Slide 1 : 11.00 AM to 12.30 PM Paradigm Trainers Pvt. Ltd. welcomes you all for the 1½ Hour program on The Art and Science of Happiness
Slide 2 : Our Clients Engineering Hospitality IT Industries Construction Others
Slide 3 : Getting Maximum out of the program 1. Webinar is challenging – compared to classroom 2. Max. Participation – you can Chat 3. No Questions are dumb
No Answers from you are wrong
I prefer an honest answer to a right answer
Slide 4 : I Shall be happy when… Promotion Salary Hike Buy a new dress Own House Bigger House Latest Bike/Car/Mobile Change a Job Factory Expansion Have a Child School Admission Higher Turnover
Slide 5 : Do HAVE Be Dimensions of Living
Slide 6 : I cannot relax until… Send all mails Complete report Clear debts
Slide 7 : Focus on Doing – One is busy all the time – Not single activity but multitasking – Not only inconsistent but against each other – No time to analyze, reflect & Synthesize
Slide 8 : Focus on Having
Slide 9 : Pleasure
Slide 10 : Pleasure Happiness Gravity Entropy Laziness Need Less Efforts Need Effort Need Discipline Enriches You Pleasure Vs Happiness
Slide 11 : Watching a Cricket Match Daily Soap on TV Exercise, Yoga & Meditation Surfing on the Net, Facebook etc. Activities – I
Slide 12 : Listening to Music Reading a Challenging Book Newspaper, Magazines Having Vodka in PUB Playing an Instrument Activities – II
Slide 13 : Flow is a process of achieving Happiness: – by controlling consciousness – by bringing order in consciousness – making consciousness more complex
Slide 14 : Process of Achieving Happiness by
Controlling Consciousness ENTROPY ORDER
Slide 15 : Flow Happens when: – you stretch physical, mental & intellectual limits – completely immersed in an activity for its own sake – time flies / ego falls away – balance between challenge of the task & your skills
Slide 16 : Flow Happens when – You are totally engaged – Fully immersed – Completely absorbed with the task in hand – Oblivious of time, food & surrounding
Slide 17 : Two Approaches FAME MONEY POWER SUCCESS HAPPINESS PASSION FLOW HAPPINESS SUCCESS MONEY FAME POWER
Slide 18 : Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Apathy Boredom Worry Relaxation Anxiety Control Arousal Flow High Low High Low Skill Level Challenge Level
Slide 19 : Which State are you in… Preparing Report Recruitment Closing Order Preparing balance sheet Attending Meeting Watching Cricket match on TV Shopping Food at a Restaurant Going through 250 mails in the mail box
Slide 20 : Obstacle to Flow Information Overload Global Work Place Lack of a sense of purpose
Slide 21 : Humans Bombarded with Information – Around 295 Exabytes of date floating around the world – 29,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 – 1 Exabytes = 1 billion GB – Compared to 1986 we receive 5 times as much information – 1986: 2 ½ paper of info generated
2011: Six Newspapers
A 200x increase – Martin Hilbert, University of S. California
Slide 22 : Focus on Being – His priorities and goals decided by self, not by the society – Difference between needs & wants – Experiences flow quite often
Slide 23 : Having Flow Work: Task That gives you a sense of Fulfillment & Accomplish – spend Min 30 Mins without disturbance Home: Develop a Hobby – Spend min 45 mins everyday
Slide 24 : Other Webinar Topics Does Technology solve our problems & make us Happy? Difference between Real & Romantic Love? Relevance of Pain in Spiritual Growth How to Read a Book
Slide 25 : Outside – Inside
Biological Conditioning(eat, drink & Sex)
Social Conditioningsymbol of success
Having, doing Inside – Outside
Reach out to others
Flow
Being, doing Pleasure Happiness
Slide 26 : Topics Covered Difference between Pleasure and Happiness Three Dimensions of Living – Doing, Having and Being Limitations of Conventional Happiness Approach – biological programming and Social conditioning Flow – the Process of Achieving Happiness Auto telic Personality – one who is rarely bored, seldom anxious & is at peace with himself
Slide 27 : Happiness – Art or a Science? Art: Each person has his/her own way Science: Experiment – Observe – Inference - repeat
Slide 28 : Psychological Study: – Why people are unhappy? (Sigmund Freud, Adler, psychosis & Neurosis – Positive Psychology: Abraham Maslow, Martin Seligman & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Slide 29 : – Pleasure & Happiness, both are important – Happiness is inside-out, long-term & need efforts – For flow you need time to reflect
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Slide 31 : Thank You