Session 3

Session 3

Rules, ingredients of Happiness. Exercises

First the story of the film Limitless, wherein the hero finds a sort of happiness, but it is based on a drug that brings the capacity of the brain to new limits…indeed, it seems Limitless, because he can learn Portughese in some hours, to play the piano in about the same time frame…

-          Limitless              - for the big screen

I think that our possibilities are…Limitless, even if we are not capable to do the same, acquire fantastic skills in hours. Do we really need so many languages, play all the instruments??

And we have some rules of happiness that we will analyze in more detail, in the next encounters, such as 

-          PERMA -             For the screen:

-          Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement

There is also the formula proposed by Barbara Fredrickson, in her classic masterpiece Positivity, wherein the ratio proposed is:

-          3 : 1                       for the screen

-          Awe, inspiration, amusement, interest, hope, pride, joy, serenity, gratitude, love

We also have from this brilliant professor and scientist the ingredients, the elements of positivity, with love as the ultimate, paramount element.

There are exercises that are recommended and they are the result of intensive research, such as the univerasally appreciated:

-          Gratitude exercise, also known as counting your blessings                        the screen

-          With the alternative formulas of letters, maybe video messages…tweets, a.o.

At the end of each day you will write in a journal, that can be kept on the computer or in a notebook, about three things that were positive and took place during that day.

They can be as important as God gave me and theothers a beautiful day, for those who are religious, or as simple as the cherry tree is in bloom or we had the first beautiful snow

-          Three good things, events,

John Gottman is the ultimate expert on relationships, with an accuracy of an amazing 93.6 % !! in predictions on whethere couples will stay together or separate.

His formula is of

-          5 : 1                       - for screen

-          John Gottman

-          93.6 % accuracy

-          4 Horsemen of the apocalypse

-          7 principles of making a relationship work

Next time we are going to talk about Meaning and happiness

-          A thing  of beauty is a joy forever

Wu Wei, miracles, ikigai

Need to focus on what is worthwhile and eliminate negativity

-          Limitless and flow

Psychic energy and info to insert