The way to happiness presentation

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The Way to HappinessA GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE BASIC

COMMON-SENSE VALUES

The decay of basic values is more visible today than ever.

The blunt truth is that our social fabric is being destroyed by crime, dishonesty, promiscuity and greed.

As a result our children are growing up in a world that is increasingly dangerous and threatening.

Why The Way to Happiness?

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Read these facts and figures:

• Americahasthehighestrateofincarceration on Earth, with one out of every 133 people in jail—over 2.3 million people.

• Theestimatedcostofemployee fraud is $400 billion annually.

Facts & Figures

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• Morethan66%ofallcompaniesreport being victims of corporation crime.

• Infact,peraglobalstudy,in85%ofthecases,theftisnotcommitted by customers, but by the employees.

• Overathirdofallcompaniesdeclaring bankruptcy cited that they were “stolen out of business” by their own employees.


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•70% of youth admit to cheating on exams.

•33% report instances of bullying at school.

•42% (ages 10-17) have viewed pornography online.

•17% carry weapons to school (knives, guns, clubs).

•750,000 teen pregnancies occur each year in the US alone.


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• Totalspendingonpornographyworldwide was over $97 billion in 2006—over $265 million per day.

The above facts are the reasons why The Way to Happiness needs to get out everywhere, right now.


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As the author of The Way to Happiness, L. Ron Hubbard, states:

“With The Way to Happiness you can, factually, change all this. All you have to do is keep that booklet flowing in the society. Like gentle oil spread upon the raging sea, the calm will flow outward and outward.”


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The Way to Happiness book is not religious and is a common sense guide to a happier, more successful life.

What is The Way to Happiness?

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Itincludes21conceptsfordailyliving that have relevance for anyone, regardless of race, creed or ethnic background.


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These concepts are practical tools that an individual can use to guide his or herownlife—andtodealwiththedishonesty or misconduct of others.


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The power of The Way to Happiness lies in the simplicity of its use.

Onesimplygivesthebookouttopeople who potentially have an effect on one’s life, whether they are family, friends, neighbors, associates, customers or simply people who live in the same community, city or nation.


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The Way to Happiness has been used successfully in a wide variety of settings, to:

• improve honesty, trust & competence

• increase tolerance & reduce violence

• combat drug abuse & juvenile delinquency


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Onthefollowingpagesaresome examples of ways The Way to Happiness has been used to change and improve conditions in communities.

The Way to Happiness: Changing Conditions

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InColombia,ColonelRicardoPrado oftheNationalPolicehasutilizedThe Way to Happiness booklet for several years in both training their entire force and broadly distributing it to Colombiancitizens.

Colombia, South America

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UnderColonelPrado’sleadership,ColombianpolicehavedeliveredThe Way to Happiness seminars to hundreds of thousands of school children and distributed booklets to 20 percent of the population.


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The results can be seen in the changing crime statistics:

• 90%dropinthekidnappingrate

• over50%dropinthemurderrate

• over40%dropinoverallviolentcrime


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InCartegena,Colombia,thedistribution of hundreds of thousands of The Way to Happiness booklet was followed by significant drops in crime rate. The overall homicide rate dropped to its lowest in 22 years.

Cartegena,Colombiaisnowtoutedas one of the safest cities in South America.


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The end result is what has been called the “Colombian Miracle”—fornotonly did crime rates drop by 50 percent nationwide,butColombiantourismincreased eight times more than that of other Latin American nations.


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Emmy-award winning actressNancyCartwrightis internationally known as the voice of Bart Simpson on the Simpsons cartoon series.

Throughthenonprofitorganization she co-founded, “Happy House,” Nancy sponsored the distribution of one million copies of The Way to Happiness to a high crime-rate section of Greater Los Angeles.

Los Angeles California

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Nancy says, “With vandalism, gang fights, shootings and other crimes committed daily in our own backyards, it was clear that something needed to be done about it.... We did some of our own research and found out that the areas of Chatsworth, Canoga Park and Northridge are three of the most-highly condensed areas of crime in the Valley.. We felt that this was a perfect region to get out The Way to Happiness.”

Los Angeles, California

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The booklets were mailed into the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles(includingChatsworth,CanogaParkandNorthridge).

Thisareahasapopulationof1.76million and one of highest crime rates in Greater L.A.

Just months later after the mailing, the Los Angeles Daily News reported a 40% drop in the homicide rate andthesafestsummersince1967.

Los Angeles, California

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MountVernonHighSchoolinMiddletown,NY,hashadserioustroublewith violence and murders.

This is a school that averaged 1-2 murders per month in the area surrounding and related to the school, and 2-3 gang and other fights per day.

Middletown, New York

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A local businessman decided he wanted to do something about it and he sponsored a The Way to Happiness YouthCampaignintheschool.


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They held an all-school assembly for 2,000 students and showed themthe21filmedPublicServiceAnnouncements for The Way to Happiness.

Each student got a copy of The Way to Happiness booklet as well.


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Then for the rest of the day they delivered short seminars to teachers and students on the concepts found in the The Way to Happiness.


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The immediate results were that for two weeks following the introductory session, there were NO fights in the school and for two months NO murders in the area.

Teachers there told The Way to Happiness group that they are welcome to come back any time.


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Oneofthemostcomprehensive The Way to HappinessCampaignsisgetting The Way to Happiness DVD (book on film) into every school in the world.

MissouriwasoneofthefirstU.S.statestocomplete this target, with two copies in every school.

Missouri, United States

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There are 2,000 schools in the state ofMissouri.

During the 2009-2010 school year, 84schoolsreportedatotalof516violations (serious crimes committed in the school that must be reported to the police).


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All 2,000 schools were then provided with 2 copies of The Way to Happiness DVD, one to the principal and one to the head counselor.

By the end of the 2010-2011 school year, the Department of Education fortheStateofMissourireportedthat violations for the entire year had dropped to 31 schools reporting a total of 190 violations.

Thiswasa63%decreaseinviolations.


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ThepoliceforceinKarachi,Pakistanwas previously known to be widely affected by corruption and its statistics on reducing crime were abysmal.

A The Way to Happiness Group in Karachi, Pakistan,decidedtodosomethingabout it. They trained thousands of the police on The Way to Happiness.

Karachi, Pakistan

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The police officers began to apply the principles of this booklet at once and experienced tremendous efficiency and performance while at the same time observing a significant decrease in crime in their area.

Karachi, Pakistan

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As a result the following Letter of Appreciation was presented to the Executive Director for The Way to Happiness Karachi by the Deputy InspectorGeneralof PoliceTraining.

Karachi, Pakistan

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DuringtheWinterOlympicsin2010, The Way to Happiness Vancouver Team distributed 75,000 booklets in the streets of Vancouver around the Olympicstadiums.

Vancouver Winter Olympics

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“Mysteriously”thecrimeratedroppeddrastically. Here is what the Vancouver newspaper,NationalPosthadtoreport:

“The latest figures show property crime is down nearly 40%; theft from vehicles is down nearly 60% and violent crime is down 23%. So what accounts for the trend? Sure, it could be the 7,000 extra officers patrolling the streets of the Olympic city. Or it could be that the criminals are all at home, glued to the television as they watch those wacky Norwegians in their awesome curling pants.”

Vancouver Winter Olympics

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Juarez,Mexicohasthehighesthomicide rate of any city in the world.

JuarezbordersElPaso,TexasintheUnited States and is reportedly the entrancepointfor60%ofthedrugtrafficenteringtheUSfromMexico.

t, Mexico Drug War Zone

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A The Way to Happiness Group decided to do something about it.

They approached a local TV station, Channel44,aboutpromotingThe Way to Happiness on the air.

After seeing what The Way to Happiness was all about, they decided to run a campaign promoting it on the air daily.

Channel44begandistributingthebooklets to viewers who called in to the station.

Juarez, Mexico: Drug War Zone

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With the overwhelming positive results fromthecampaign,Channel44metwiththeJuarezWaterCompany,whodecided to join in on the campaign.

500,000 The Way to Happiness booklets were provided and they began delivering the booklet along with the monthly water bill.


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Itdidn’tstopthere,asThe Way to Happiness Group began delivering seminars to key groups in the city:

• Citypolice

• Teachers in 90 schools

• Staff & inmates of the state prisons

• Local businesses people

A total of 288 workshops and lectures havebeendeliveredto639peoplewith56,140booksdistributedat these activities.


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To date over 180,000 books have been distributedinJuarezandasaresultthehomicide rate has steadily declined.

Channel44reportedadropfrom345homicidesinOctober2010to180inMarch2011.


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Results like these can be obtained in any community on earth.

Needed are simply the funds to produce and distribute the booklets.

Donate toward the broad-scale distribution of The Way to Happiness in the troubled community of your choice today!

The Way to Happiness: Your Help is Needed

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The Way to HappinessFoundation International

201E.Broadway,Glendale,CA91205USA Phone:800-255-7906or818-254-0600

Fax: 818-254-0555 E-mail: [email protected]

www.thewaytohappiness.org

©2012ABLEInternational.AllRightsReserved.GratefulacknowledgmentismadetoL.RonHubbardLibraryforpermissiontoreproduceaselectionfromthecopyrightedworks of L. Ron Hubbard. The Way to Happiness and the “Road & Sun” design are trademarks owned by L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other countries (trademark

registrations pending) and are used with its permission.

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