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Happiness is an essential goal for most people. From books and expensive classes that teach people how to achieve happiness to the fundamental right of “the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence, the importance of happiness is evident in society. This causes the rise to two fundamental questions: “How does one attain happiness?” and “,How does happiness create a meaningful life?” Both happiness and living a meaningful life are achieved simultaneously. The search for happiness and the factors that make it brings meaning to life. Happiness can stem from several factors such as wisdom and knowledge, savoring life and its experiences, and even suffering and pain. Analyzing these factors brings meaning to one’s life.

The authors of the article believe that there are three things that form happiness as a whole, “pleasure (or positive emotion); engagement; and meaning” (Seligman 540). In order to increase happiness, there needs to be a way to increase these three constituents in the lives of people. With this being said most people in the world cannot increase all three constituents, but a person can live a full life when “A person uses all three routes to happiness” (541). The main goal of people is to increase all three paths or constituents because through living a full life a person can have more satisfaction. This article gives many interesting facts about happiness and gives a very direct definition of what happiness is. This definition of what happiness is might match what some other people might think, but it cannot satisfy the definition that every one in the world

The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky is simultaneously an academic book and comprehensive guide about positive psychology and it’s applications in daily life. Dr. Lyubomirsky provides not only facts and figures to back up her science but also includes quizzes and exercises for the reader to learn more about himself or herself in context with the book. The book is broken down into 3 different sections: How to Attain Real and Lasting Happiness, Happiness Activities, and Secrets to Abiding Happiness.

When considering an individual’s conception of happiness, we must first look at the life they lead to understand what might make that person happy. However, to truly assess what makes an individual happy we must further analyze the individual’s character. Since the life one leads does not necessarily correlate to their happiness. There are several factors that contribute to an individual’s conception of happiness. For example, a person may lead an extravagant life full of money, power, and all the materialistic items that many desire, but that individual is not truly happy because under all that material wealth they feel unhappy and alone. Meanwhile, another individual is living within his means but he is completely happy with that life because

There are quite a few concepts that are encased in Positive Psychology. Dr. Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology, states that individuals can have three types of contentment: “1) pleasure and gratification, 2) embodiment of strengths and virtues and 3) meaning and purpose”. (Seligman, 2016, October 29). Dr. Seligman introduced 6 virtues that help facilitate the good life and cultivate the 24 strengths. The six main virtues that Seligman include with his theory are 1) understanding & knowledge Bravery 3) love & humankind 4) fairness 5) temperance and 6) spirituality (Seligman, 2016, October 29).

A number of sociologists have recently suggested that Darrin M. McMahon’s work has several fundamental problems. Americans tend to believe that happiness is the goal of living. Common sense seems to dictate that people in pursuit of happiness rather than productivity are more likely to lead easier, Less stress filled lives. It is also said that most Americans yearn deep down, to be happy all the time. You would think that despite enjoying for better living standards and more avenues for pleasure than before, human beings are arguably no happier now than they’ve ever been.

Positive psychology is concerned with three issues: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. The first aspect “positive emotions” examines contentment in terms of the past present and future (Seligman, 2007). The second aspect, “positive individual,” identifies one’s virtues and strengths. Furthermore, where positive individual looks at the person, “positive institution examines the community (p. 75). In terms of happiness, this is considered an emotional state and is achieved when balance occurs between the stresses of life and the person’s ability to let the things that are bogging him or her down. It is interesting to note that because of the large amount of

The world seems to be a dark and unforgiving place, but happiness is hidden within. It is found in a beautiful view, an uplifting song, or a compliment from a friend. According to the Ted Talk video, The Habits of Happiness, Matthieu Ricard claims that everyone “has a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness”(Ricard 2:39). Ricard uses the three techniques of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to captivate and move his audience. With the use of metaphors, personal experiences, and even graphs Matthieu explained to his audience the full force and perception of the bendable word that is happiness. This Ted Talk dove into philosophical meaning on just how to achieve well-being, without having everything in the world.

Happiness as a phenomenon is a subject that has attracted attention from researchers in psychology. It is baffling how happiness is an intrinsic desire all wish to attain. There are many theories throughout time about how to achieve it and debates about whether it is even an ongoing process or a place. Many famous figures from ancient Greeks, Plato, and contemporary philosophers, Robert Nozick, have queried the meaning of it. Thus, there is no one set definition for happiness. Amongst the many concepts of happiness, is the one by Ed Diener and Shigehiro Oishi in their article, The Nonobvious Social Psychology of Happiness. They examine happiness in a non-conventional and psycho-social viewpoint. To them, there are three main factors that contribute to happiness; close social relationships, the ratio of negative events over positive events in relationships and culture and well-being (Diener & Oishi, 2004). Another minor finding discussed is the hedonic treadmill of adaptation which essentially the theory that life stresses and pleasures only provides temporary sadness or happiness. In other words, the effect it has neutralizes with time and adaptation to it occurs.

Positive psychology, which has emerged recently, is the scientific study of human thriving. Psychology traditionally focuses on dysfunction—on people with mental illness or other psychological problems and how to treat them. Positive psychology, by contrast, is a relatively new field that examines how ordinary people can become happier and more fulfilled. In his 1998 APA presidential address, Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, argued that psychology had become too focused on curing mental illness according to a disease model, and that, for all intents and purposes, it had become a “victimology” (Seligman, 1998). What was needed, he averred, was a new “science of human strengths,” a positive psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000).

According to World Health Organization (WHO)’s definition, health is a state of complete physical, psychological well-being, optimal psychological functioning and social well-being. And health is “not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity” (WHO, 2000). Contrary to typical understanding of the psychology fields, positive psychology is a science of positive subjective experiences and positive traits, positive institution that promise to improve the quality of life and prevent pathologies (Csikszentmihalyi and Seligman, 2000). There are 3 levels of analysis for positive psychology; subjective level refers to the subjective experiences such as well-being, contentment, and

positive psychology” is the human potential that lead individuals to become happier by discovering and promoting the factors of happiness.

Within the last twenty years a new emphasis in psychology has become prevalent, this emphasis is positive psychology. In the book, “A Primer in Positive Psychology” by Christopher Peterson, Peterson suggests that since “WWII psychology has focused on human problems and how to remedy them” further stating that psychological manuals are used to classify psychological disorders. (Peterson, pp. 4-5, 2006) Martin Seligman is regarded as the man that “began,” positive psychology. As the President of the American Psychological Association, Seligman recognized that while psychologists were aiding the minority of society classified with psychological disorders, psychologists had neglected the larger portion of society, the individuals that were not only surviving, but were also thriving. Peterson defines positive psychology as the “Scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and all stops in between” (Peterson, p. 4, 2006). Thus, in contrast to focusing on diagnoses and the psychological problems in society, the focus became what made people succeed in life. In the journal article, “What’s the ‘Positive’ in Positive Psychology? Teleological Considerations Based on Creation and Imago Doctrines,” the authors, Pamela King, and William Whitney discuss numerous ideals on the integration of positive psychology and a Christian worldview. Throughout the journal, both King, and Whitney indicate that a prevalent aspect of human nature is the ability to thrive. They suggest

In terms of workplace applications of positive psychology, institutional values are the easiest need met. Deeply engrained within company mission statements are guiding principles which serve as the moral tenets for an organization’s culture. Ensuring there is an articulated goal within a company’s mission statement, and further ensuring that workplace practices effectively work towards those goals in ways which are fair and equal, can create strong feelings of togetherness within personnel. More difficult within a good workplace, is the proper usage of character strengths.

Since the days of Aristotle, happiness was thought to have at least two aspects: hedonia (pleasure) and eudaimonia (a life well lived). In contemporary psychology, happiness is referred to as simply pleasure and meaning. Positive psychologists, such as Dr. Martin Seligman, have recently added one more distinct component to the definition of happiness: engagement. As referred to in Seligman’s book, Authentic Happiness, engagement refers to living a “good life” of work, family, friends and hobbies (Seligman). Psychologists trying to understand what influences happiness and its meaning disagree on one concrete answer. A prevalent speculation made by psychologists is that a person terminates his or her happiness the moment he or she acknowledges their happiness. Due to the alterations of what physiologists think makes a person happy, and the questioning of a person’s happiness, a person cannot acknowledge the moment he or she is happy without altering their happiness.