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Explore the concept of happiness from different perspectives and learn about the benefits of embracing a positive mindset and pursuing meaningful goals. Discover four key ways to enhance your well-being - through fun, self-affirmation, relationships, and health. Uncover the power of setting goals, making a difference, and flourishing in life. Delve into the advantages of happiness, from increased creativity to improved resilience and sociability, leading to a longer and more fulfilling life. Delve into the insights shared in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Chapter 4, as we journey through the various roads to feeling good and living a more joyful life.
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What is happiness? What is the highest of all goals achievable by actions?...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say it is happiness…but with regard to what happiness is, they differ. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapter 4
Four roads to feeling good Having fun Positive self-talk Friends and Family Being healthy
Happiness is… Setting goals and having a positive direction Making a difference to others Flourishing
Benefits of happiness • You’ll be more creative • You’ll persist for longer at a task • You’ll think in a more optimistic way • get ill (and bounce back from illness more quickly) • You’ll be more sociable and helpful with your friends and be trusted more • You’ll think about yourself less and feel less angry towards • You’ll live longer! (up to 10 years…)