幸福课课件-02-premises.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Exponential Growth We underestimate our capacity to effect change because we underestimate the growth of an exponential function. PREMISE 3:Internal factors primarily determine happinessVS.Happiness is primarily a function of external circumstances Subjective Well-Being Research Affective forecasting (Dan Gilbert) Happiness levels (Ed Diener) Income matters little No change across generations Place of residence irrelevant Subjective Well-Being Research Affective forecasting (Dan Gilbert) Happiness levels (Ed Diener) Income matters little No change across generations Place of residence irrelevant Democracy/oppression matter! Our readiness and potential to experience happiness is mostly dependent on our state of mind, not on our status or the state of our bank account. Is Change Illusive? Focus on trans-formation PREMISE 4:Human nature must be obeyedVS.Human nature must be perfected Constrained Unconstrained Vision Vision Human nature immutable Flaws inevitable Acceptance Channel nature _____________________________________________ Can be improved Perfectible Solutions exist Change nature “Nature to be commanded must be obeyed” Francis Bacon “It is for self-perfectioning that destiny calls us” Benjamin Constant Vision of Psychology Human nature immutable (constrained) Role is to understand nature… … and make best use of it The Permission to be Human Unconditional Acceptance(Rogers, 1961) Rejecting our nature leads to unhappiness Paradox: “Ironic Processing” (Wegner, 1994) The Great Deception Not resignation Active acceptance True to reality “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference.”  Reinhold Niebuhr PREMISE 5:Happiness is and ought to be our ultimate endVS.Hap