POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: OVERVIEW AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS

							What is happiness?

 What is the highest of all goals
 achievable by actions?...both
 the general run of man and
 people of superior refinement
 say it is happiness…but with
 regard to what happiness is,
 they differ.

 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics,
 Book 1, Chapter 4
Happiness is…
  Four roads to feeling good




Having fun                          Positive self-talk
         Friends and Family   Being healthy
                    Happiness is…

Setting goals and
having a positive
direction

Making a
difference to
others




 Flourishing
Benefits of happiness
   You’ll be more creative
   You’ll persist for longer at a task
   You’ll think in a more optimistic way
   get ill (and bounce back from illness more
    quickly)
   You’ll be more sociable and helpful with your
    friends and be trusted more
   You’ll think about yourself less and feel less
    angry towards
   You’ll live longer! (up to 10 years…)
The Nuns’ Study