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What is happiness?

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. Happiness is….

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What is happiness?

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  1. 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

  2. Happiness is…

  3. Four roads to feeling good Having fun Positive self-talk Friends and Family Being healthy

  4. Happiness is… Setting goals and having a positive direction Making a difference to others Flourishing

  5. 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…)

  6. The Nuns’ Study

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