Martin Seligman started with a brief history of psychology. The last half century, psychology worked inside the disease model. Some successes include: making fourteen of the disorders treatable and two are curable. In addition, the science of mental illness concepts developed and psychologists invented drug treatments to solve certain mental disorders. Unfortunately, psychology made three critical mistakes: psychologists and psychiatrists became victimologist forgetting people had freewill; psychologists forgot about making undisturbed people happier and more satisfied, and they never developed solutions to make people happier. In the last decade, psychology has focused on the more positive aspects of psychology.
In his study, Dr. Seligman identified three different happy lives. The first is the pleasant life, this is where a person tries to gain as much pleasure as possible. Unfortunately, this life is partially heritable and happiness quickly reaches diminishing returns. The second is the good life; a person in this life has “flow” when they are working at their job. Lastly is the meaningful life. This life consists of knowing your strengths and using these strengths for a higher purpose in life. The meaningful life provides the most happiness for the longest period of time. Integrate the insights from the Ted Talk into the course concepts discussed during the week. In this section, you should also discuss how Ted Talk insights might apply when you go to work. This Ted Talk relates to VIA Character Strengths. To achieve the good life and the meaningful life a person must enjoy his/her work and the best way to incorporate character strengths is with one’s work. In addition, the HDS and HPI test scores are informative for when a person is working. My derailers impact my behavior that can cause problems at work and in life. If I can recognize when certain derailer come, I can minimize the damage and increase my work flow. In addition, minimizing my derailers can help me reach my long-term goals. Aligning my strengths with a meaningful life, I can sustain motivation and perseverance when challenges come. Relate the insights from Section 1 to insight from another source. Source: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/do-the-poor-have-more-meaningful-lives Martin Seligman’s findings also coincide with other research in this area. Adam Alter found that wealthier people were generally happier, but this happiness had diminishing marginal returns after earning $800 a year. In contrast, poorer people actually lived more meaningful lives. This relates to Seligman with the long-term happiness of a meaningful life. To obtain the meaningful life, a person needs to have the right mindset and goal. It makes sense wealthier people have better pleasant lives because they can spend more on different pleasures. Alter states, “people who felt their lives were meaningful… …were likelier to have experienced fulfilling social relationships, engaged in acts of charity, taken care of their children, thought about struggles and challenges, and prayed, among other activities.” These activities don’t require high technical skills, but can have a lasting impact on one’s happiness. The key to success? Grit Summarize the Ted Talk. The summary should clearly identify the key topics highlighted by the speaker. While Angela Lee Duckworth taught in school she noticed there was a difference between students in the effort each of them put in their work. After conducting studies, she found the best predictor of success is grit, which is defined “as having a …show more content…
Waldinger wouldn’t be surprised by this finding; because going to the pub with friends increases your social connections. Readers of this article should be careful that they focus on not just the number of friends they meet at the bar, but if they have good quality of friends that they can spend time with outside the bar too. This article states, “That in 1951, there were 73,421 pubs in England and Wales and by 2014, the number had declined to 51,900.” With the rise of the internet many of the young people may be choosing to stay at home rather than go out to the pubs. This trend could lead the British population becoming less sociable and happy in the long run. Maybe the pubs could run an ad campaign showing the relationship building and how going to bar can build social
In his study, Dr. Seligman identified three different happy lives. The first is the pleasant life, this is where a person tries to gain as much pleasure as possible. Unfortunately, this life is partially heritable and happiness quickly reaches diminishing returns. The second is the good life; a person in this life has “flow” when they are working at their job. Lastly is the meaningful life. This life consists of knowing your strengths and using these strengths for a higher purpose in life. The meaningful life provides the most happiness for the longest period of time. Integrate the insights from the Ted Talk into the course concepts discussed during the week. In this section, you should also discuss how Ted Talk insights might apply when you go to work. This Ted Talk relates to VIA Character Strengths. To achieve the good life and the meaningful life a person must enjoy his/her work and the best way to incorporate character strengths is with one’s work. In addition, the HDS and HPI test scores are informative for when a person is working. My derailers impact my behavior that can cause problems at work and in life. If I can recognize when certain derailer come, I can minimize the damage and increase my work flow. In addition, minimizing my derailers can help me reach my long-term goals. Aligning my strengths with a meaningful life, I can sustain motivation and perseverance when challenges come. Relate the insights from Section 1 to insight from another source. Source: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/do-the-poor-have-more-meaningful-lives Martin Seligman’s findings also coincide with other research in this area. Adam Alter found that wealthier people were generally happier, but this happiness had diminishing marginal returns after earning $800 a year. In contrast, poorer people actually lived more meaningful lives. This relates to Seligman with the long-term happiness of a meaningful life. To obtain the meaningful life, a person needs to have the right mindset and goal. It makes sense wealthier people have better pleasant lives because they can spend more on different pleasures. Alter states, “people who felt their lives were meaningful… …were likelier to have experienced fulfilling social relationships, engaged in acts of charity, taken care of their children, thought about struggles and challenges, and prayed, among other activities.” These activities don’t require high technical skills, but can have a lasting impact on one’s happiness. The key to success? Grit Summarize the Ted Talk. The summary should clearly identify the key topics highlighted by the speaker. While Angela Lee Duckworth taught in school she noticed there was a difference between students in the effort each of them put in their work. After conducting studies, she found the best predictor of success is grit, which is defined “as having a …show more content…
Waldinger wouldn’t be surprised by this finding; because going to the pub with friends increases your social connections. Readers of this article should be careful that they focus on not just the number of friends they meet at the bar, but if they have good quality of friends that they can spend time with outside the bar too. This article states, “That in 1951, there were 73,421 pubs in England and Wales and by 2014, the number had declined to 51,900.” With the rise of the internet many of the young people may be choosing to stay at home rather than go out to the pubs. This trend could lead the British population becoming less sociable and happy in the long run. Maybe the pubs could run an ad campaign showing the relationship building and how going to bar can build social