I have chosen to be happy
because it is good for my health. ~Voltaire
Ziemer, Verni and Ben-Shahar’s approaches to nurturing happiness. “Happiness is such an incredible advantage in our lives,” says Achor. “When the human brain is positive, our intelligence rises and we stop diverting resources to think about anxiety.” The Harvard Business Review published his research results: “Creativity triples and productive energy rises by 31 percent. Sales rise by 37 percent and the likelihood of promotion rises by 40 percent.” Achor’s method is helping people rewrite the way they think by fi rst looking for positives at work. Workers write down three highly specifi c, positive things about their workday for 21 consecutive days. Rather than just, “I love my job,” acknowledge, “I love my job because I get to help people every day.” Or, “I love my morning tea because it gets me going.” Achor reports that at the end of the period, “Their brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world not for the negative, but for the positive fi rst.” Taking a work break for two minutes of mindfulness is also effective. “We did this
at Google,” he says. “We had employees take their hands off their keyboards for two minutes a day to go from multitasking to simply focusing on their breathing. This drops their stress levels and raises accuracy rates. It improves levels of happiness and it takes just minutes.”
Happiness in the Community We can foster happiness habits at home, at work and in the community. Rubin suggests starting such a group, akin to a self-help book club or bridge group, but with extra benefi ts. She even offers a free starter kit for those that want to try it, available via
GretchenRubin.com/ habits/start-a-habits-group. In addition to the happy exchange of ideas and success stories, happiness habits group members also have the benefi t of being accountable to each other. Others can help us continue to color in the details supporting and forwarding the broad brushstrokes of positive emotions, relationships, meaning in life and accomplishments in a down-to-earth, fun way.
Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd
Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.
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Journaling for two minutes about one positive experience we’ve had over the past 24 hours allows our brain to relive it.
Exercising, including 15 minutes of cardiovascular action a day, teaches our brain that our behavior matters and improves our mood.
Meditating for even a few minutes at a time relieves an overloaded brain and allows it to focus on one thing at a time.
Writing one quick email in the morning praising or thanking someone we work with or just to make them happy will make us feel a sense of social support, a great predictor of happiness.
Source: The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor
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