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Pleasurable

Meaningful

Engaging

What Behaviours Improve Happiness?

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Nature

Nurture

Behavior

“Human agency is operating in the context of three-way mutual influence

Albert Bandura (1997)

‘triadic reciprocal causation’ ”

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a view called

the external environment

internal personal factors

Happiness

Happiness is a choice, not a condition. You need to make a deliberate choice to be happy in spite of challenges and difficulties. Karl Pillemer. “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans”.

3If you want a quality, act as though you already have it. William James (1884)

Meditation

Taming Tech

Mind & Body

Gratitude

Acts of Kindness

What behaviors improve your happiness?

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Meditation

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Meditation

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Expert meditation* increased brain activation linked to empathy *Tibetan monks and lay practitioners who have practiced meditation for a minimum of 10,000 hours

You Can Change Your Brain!

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Mind

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Body

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Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman Founder and Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth, The University of Texas at Dallas

The brain was not built to Multitask!

5 texts

to send

to your

partner

every

day

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Thank You

Thanks for picking me up from work last night. I know you were tired.

Thanks for being so accommodating when my friends came over the weekend.

Thanks for that chocolate cake you made me for my birthday.

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Sharing Joy

I had the best time hiking in the woods with my friends.

The new customer signed the contract – so excited!

I really enjoyed spending time with my parents today.

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Compliment

I love your enthusiasm for life!

You’re great at getting our kids out the door in the morning.

You’ve got the best smile.

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5 texts

to send

to your

partner every

day

Fond Memory

I was thinking about that time we went to Paris for dinner after the reunion. Wasn’t that a fun night? We should do that again soon.

I had so much fun with you at last year’s New Year’s 5K. Let’s do that again.

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Curious Question

Where would like to go for vacation this fall?

If you had to choose one spot that you love the most in this city, what would it be?

What movie would you want to see that’s out right now?

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FOR EMBAs Only Do Not Share with MBAs One extra text you should send to your partner as needed (Dah)

Sex$ngIt’stoobadyou’renothererightnow.Ihadsuchagooddreamaboutyoulastnight.IthoughtofsomethingIwanttodowithyoutonight.Ijustgotoutoftheshower.Ilovestaringatyour[fillintheblank].Ilovethewayyoumakemefeel.I’veneverfeltasaHractedtoanyoneelseasIamtoyou.Ican’tcontrolmyselfwhenI’mnearyou.TheanJcipaJoniskillingme.Whatareyouwearingrightnow?Tellmemore.Ilovewhenyoutalklikethat.Yourmessageshavemesodistracted.

Sex$ngGuidelinesIncorporateanyinsidejokesorpersonalmemoriesthatthetwoofyoushare.Bediscrete,beinglessexplicitcanactuallybemoresJmulaJngBeplayfulnotpornographic(theheadlinetest)AlwaysbesuggesJveratherthanrevealingwithphotosorwords

Perform anonymous acts of kindness

Find opportunities at home, work and in public to do so

without attention or recognition 

Giver benefits the most:

Strengthens you as person*

Weekly commitment to do so increased

subjects' happiness

Study shows using a variety of kindness

acts help sustain higher levels of

happiness

Sonja Lyubomirsky. Positive Psychology Studies on Happiness (December 10, 2008).

*Only you know what you have done

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Mom, Thank you for

being loving and

a strong person.

Love, Inari

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Showing Gratitude

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