HAPPINESS INGREDIENTS

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CONTENTS• What is happiness?

• Ingredients of happiness• Chemicals• Thoughts

• Impact on communication and success

So what is happiness?

It’s an emotional or effective state

that feels good or pleasing.

How are you feeling?

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Chemicals

• Weather• Diet• Sleep• Serotonine

Serotonine

Serotonine or 5-HT is a neurotransmitter found in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract.

It affects mood, sleep, emesis (vomiting), sexuality and appetite.

THOUGHTS

• a pleasant disposition a pleasant disposition • work to do, something to occupy youwork to do, something to occupy you• liking yourself, being happy with yourselfliking yourself, being happy with yourself• financial securityfinancial security• freedom from abuse (as from people in authority over freedom from abuse (as from people in authority over

you) you) • a degree of privacy; time to yourself, time to think and a degree of privacy; time to yourself, time to think and

reflect reflect • a certain amount of socializing (time spent with others)a certain amount of socializing (time spent with others)

How are you feeling?

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IMPACT on COMMUNICATION

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Tips for Happiness in Daily Life

Think of solutions, not problems.

Always look at what you have done and not at what you haven't.

Each day do something good for yourself.

Each day do at least one act to make others happy.

Smile more often.

survey

• http://coachingtohappiness.com/happiness-test.html

ACTIVITY

Every day, for the next week, write down three things that went well that day and why.

“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.”