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About Positivity from the book...Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson, one of the best scientists in the field
Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson
Groundbreaking
Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive
Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive
Ideas,
notes from the book:
Positivity
·
Consists of
the whole range of positive emotions-
from:
·
Appreciation to love, from amusement to
joy, from hope to gratitude
and more
·
It includes
the positive emotions as well as the
open minds, tender hearts
·
It even
includes the long term impact that
positive emotions have on your
·
Character, relationships, communities and
environment
·
Positivity has
captured the interest of science and the discoveries
are stunning
·
The pleasant states alter your mind and body in
ways that can literally help you
·
Create your best life
Six vital facts about Positivity
1. Positivity feels
good – it is obvious, but essential;
positivity takes 10 forms
2. Positivity changes
how your mind works –
§ Changes the
contents of your mind – trades bad
thoughts for good ones
§ Changes the
scope or boundaries of your mind – widens the
possibilities you see
§ You see a way to fit a missed exercise…
§ maintain a focus
on larger goals
§ see past a mistake to be more forgiving
§ spot a missing item in the most unusual place
§ connect and
trust a colleague
§ find a way to enter exercise in a busy schedule
3. Positivity transforms your future
§ Over time,
positivity brings out the best in you
§ Positive emotions
build up your resources –
§ Physical,
mental, psychological and social resources
§ you sleep better, become more mindful of circumstances, optimistic
§ Resilient and
have better connections
4. Positivity puts
the breaks on negativity
§ Negativity spikes
your blood pressure, positivity calms it
§ Positivity flushes
out the negativity from your system
§ Positivity is the secret
to becoming resilient
5.
Positivity obeys a tipping point
§ A tipping point is the spot in between where a small
change makes a big difference
§ Positivity can take you to extraordinary
outcomes
§ With each successive good moment, you move upward and outward
§ There is a precise ratio 3:1 of positive to negative emotions to tip to the happy side
6.
You can increase your positivity
§ You have the potential for both negativity and
positivity
§ You can tip the
scales to unleash your potential to flourish
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Positive Psychology
·
Is
focused on what makes individuals and communities Flourish,
rather than languish.
·
Flourishing is defined as a “state of positive mental health;
·
To
flourish is to thrive, to prosper
and to fare well in endeavors free
of mental illness,
·
filled
with emotional vitality and function
positively in private and social realms”
·
From
Michalec, 2009.
·
Only
18% of the people meet the criteria
of flourishing,
·
65%
are mentally healthy and
·
17%
are languishing
Flourishing- has several positive correlates such as:
·
Academic achievement
·
Mastery goal setting
·
Higher levels of self control
·
Continued perseverance….from Howell, 2009
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Eudaimonic Wellbeing
Eudaimonic Wellbeing
·
Eudaimonia is fulfilling one’s daimon or true
nature
·
It
occurs when people’s lives are most congruent with their deep values – Waterman
·
Also
happens when developing one’s true self
– Vitterso, 2004
·
Or
it can mean engaging in activities
for their own sake – Csikszentmihalyi, 2002
·
Another
possibility: belonging to and serving institutions larger than oneself Huta, 2003
·
There
has to be more to life than just pleasure and satisfaction
·
True
happiness is found in the expression of
virtue and what is worth doing
·
The
realization of human potential is an
ultimate goal – Aristotle
·
Seek
and pursue happiness through prudence – John Locke and self-discipline -
Epicurus
Psychological
Wellbeing PWB
consists of 6 components:
1. Self-acceptance – positive evaluation of oneself and one’s life
2.
Personal growth
3.
Purpose in life
4.
Positive relations with others
5.
Environmental mastery
6.
Autonomy
Authentic Happiness- Martin Seligman gave three routes to
happiness:
1. The Pleasant Life- enables high levels of positive emotion and gratification
2. The Good Life
– constant absorption, engagement and “FLOW”
3. The Meaningful Life- use of strengths in the service of something higher than oneself
FLOW-
·
The
theory was created by Mihalyi
Csiksentmihalyi in the 1960s.
·
he
noticed that all rewards of painting came from painting itself-
·
this
is a theory now called intrinsic
motivation
·
flow is the intense involvement in moment-to-moment
activity
·
attention is fully invested in the
task
·
the
person functions at her fullest capacity
·
flow
is ideal for enhancing the positive effect
Conditions
needed for the FLOW Experience:
·
Structured activity with clear goals and immediate
feedback.
o
The
activity must have rues and a clear outline
o
We
must be able to get a sense of feedback
o
Without
feedback, confusion will creep in
·
Balance of challenges versus skills
o
If
the challenge is too far above our skill level, it will produce anxiety
o
If
it is too low, we will be bored
o
If
there’s no skill or challenge (TV) – apathy
·
Complete concentration – merging of action and awareness
o
All
attention is within the activity
o
You
lose a sense of yourself
o
Everything
else is irrelevant at that point
·
Sense of Control
o
If
the skill and the challenge match, we will feel a better sense of control
·
Transformation of Time
o
Time
speeds up, hours feel like minutes
o
Or,
like in dance, a minute feels like hours
o
There
is a distortion of time
·
Activity for the sake of Activity
o
There
is a wish to repeat
o
No
rewards, no external forces
o
You
like doing it and want to repeat it
·
Personality
o
Skills
that enable curiosity, persistence
o
Autotelic
personality, susceptible to flow
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