the authentic life
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The authentic life...what Aristotle described as "the good life," is available to all. But it will hardly happen by accident. There is much that science is teaching us about where happiness, authenticity, fulfillment comes from and how to cultivate more of it in your own life. Known as the "science of happiness" or "positive psychology," you can increase your own level of happiness and fulfillment. But you must know the science. You must know yourself. And, you must apply the wisdom found in virtually all the spiritual traditions. Want to know more, this slide share can help.TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Steve McSwainSpeaker, Author, Leadership Coach,
Life Guide
The Authentic Life©All Rights Reserved
What’s the one thingEveryone Wants,Few People Find,
and Fewer Still KnowWhere to Look?
Happiness,
Fulfillment, What
Aristotle Called
“The Good Life”
CONFUSED?
Yes, Many are Confused, As to Where Such aGood Life is Found.
Are You?
“All men are created equal…endowed with certain unalienable rights…
among these…the right to Life, Libertyand the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS…”
Even the Founding Fathers were confused.They believed happiness (or, the GoodLife…Human Flourishing) was like aCommodity one pursued, claimed orcaptured.
We Know Differently Today
•In year 1998, the American Psychological Association adopted the terms “Positive Psychological to refer to a new branch of study .
•This new research focuses on human flourishing and “positive emotions”…from where they come, how they function, and in what ways they contribute to human flourishing…to happiness.
The HappinessFormula
Martin Seligman, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Edward Diener
1998
American Psychological
Association
“Positive Psychology”
Happiness = Brain’s Set Point + Life Situation + Voluntary Actions
Happiness = Brain’s Set Point
50%Genetic
Martin Seligman
Happiness = Set Point + Life Situation
The “Situations” or
Life Circumstances where
People Commonly Seek Happiness
Martin Seligman
Happiness = Brain’s Set Point +
Life Situation + Voluntary Actions
(Choices)
Martin Seligman
Right ChoicesPathway to
The Authentic Life ©
Path to HumanFlourishing…What
Martin Seligman Calls“Authentic Happiness”
1) Choose to BE HAPPY
“I choose to be happybecause half my happiness
depends on it.”-- Dr. Steve McSwain
2) QUESTION EVERYTHING
Who Am I?
Why Am I Here?
What Do I Believe?How Do I Want to Be
Remembered?
3) Create aLIFE MAP
What is Your Life
Plan? Where Will
You Be in 5 Years,
10 Years, etc?
To See the World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower
To Hold Infinity in the Palm Of Your Hand, and Eternity In an Hour
– William Blake “Auguries of Innocence”
5) GO DEEP, Life is Calmer
There
Meditate More than You Medicate
6) LIVE IN SPACE,Not Time
Every Now and Again… Pay Attention to Nothing
7) Look for the LIFE LESSON in Every Experience
“There are no mistakes,no coincidences.
All events are blessingsgiven to us to learn from.”
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Is this True?
8) Do Unto Yourself as You Would have YOUR SELF Do Unto
You
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you” (The Golden Rule)
The Way You Treat Others is the Consequenceof the Way to Treat Yourself
9) Think aboutDEATH…
…DAILY
“All my life I thought I was learninghow to live; now, I realize I’ve really
been learning how to die.”-- Michaelangelo
What Value is There in Thinking from the End?
10) Be FORGIVING…..and 4-GIVING
You Cannot Give What You Have Not Received
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