING THAT RECHARGES
YOU!!!
PRACTICE EMPOWERINGSELF AFFIRMATIONSResearch Study:
"Self-Affirmation ImprovesProblem-Solving under Stress" by Levine
et al.TheUniversity of Pittsburgh.
WOW! SELF-AFFIRMATIONS DO WORK!NOW EVEN SCIENCE ISCOMING
ONBOARD!
HOW DO YOU NOURISHYOURSELF AND BECOMEHAPPY?
#9. Hope and the Science of Possibilityand LuckI (0w(.,
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The astonishing result also termed The Pygmalion Effect by
ProfessorRosenthal shows us how powerful positive expectations and
possibilitythinking can be in our life.In research studies done in
classrooms by the eminent HarvardProfessor Robert Rosenthal, when
teachers expected their studentsto perform better in the classroom
when compared to a group with nopositive expectations, they usually
did.
When we positivelyexpect others andourselves to do the bestthat
we can do, we reapthe benefits and as aresult feel empoweredand
happy.
Research on LUCK: Professor Richard Wiseman of Universityof
Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom...People who considered
themselves as lucky were muchmore likely to spot and encounter
chance opportunitiesand take them up when compared to the groups
thatconsidered themselves unlucky.
According to Dr. Wiseman,unlucky people have higherlevels of
anxiety, and thisanxiety disrupts their abilityto spot opportunity
andunexpected rewards.
The people who considerthemselves unlucky are toobusy and
engaged in lookingfor something else and hencemiss opportunities
that theirlucky friends can seize and actupon.
Develop a deepsense of hopeand positiveexpectationfor the
future.
Develop anything great is possible mindset and go about your
daywith a sense of possibility instead of feeling like things
areimpossible.
Feeling lucky may make you spot opportunity and make youfeel
empowered and happy.
#10. The Unstoppable Power ofLaughter!"r" &, )%*&)+
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SEEK great sources oflaughterandlight heartedness
Have you had yourshare of heartfeltlaughter today?
#11. Be deeply and insanely grateful for thegood things in your
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In a research paper from 2003 titled: Counting Blessings
VersusBurdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and
SubjectiveWell-Being in Daily Life, psychologists Emmons and
McCullough studiedthe effects of gratitude on undergraduate
students.
They divided up participants into random groups: a
gratitude-listinggroup, a hassle-listing group and a neutral group.
The participantswere asked to keep a daily or weekly log of their
moods, behaviors,symptoms etc.The gratitude group exhibited
increased well being over severaloutcomes including positive
affect. They reported feeling happier,more optimistic and felling
better about their lives.
Focus on 3 to 5 items thatyou are deeply gratefulfor
today...
Feel deep heartfeltgratitude andappreciation for theblessings
in your life
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Give someone else a smile, ahug, a genuine praise.
Upliftsomeone else and take thefocus away from your
owntroubles.
DO YOU ALLOWYOURSELF TO RECEIVEORDO YOU DEFLECT THEPRAISE AND
THANKSFROM OTHERS?
You are worthy and you are good enough for allthe praise and
thanks that you are receiving.
DEEP GENUINEGIVING ANDRECEIVING=HAPPINESS!
1. Change your Perspective of Happiness: Switch the Formula
from do, have and be to be,do and have.2. Drop Away the
Stress...choose to let it go.3. Understand Your Sphere of Influence
and Your Realm of Control and begin taking actionthere. Let go of
the worry about the sphere that is beyond your realm.4. Realize
that Sleep and Rest are important for Happiness, Productivity and
Creativity.5. Develop meaningful social connections and nourish
your relationships.6. Attempt to feel great on a moment-to-moment
basis and become aware of thesnowball effect of thoughts, feelings
and emotions.7. Change Your Energy and Persona: Instead of Being a
Victim, Empower yourself as TheArchitect and Creator of Your Life8.
Hour of Power-Set up a Daily empowering Practice that recharges
your personal power.9. Approach life with hope, possibility,
positive expectation and a feeling of being lucky.10. Cultivate
practices that draw you into deep heartfelt laughter and increase
thoseactivities.11. Be deeply and insanely grateful for the good
things in your life and make a shortgratitude and appreciation list
every day.12. Give and receive with abandon. Uplift someone else
and allow praise and love directedtowards you to make you feel
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