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17/07/17 “Human agency is operating in What Behaviours Improve Happiness? the context of three-way mutual influence Nurture the external environment Behavior Nature internal personal factors Meaningful a view called Engaging ‘triadic reciprocal causation’ ” Albert Bandura (1997) Pleasurable 1 2 What behaviors improve your happiness? Meditation Mind & Body Happiness Taming Tech Acts of Kindness Ha Happines ppiness is is a a choice hoice , not a condition . You need to make a deliberate choice to be happy in spite of challenges and Gratitude difficulties. Karl Pillemer. “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans”. If you want a quality, act as though you already have it. William James (1884) 3 4 You Can Change Your Brain! Expert meditation* increased brain activation linked to empathy Meditation Meditation *Tibetan monks and lay practitioners who have practiced meditation for a minimum of 10,000 hours 5 6 1

17/07/17 Mind Body 7 8 The brain was not built to Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman Founder and Chief Director, Multitask ! Center for BrainHealth, The Taming Tech University of Texas at Dallas 9 10 5 texts 3 Shar haring ing Joy to send to your 2 partner every Fond ond Memor emory I had the best time hiking in the woods with my friends. day I was thinking about The new customer signed the that time we went to contract – so excited! 5 texts Paris for dinner after the reunion. I really enjoyed spending time 1 Wasn’t that a fun Compliment ompliment with my parents today. to send night? We should do that again soon. to your I love your 4 Thank hank You ou enthusiasm for partner I had so much fun life! with you at last year’s every New Year’s 5K. Let’s Thanks for picking me You’re great at do that again. up from work last night. getting our kids I know you were tired. day out the door in 5 the morning. Cur urious ious Ques Question ion Thanks for being so accommodating when Where would like to go for vacation this You’ve got the my friends came over fall? the weekend. best smile. If you had to choose one spot that you love Thanks for that the most in this city, what would it be? chocolate cake you made me for my What movie would you want to see that’s birthday. out right now? 11 12 2

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