achieving wowness (tedxesade)

Achieving WOWNESS

Alex Barrera (@abarrera) April 2012 #wowness

Whatis

Happiness?

many positivefew negative

Every culture is different

Pain - RunPleasure - Repeat

Pain - Do it againPleasure - don’t repeat

Pre-experience &

Pre-feel

Pre-experience &

Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)

Pre-experience &

Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)

Memory sketches (lack inessential features, language)

Pre-experience &

Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)

Memory sketches (lack inessential features, language)

Simulation abbreviation(focus on first moment)

Underestimateadaptation

CONTEXT MATTERS!!

“Isolation effect”Tversky (1972)

YESYOUR BRAINFUCKS WITH

YOU

“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.”

Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)

“The only constant thing in the universe is change”

Taoist proverb

Buddhist monk story...

Be humbleAsk for opinions

WOWness triangle

Emotional balance(Social relations)

Professional balance(Love what you do)

Physical balance(Release energy)

SMILE AND BE HAPPY!

BE WOWASTIC!

Alex Barrera (@abarrera)alex@press42.com