From TED Talk : The Happy Secret to Better Work
Quote:
" The absence of disease is not health. Here's how we get to health: We need to reverse the formula for happiness and success. In the last three years, I've traveled to 45 different countries, working with schools and companies in the midst of an economic downturn. And what I found is that most companies and schools follow a formula for success, which is this: If I work harder, I'll be more successful. And if I'm more successful, then I'll be happier. That undergirds most of our parenting styles, our managing styles, the way that we motivate our behavior.
Quote:
" The absence of disease is not health. Here's how we get to health: We need to reverse the formula for happiness and success. In the last three years, I've traveled to 45 different countries, working with schools and companies in the midst of an economic downturn. And what I found is that most companies and schools follow a formula for success, which is this: If I work harder, I'll be more successful. And if I'm more successful, then I'll be happier. That undergirds most of our parenting styles, our managing styles, the way that we motivate our behavior.
9:33And the problem is it's scientifically broken and backwards for two reasons. First, every time your brain has a success, you just changed the goalpost of what success looked like. You got good grades, now you have to get better grades, you got into a good school and after you get into a better school, you got a good job, now you have to get a better job, you hit your sales target, we're going to change your sales target.And if happiness is on the opposite side of success, your brain never gets there. What we've done is we've pushed happiness over the cognitive horizon as a society. And that's because we think we have to be successful, then we'll be happier.
10:01But the real problem is our brains work in the opposite order. If you can raise somebody's level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences what we now call a happiness advantage, which is your brain at positive performs significantly better than it does at negative, neutral or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise. In fact, what we've found is that every single business outcome improves. Your brain at positive is 31 percent more productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed. You're 37 percent better at sales. Doctors are 19 percent faster, more accurate at coming up with the correct diagnosis when positive instead of negative, neutral or stressed. Which means we can reverse the formula. If we can find a way of becoming positive in the present, then our brains work even more successfully as we're able to work harder, faster and more intelligently.
10:45What we need to be able to do is to reverse this formula so we can start to see what our brains are actually capable of. Because dopamine, which floods into your system when you're positive, has two functions. Not only does it make you happier, it turns on all of the learning centers in your brain allowing you to adapt to the world in a different way.
11:01We've found that there are ways that you can train your brain to be able to become more positive. In just a two-minute span of time done for 21 days in a row, we can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually work more optimistically and more successfully. We've done these things in research now in every single company that I've worked with, getting them to write down three new things that they're grateful for for 21 days in a row, three new things each day. And at the end of that,their brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world, not for the negative, but for the positive first.
11:29Journaling about one positive experience you've had over the past 24 hours allows your brain to relive it. Exercise teaches your brain that your behavior matters. We find that meditation allows your brain to get over the cultural ADHD that we've been creating by trying to do multiple tasks at once and allows our brains to focus on the task at hand. And finally, random acts of kindness are conscious acts of kindness.We get people, when they open up their inbox, to write one positive email praising or thanking somebody in their social support network.
11:54And by doing these activities and by training your brain just like we train our bodies,what we've found is we can reverse the formula for happiness and success, and in doing so, not only create ripples of positivity, but create a real revolution."
My Thoughts - 3 Gratitudes1) Ability to move normally to enjoy the freedom of mobility
2) A Good n Supportive Wife who cares and loves me
3) Good eyesight to enjoy the beauty of God's creation
I'm grateful for my wife who is full of enthusiasm and show a jest for living. She is like a spark for me; brings out the best in me; and lights up my life.
I'm grateful for my wife because she cares for the children dearly. She will always be thinking of their needs and challenges. She will try her best to be supportive and attend yo them every possible.
22 Nov 2014
1) Ability to eat well
2) For God's wonderful provision of daily needs.
3) For a nice hair cut.
I thank God for my hair even though I am balding. I thank God I still look good and happy. Let the joy of the Lord be my strength. I thank God i can still smile because God loves me. Smile more.
24 Nov 2014
1. Ability to breathe
2. Ability to think clearly
3. Beauty of flowers
I thank God for the ability to inhale and exhale fresh air. To enjoy this freedom of exercising the lungs and the capacity.
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