Discovering Your Happiness from the Inside OUt

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – USF

Friday, March 10, 2017

Canterbury Tower, Tampa

Discovering Your Happiness from the Inside Out

My WHY . . .

Follow Your Energy . . . .

Why do I say . . .

The World Runs After its Tail

Another Way

Victim or Beneficiary?

See the Reverse / Obverse

What Lenses are You Choosing?

Up v. Down

Single Wheel or Many Pie Slices

Two Worlds / Paradigms

Unhappy World View Happy World View

World Happiness Survey

Nearly 1,000 respondents

65% female and 35% male

Ages 18 to 90+

From 28 states in the U.S. 27 countries around the world

Single, Married, Widowed & in Relationships

From High School to PhD educational backgrounds

How Do We Define Happy?

Healthy Relationships

Peace of Mind

Freedom

Purpose and Fulfillment

Personal Confidence

Your Personal Wealth

Childhood Imaginings

Traveling the Globe Friendships (Mickey Mouse Club) Dance (American Bandstand) Standard Royal Typewriter JFK’s White House / Culture Biographies Daydreaming Growing Up Happy & Free

A Half Century Later

Traveled to 60 Countries Meeting, Interviewing & Featuring New People Dancing at 50+ - Art of Happiness Series Writing, Publishing and Digital Communication Speak on Influence & Leadership Tell My Stories & Stories of Others * Eva Schloss (Ann Frank’s Step Sister) * Regina Calcaterra (Etched in Sand) * The Stubborn Man in Sarajevo Daydreams - - - - Inspiring Others Ambassador of Happiness Free Being “Me”

Childhood Interests

Team Sports School The Dictionary Howard Cosell Paper Route Traveling Solo by Bike Humor Being Busy

Today . . . Creator of MIKE Sports Personality Wordsmith (40 Books & 900 Blogs) MIKE Podcasts & Animation FIMBA USA Masters Basketball Goodwill Writer & Promoter FIMBA Sponsorship Marketing Off the Beaten Path Travels

It’s Your Turn

Childhood Happiness

Your NYT Headline?

Your Tombstone?

Your Life is a Gift

Exercise #1

People looking at me today would never guess this about me

but….

The craziest thing I ever did/thought in

life was . . . .

My finest skill/ability/talent that I

didn’t learn in school is . . . .

Exercise #2

The nicest thing someone ever did for me was . . . .

The nicest thing anyone ever said to me was . . .

The nicest thing I ever did for someone else was . . .

Exercise #3

A new thing you noticed / appreciated about someone else in the room today

Live Happy - Inside Out

Happiness Book Exchange 2017 editions

Read FREE in Exchange for an Amazon Review:

Comfort Zones Influence Judgment

Competition Values

Nonsense

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