Give a Happiness Talk
How To
for your happiness initiative happycounts.org
Introductions
1. Who you are (name, organization, position, where you are from)
2. What you want to get out of the training
3. Why happiness?
The more we get together, together, togetherThe more we get together, together, togetherThe more we get together, the happier we’ll beThe more we get together, the happier we’ll be ‘cause your friends are my friends and my ‘cause your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends, friends are your friends, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be The more we get together, the happier we’ll be
My path to…My path to…
cottage
cottage
industry
industry
mommom
mbamba
lawyerlawyer
director of
director of
sustainability
sustainability
sustainable
sustainable
seattle
seattle
happiness
happiness initiative
initiative
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What is Your Path to Happiness?What is Your Path to Happiness?
What makes you happy?What makes you happy?guided exerciseguided exercise
thingsthingsactivitiesactivitiespeoplepeople
Material Well-Being Material Well-Being
Meaningful WorkMeaningful Work
Social SupportSocial Support
Democratic ProcessDemocratic Process
GenerosityGenerosity
ValuesValues
FamilyFamily
Three things you can do for Three things you can do for your happiness:your happiness:
GratitudeGratitude
GivingGiving
CompassionCompassion
Gross Domestic ProductGross Domestic Product
What GDP counts:+ goods and services sold + oil spills, natural and manmade
disasters+ illness and death+ divorce+ accidents
What GDP does not count:- time with friends & family- volunteering, participating
in democratic process - gardening, educating
yourself - walking for exercise
the sum of all good and services produced in a year
Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.to sell toys to our children.
Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our countrynor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that ; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans. why we are proud that we are Americans.
- Robert Kennedy- Robert Kennedy
Does GDP make us happy?
GDP in the US has
more than tripled
since 1950s.
Adjusted per capita
GDP since 1960 has
doubled since 2010
Happiness has remained stagnant and even fallen
Easterlin Paradox40 year study of nations across the globe
Up to a salary of $75K for family of four, long and short term happiness increases a lot with more money
After a salary of $75K, long term happiness increases are marginal or non-existent, short term increases in happiness do occur.
...and what about the wealth of ...and what about the wealth of our nation?our nation?
nothingnothing
The United States has the widest gap between rich and poor of any wealthy country. The Nation, Unjust Spoils, Robert Reich
A New Economic Paradigm
Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product
Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product
Jigme Singye Wangchuk King of Bhutan 1972
UN Resolution Towards a Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development
The spread of happiness
United KingdomUnited Kingdom FranceFrance CanadaCanada Brazil Brazil AustraliaAustralia China…and China…and herehere
Happiness Initiatives
Gross National
Happiness
- Material Wellbeing/Standard of Living
- Work
- Time Balance
- Arts & Culture
- Education
- Environment - Governance
- Health
- Community
- Social Support
- Affect (feelings)
- Satisfaction with Life - Psychological Wellbeing
Domain icons by Joumana Medlej at majnouna.com
Your GNH Index Scores
Purpose of government & life
Why measure happiness?
Granularity and defining issues
Capture the unobservable
Perception of hurting or thriving
A “guide societies toward desirable futures” in an experimenting society
Inclusivity – you are the data
Time Balance
In a typical week, how much of your time are you able to spend doing the kinds of things that you enjoy?
None of my timeNot much of my time
Some of my timeMost of my time
All of my time
The US is the only wealthy nation withoutPaid Sick LeavePaid Vacation and HolidaysPaid Maternity or Paternity Leave
Sick Leave Ordinances
City of San Francisco- Ch. 12W of SF Administrative Code in Paid Sick Leave Ordinance includes part time and temp workers
City of Seattle ordinance 123698 – municipal code for paid sick leave and paid safe time
Environment
How satisfied with you are the efforts being made to preserve the natural environment in your neighborhood.
Very dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied
Satisfied
Very Satisfied
Wanted: Five to Seven Planets
If everyone on Earth consumed at the same level of the U.S
.
Bhutan’s Constitution: Preservation of the Natural Environment
60% natural habitat40% development
Bhutan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy of 2010 - encourages the development of an environmentally friendly, sustainable economy
Parking Days
Pop-Up Parks
Satisfaction with Life
Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to ten at the top.
Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the
bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible. If the top step is 10 and the bottom step is 0,on which step of the ladder do you feel you
personally stand at the present time?
Overall Satisfaction with Life
Easterlin Paradox40 year study of nations across the globe
Up to a salary of $75K for family of four, long and short term happiness increases a lot with more money
After a salary of $75K, long term happiness increases are marginal or non-existent, short term increases in happiness do occur.
Mindfulness training
Mindfulness programs at Apple, McKinstry Co. Proctor & Gamble, General Mills, Aetna & Google (“Search Inside Yourself”)
Seahawks Super bowl 2014
What you can doTake the GHN Index How Happy Are YOU?
Find out Use the GNH Index for your project, city,
community, campus or company happycounts.org
Questions, comments, requests: [email protected]
Exercise: What is Your Path to Happiness?Exercise: What is Your Path to Happiness?
5 min reflection, share stories for no more than 5 min5 min reflection, share stories for no more than 5 min
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