23. what makes people happy?
⢠autonomy (feeling that your activities are self-chosen and
self-endorsed)
⢠competence (feeling that you are effective in your
activities)
⢠relatedness (feeling a sense of closeness with others)
⢠self-esteem (set-point, or the personâs natural propensity
to happiness)
from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
27. competence includes:
â˘conďŹdence in oneâs abilities/knowing oneâs strengthâs
â˘feedback from others on oneâs performance
â˘learning and growing skills
â˘self-actualization
â˘doing meaningful work
â˘getting into ďŹow
29. relatedness includes:
â˘interacting with others
â˘connecting with people and connecting people
â˘giving to others/being generous
â˘feeling loved
â˘emotional security
â˘acknowledgement and support (mentorship)
31. self-esteem includes:
â˘your âset-pointâ or natural (genetic) conďŹdence level
â˘something you can work on through cognitive
behavioral therapy, meditation or medications
â˘not inďŹuenced from the outside world, but apparent
when triggered by events from the outside world
33. barriers to happiness
⢠fear (anxiety of failure, ignorance, mistrust)
⢠confusion (noise, paradox of choice, lack of good
information)
⢠loneliness (isolation, disconnection from others)
⢠lack of control (feeling of loss of control over oneâs life and
surroundings, secrecy, loss of agency)
⢠struggle for survival (basic needs not met)
42. what leads to lack of control
â˘loss of control over the circumstances of oneâs life
â˘loss of agency
â˘withheld information
â˘secrecy
â˘uncontrollable circumstances
51. About those rockinâ images
⢠Many of them are purchased from iStockPhoto.com (yay! iStockPhoto is an
awesome Canadian company!)
⢠Except for:
⢠book covers, movie posters (from Amazon.com)
⢠And the Flickr photos used from:
⢠Starbucks Cup: http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/mjb/118418786/
⢠Starbucks Globalism: http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/thorinside/55362248/