Despite the hype about the New year is a time to celebrate there's something about the end a year that brings us to take a break, sit back and reflect. Perhaps an awareness that time is running out, or maybe it is an instinct to leave your mark in the world. Regardless, we often look at our achievements to assess whether we are on track and whether celebrations should continue.
Do achievements really lead to happiness or does happiness leads to achievements? This issue has the potential to turn you into faster round a dervish on a diet of Red Bull, but it is a question worth exploring. To do this, we will take the ideas of a writer called Seligman ...
Meet Tom - Tom recently moved to Jakarta, it prides itself on being a simple man with logical thinking, logic and experience tell him that delights lead to positive emotions, which in turn lead to happiness. Tom then shapes his life around that belief and live the good life; a life motivated by the need (often constant) to experience pleasure.
Tom pulls the happiness of shopping, eating, drinking, parties, massages and sex. If you still have problems with the concept of thinking Hollywood where Hugh Hefner mentor the Kardashians. Yes, nice? Yes, luxury? Yes, seductive? Yes, pleasure? Significant? Ermmmm ...
"pleasant life" Tom runs the slogan "maximize pleasure and minimize pain" - that is human that few would have the other way around. So Tom feels positive emotions and savored intentionally / enjoy these emotions. This is fine as long as it spiral out of control; life pleasant working to generate happiness, but for how long
The challenges with the "good life" is that we become accustomed to things quickly and start taking them for granted ?; leading happiness to disappear.
So you wonder - when is "the good life" lead to a sustainable form of happiness? This would be combined with "the good life" and "meaningful life"? "The good life" as the trim on an exceptional meal, makes things look pretty without adding much to his liking. Explore "the good life" and "meaningful life" we meet our two other characters, Dick and Harry.
Dick's your nonsense, achievement driven individual, it is self-conscious and goal oriented, he knows his strengths and molded his career, his relationships, his health - in fact, he cast his whole life to take advantage of these forces. Being self-conscious and goal oriented Dick served well in life, he is a director, with a successful career, he was sent to Jakarta to deliver business results.
Dick lives the good life "while also knowing its limitations and strengths. It sets engagement objectives pleasantly challenge to tap into the inner resources - logically, emotionally and creatively -. Dick plays to his strength because he plays to win
Although committed to the objectives, Dick felt a kind of happiness called "flow", it is so absorbed by its target it normally loses track of time and the world melts, leaving him pleasantly satisfied at the end of a day. This sentiment also holds long as the goal is not reached, but what happens once the goal is reached? Dick suddenly feels empty, wondering now? What is it in life? He jumps most likely in another project, defines another goal - hence its reputation director, Dick leaves behind a trail of accomplishments, but can not see their goal. This is where Dick could learn a thing or two from Harry.
Harry is like Dick, however, takes the good life "a step While it is known to savor the pleasures of life, it has its priorities right -. It is self-conscious individual who knows its strengths and better yet, he also took the time to express his purpose in life, so he uses his strength to belong to something bigger, more interesting. Harry saw the meaningful life. "
the significant life encourage you to find a sense of purpose beyond the success for the sake of achievement and encourages you wonder why some goals are important, how they are worth and what you contributing to society through achieving them. Essentially, meaningful life provides the most sustainable form of happiness because it gives all aspects of the life of a sense of direction so that each goal helps your purpose in life.
Conclusion
happiness is closely linked to the accomplishment achievement provided a greater purpose to it. So why not do something different this year? Go find your goal and work backwards to set goals that are consistent with that purpose.
Comment
Identify your strengths of character with this assessment tool free strength:
http: //www.authentichappiness. sas.upenn.edu/Tests/? SameAnswers_t.aspx id = 310
Next, identify your target :.
• Make a table with five columns, calling the family and relationships, work, Community, Health and Well-being physical and / Hardware Environment
• List positive words you want to use to describe your life ideal in each area in the appropriate column.
• Review all the columns and identify all the words that have similar meanings / communes, list them separately.
• Make mission statement in an action using the words you listed, check your statement is beneficial to others, including yourself.
• Ask yourself, "How can I use my strength to deliver this mission in every area of my life? Make a goal.
• Then act accordingly ...
And if things feel awkward at first recollection "of a ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for.