2. What are some key personality features that define you? Some key personality traits that would define me would be that I am always bubbly and happy no matter what is going on in my life. My behavior shows that I will go the extra mile for someone in need and I always try to make everyone happy. Even though I might not please everyone in the long run.
Jerry Lopper’s “Positive Psychology Links Hope and Happiness”. As I read the article my minds starts to wonder. What am I thinking about? I am wondering about the word “Hope.” I always say this to myself: without hope there would not be life. This discusses about the function of hope in happiness, how hope and optimism are related, and how hope can determine academic success.
Since the true path to happiness, according to Epictetus, is the attainment of virtue, we can all become happier by improving ourselves, whether morally or intellectually. Furthermore, Epictetus' philosophy of happiness would lead us to live less stressful lives if we came to worry about only that which we can control. Still, while I admire Epictetus and his philosophy, I do not believe that most of us could be happy purely through the attainment of virtue. I believe that social support and some level of material possessions are necessary for happiness; we cannot forever strive only for virtue. I do, however, believe that Epictetus had a strong point when he asserted that we should only, rationally-speaking, worry about what we can change -- what good is there in worrying about things we cannot
So Do I believe love conquers all? Hmmm….Let’s see. When people think they “love” each other, they are spending a lot of time together, hormone endorphin support them in a positive mood of mind that helps people conquer with some of the difficulties. Peoples who are believed in love and have this feeling for someone else can say “Love conquers all”. But, I have on a scientific point of view about
I have always had various interests in different things. And this work was rewarding in a way that at the end of the day it brought me inner satisfaction of steering peoples beliefs into something better, hence the reward made me excel in it. I do (in my personal life and work) use my resources very well and don’t let negative situations get me. The reason I didn’t score well in Humanistic Encouraging section is maybe because I learned how to talk about leadership and what leadership but I didn’t pay much attention to people who were actually around me or maybe to myself first. I can recall situations where I was friendly and was being able to sustain a healthy relationship with friends and coordinates; I wasn’t able to support them fully.
1) Summarize the “Ted” talk or selected video. Shawn Anchor talked about positive psychology and the way we tend to look at success and happiness backwards. Most people follow a success then happiness formula but after success if the goalposts of success keep changing, it’s hard to find happiness. Instead of assuming that future achievement will bring happiness into our lives, we need to change our frame of mind to be happier and more positive. This happier and more positive way of thinking will contribute considerably to the likelihood that we will actually achieve that success.
Happiness Paper University of Phoenix PSY/225 Kimberly Kinsey Happiness Paper What is happiness? Some would say it is being in a state of joy, having contentment or maybe even partaking in something that is pleasurable. Happiness can mean many different things to many different people. The state of happiness is subjective to the individual person experiencing the emotion that contributes to their well-being. What does happiness achieve?
In a study conducted by Martin Seligman cited by Spoors et al, Seligman found that happiness levels increased in participants in the study when they were encouraged to focus on more positive things that had happened in their past, and to reflect on their own personal strengths and to write a daily list of things that had gone well and the reasons why. Seligman found that making a deliberate attempt to focus on some of the good things in life can have a major positive impact on levels of
Since my last session with the my tutor i have tried desperately to envision my special place, but have truly found it so much easier to be taken somewhere, here i can place the items, sights, smells, people or even noises that i want there with me and i fell comfortable and safe. I do however admire the permissive technique because of the imagination and creativity involved. I think
Many people have that one person who they admire, their mentor in other words, that helps them through thick, and thin, that believes in them when no one else does. That one person that, other then yourselves, you feel that you know inside and out, that’s a true admiration to you. It is the one person who you admire so deeply that you feel that you share a common mind, in many cases but not in all. It is hard to think that one person can change the way you think in common life that will impact your life in the future. There may be more than one person that you hold so closely to yourself.