http://www.myhappy.com/article Where the science of happiness meets ancient wisdom Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/331605584/20080710835 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/331605584/20080710835#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:17:22 +0000 newsbot http://www.myhappy.com/article/2008/07/10/positive-psychology-news-daily-international-happiness-day-july-10/ Today is International Happiness Day. The goal is one million people celebrating happiness today. Activities today:

• 3:30pm EST (12:30pm PST) - phone call with the founder of all Happiness Clubs, Lionel Ketchian on specific strategies for being happier. Free registration at the website.
• Downloading a list by Sonja Lyubomirsky for strategies to increase happiness - specifically created for international happiness day.

]]> Today is International Happiness Day (press release). The goal is one million people celebrating happiness today. ]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/331605584/20080710835/feed/ 0 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/329013554/20080707827 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/329013554/20080707827#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:38:16 +0000 newsbot http://www.myhappy.com/article/2008/07/07/positive-psychology-news-daily-talks-about-wrzesniewskis-ways-to-think-about-your-job/ During working years, life satisfaction can be affected by the level of meaning people find in their work. Amy Wrzesniewski (2003) describes three different work orientations that affect disposition to find meaningfulness in work.

• Job: Work as source of material benefits that enable other parts of life. Major satisfaction comes from hobbies and relationships outside work. The meaning of work is primarily what it contributes to outside domains of life.
• Career: Work as a source of advancement, prestige, and status. People with a career calling often have a willingness to make sacrifices for work advancement that others would not make.
• Calling: Work as an end in itself with a belief that it contributes to the greater good. A garbage collector who sees the work as making the world a cleaner, healthier place could have a Calling orientation. People with this orientation tend to experience more meaning from working.

In surveys, people are remarkably unambiguous about their work orientation. All three orientations are found at all levels in a given hierarchy.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/329013554/20080707827/feed/ 0 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:00:19 +0000 newsbot http://www.myhappy.com/article/2008/07/04/positive-psychology-news-daily-the-rider-the-elephant-and-the-send-button/ If you have not read it, I highly recommend Jonathan Haidt’s The Happiness Hypothesis. One of Haidt’s metaphors, more thoroughly explained in the book, is the very accessible image of the rider (conscious reasoning self) and the elephant (automatic and unconscious self). ]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824/feed/ 0