There is a common
belief that you need to study hard, work hard to be more successful and happy. Does it really work this
way? Do you really need a better job or higher degrees to feel happy?
Shawn Achor presents
his studies below regarding correlation between happiness and success. How you
can improve your lives by just being happier
Video:
Questions:
Do you
agree with the speaker? Why/Why not?
Do
you feel happy? Why/Why not?
What do you do to be happier?
Comments
I think i feel happy, I just remembered that maybe 3 days ago i met some old man who was drinking "Grappa" with friends and he offered me to drink with them and asked me: Do you want to be happy? And I said yes of course and he response me: just be happy, that's all you have to do to be happy.
Absolutely loved the talk and the way of presentation together with the whole atmosphere.
I consider myself to be a happy person. Without actual reason why moreover i think this is the whole point of the presentation that you don't have to be happy about something you just happy by virtue of life itself.
I generally feel happy although I am really lazy and because of that I often accumulate lots of things to do over a short period of time which causes unnecessary stress.
To feel more happy I try to reduce stress, get enough sleep, meet with other people and give 100% out of myself when I work.
I don't consider myself as a happy person, but neither as an unhappy one. I feel like I could do better in some aspects of my life, but there are also some of them that I'm pretty proud of. This leads me to only one conclusion: I should find out what could I do to make myself feel better and more efficient.
What do I do to make myself feel happier? It's a pretty tough question, because when I start to think about it, there aren't a lot of things that I do in that matter. The most basic answer that I can find to this question is that I try to spend more times with my friends and family, as well as that I try to attend some more events.
I have same understanding of presentation as you mensiond in your comment.
Yes, I feel happy, but I'm really lazy, and because of this I often accumulate a lot of things to do in a short period of time. This procrastination sometimes drives me crazy. To be even happier, I need more power over myself and achieve higher goals in the future.
2. In general I can say that I feel happy as I consider happiness as satisfaction from achieved goals and not having too much concerns to be worried about. Of course, I have also my bad days but I don’t let myself to feel depressed or discouraged because of fails in my life.
3. I try to stay in shape and appreciate the things which I have right now.
Yes, I do. And I think the more positive we are, than more successful we become.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
Yes I do. Because there is no reason to be upset.
What do you do to be happier?
I try to surround myself, with people with positive thinking. And also I don't watch news, to avoid negative information. I try to spend more on emotions(festivals, attractions, tasty places), than on material goods.
So to be happy I'm always analyze what I do and what can be in some types of situations and trying to escape unstable situations.
Mostly but not in 100% because it's very individual case what do we need to achieve happiness and it's not always success, money etc.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
Yes because I have really great friends, lovely family, good health condition, good job, money, I laugh a lot everyday, can't be better!
What do you do to be happier?
I travel a lot because it makes me happier and wiser.
Mostly yes because when we achieve a goal we immediately take the next, simply we want to follow the rabbit all the time. When we get the rabbit we leave him and start to follow again.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
I think most of the time yes or maybe I only sleep well. But also sometimes I also feel not so happy, sometimes because of daily causes.
What do you do to be happier?
I try to get some free time to rest and I also diversify my time for different actions like travels or sport.
I think I'm happy enough, but I know I could be happier and it is of course coming to me I suppose.
What do I do to be happier? Eating pizza makes my whole day better so I eat it quite often :)
I feel happy because I have a family who is my best support in my life and I feel satisfied because mostly I do well on my studies and I also work where they appreciate my knowledge and skill.
I set up goals and I try to achieve them which makes me happier. Also time which I spend with my girlfriend and my family is important for me and I know how to enjoy it.
I do agree on him. It has been proved long ago that happiness is the state of mind within you, and not outside of you, so it comes from the inside. Many millionaires are still not happy, even though they are understood to be successful, rich people with abundance of things and luxury.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
I think permanent happiness is something difficult to grasp. It is important to feel balance in life, and from time to time to get those strikes of happiness and joy that light up life. I think I get those quite often.
What do you do to be happier?
I try not to complain and work on my self-discipline to see world in brighter colours.
Yes. I thnik that if you are happy you can achieve a lot in your life.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
Yes. My life is good, and I am happy with it. Hope that it will continue.
What do you do to be happier?
I am trying to achieve my goals and realize my dreams. It makes me happier
I don't know if we have the same definition of happiness but regarding this video I consider myself happy.
I exercise, meet people, do some hobbies.
I'm trying to move forward, improve myself. It matters to me to see happy faces of my family and friends. So, it's a lot of work.
I rather agree with the speaker but not at all.
In my opinion the happyness is in your heart. I think also that for your happyness, your success have influence but for others people the definitions of success are various.
Do you feel happy? Why/Why not?
I feel happy at all. Sometimes i have bad days but rather i feel goon with my live.
What do you do to be happier?
I make tbings for people. Someone told me that if I feel bad with live it seems that i don't have time for help others. And in my live it works. So i'm happy, even if i feel that it's not my time now.
I think that I'm happy. I have good family and friends. I don't have a lot of problems and it's very good... I don't want to change anything. We should smile, appreciate from victories even if they are small. Life is good so "carpe diem" :)
What do you do to be happier? Hmmm, a lot of small things makes me happy. The easiest way is meeting with my family. I love to spend time with them.