San Francisco Leaders - Global to Local Impact

Global to Local

Resiliency to Eudaimonia

Eudaimonia to World Peace

Dr. Aymee Coget

© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

Agenda© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

Who is Dr Aymee?

Why Talk About Happiness?

Global to Local

Local to Personal

Sustainable Happiness in 5 Steps

Resiliency

Contentment - Eudaimonia

Upward Spiral formula for Local to Global

World Peace

Who is Dr. Aymee?


19 Years of Happiness Experience

Trusted, Recognized & Endorsed Sustainable Happiness Expert

From metro Detroit , grew up in a loving modest family as an Olympic

developmentally trained athlete

1996 - age 19 discovered life’s purpose “Help millions of people have

happier lives.”

1998 - Introduction of Positive Psychology - unbeknownst to Aymee

2000 - Undergraduate degree specializing in employee happiness

2001 - First job ‘Happiness Coordinator’ on Trading Floor at Wells

Fargo (before Aymee - EVP yelling daily and employees quitting

everyday; after Aymee - EVP promoted to Treasurer, no one quit,

group grew 4x & made 4x more money)

2002 - Started graduate school specializing in happiness in

organizational culture transitioned to leadership

2003 - Started Leadership Coaching Business & Discovered Positive

Psychology in Organizational Settings – first book published from

University of Michigan Business School

2004 - Started Media Focus for Educational Entertainment & San

Francisco Happiness Club & Trained Community leaders around the

world

2006 - Created Happiness Makeover™ - Leadership Development

program

2007 - Trademarked Happiness Makeover / Became Happiness Expert

/ Published book chapter “Thank God I was Fat, Ugly, Poor, Divorced

and Live in Chronic Pain.”/

Wrote Feel Better Now Self Study Guide it is available in English and

Arabic

2008 - PhD in Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in

leadership and positive psychology

2009 - Public Speaking & Corporate Consulting

2010 - FOX, CBS, & PBS

2011 - Pitched ‘Happiness Makeover’ to 5 cable networks

2011 - Office Happiness Makeover (2 vet clinics, virtual team, & Global

Architecture office)

2011 - Happiness Coach Training

2013 - Book Published ‘Sustainable Happiness in 5 Steps’©

2014 – Putting happiness in employee wellness programs


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Customers

The Futures Company - Consultant on Future Products related to Happiness

Proctor and Gamble - Top 25 Executives introducing Happiness Science

Edelman PR Firm & Hilton Worldwide - Consultant on National Media Campaign on Travel & Happiness

UCSF Medical Center - Speech to OR and Oncology Nurses on having a good day at work everyday

West Virginia Family Court Judges - Speech Stress Relief with Positive Psychology

Health Magazine - Consultant for Eliminating Stress

Yahoo! Health - Expert Blogger

BlogHer - Featured Expert Blogger

Stanford - Social/ Emotional class teaches my doctoral research on barriers to authenticity in leadership

New York Times - Highlights my work and the Happiness Makeover

FOX - Happiness Expert Guest on Fran Drescher Show on Overcoming Challenges

PBS - Deepak Chopra’s Healing Quest TV 6 min feature on my work

CBS - 5 min news segment on my work and The happiness makeover

Danish TV2 - Coaching an Unhappy Danish Woman on Ole Henrickson Show


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Customers© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Why Talk About Happiness?


Benefits of Happy People© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Recover from illness faster

Increased immune system

Have greater pro social behavior

Get promoted more often

Make more money

Have more satisfying better longer lasting relationships

Live on average 7 years longer

(Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.)

Benefits© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Using positive psychology during challenges will aid in

reducing stress, thinking clearly, and expand your brain.

PET scan image from the Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/IM00356

Global to Local


International Happiness Day

United Nations declares the first

International Happiness Day

March 20, 2012.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

The world, “needs a new economic paradigm

that recognizes the parity between the three

pillars of sustainable development. Social,

economic and environmental well-being are

indivisible. Together they define gross global

happiness.”

World Health Organization Predicts Suicide due

to Depression to move from 4th to 2nd leading

cause of mortality by 2020.


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Secretary-General Meets Korean Singer, Psy. UN Photo.

Ten Years of peace in Liberia. UNMIL Photo/Staton Winter.

Positive Psychology© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Gross National Happiness

Global Well Being

World Health

Your Workplace

Your Neighborhood

Your Family

YOU=

Bridging The Gap

Global Well Being Index

“The official metrics for global wellbeing are done. This new

institution of behavioral economic data will forever change how

world leaders lead.”

—Jim Clifton, Gallup CEO, 2010

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Local to Personal


Sustainable Happiness

in 5 Steps


Types of Happiness© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget eLearning Happiness Courses

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1. Positive Emotion (hedonic)

2. Deep Inner Contentment/Fulfillment (eudaimonic)

3. States of Bliss and Joy (chaironic)

Sustainable Happiness 5 Steps© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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1. Empowerment

2. Positive Mood

3. Resiliency

4. Contentment

5. Bliss

Sustainable Happiness

Five Stage Process Model© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Key: Empowerment directs positive mood (1) and resiliency (2).

From resiliency comes contentment (3 ) and from contentment (4)

and positive mood (5) come states of bliss.

Empowerment

Bliss(Chaironic)

Contentment(Eudaimonia)

ResiliencyPositive Mood(Frequent positive affect)

1 2

3

4

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Definitions© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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EmpowermentThe ability for an individual to take charge of their own happiness

instead of relying on the outside world for happiness.

Resiliency The ability for an individual to recover quickly from life challenges.

ContentmentThe ability to be able to create a fulfillment in your heart center by

actualizing individuated MAPS (meaning, authenticity, purpose,

strengths.)

BlissThe ability to feel connected to a spiritual force that is larger than

your egoic perception. There are three types of bliss: light,

effervescent, and peaceful divine bliss.

Positive MoodThe ability to maintain a positive uplifting mood for a sustained

amount of time.

Empowerment© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Resiliency


Resiliency

The Acceptance Model

1. Decide to Accept

2. Accept

3. Pragmatic Response

4. Ask “What did I learn?”

5. Gratitude for learning

The Happiness Shield

1. Kindness- I admire ____

2. Love- I accept____

3. Optimism- I’m optimistic __

4. Gratitude- I’m grateful __

5. Zest- I’m excited ___


Overcoming Happiness

Challenges


Contentment© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

Grass Grows with Rain

The Rainbow comes after the Rain

We learn in Every Situation

Good Story?

True or False© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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There is a difference between

your mind and your heart?

True© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Research by Dr. Chris Peterson from University of Michigan

and Dr. Martin Seligman show you have strengths of mind

and strengths of heart.

Practical Exercise© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Self Report

What did you do today?

MindHeart

Versus

Heart Based M.A.P.S. © 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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M = Meaning in Life

A = Authenticity

P = Purpose

S = Strengths

Upward Spiral Formula

from Local to Global


DREAMS OF HAPPINESS?© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Upward spiral leads to benefits of happiness

3:1 (+ to - emotions) = Upward Spiral

Upward Spiral = Benefits of Happiness

Cutting Edge Research© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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International Journal of Management Reviews December 2010

1. Happiness at work is a measure of individual happiness

2. There is evidence happiness is important for both individuals & organizations

3. Past research has tended to underestimate the importance of happiness at work

Harvard Research 2008

A happy person influences up to 3 degrees of separation of every

single communication.

Journal of Nursing 2008

“This is the first study to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness, showing that one

person's emotional state can be affected by someone he doesn't directly know.”

What is ∛ 7 Billion =1913© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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What would happen if less than 2000 organizations learn

the 5 steps to sustainable happiness?

What is ∛ 7 Billion =1913

Goes UpGlobal Well Being

Gross National Happiness

Global Happiness Index

Sales

Productivity

Collaboration

Goes DownSuicide

Depression

Stress


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Employee Wellness Program

Implement Positive Psychology and Leadership in your organization. If you value

being positive at work, put practicality into the positivity of your working culture.

Benefits include : instant stress relief, increase in productivity, sales, health,

creativity, teamwork, customer service, low absenteeism, lower blood pressure,

and higher job satisfaction.

Consequences : high stress, high depression disability, high turnover, strokes,

and heart attacks

Contact: [email protected] for information on interventions


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World Peace© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Each Change Agent in this room has a voice in your heart to make

a difference.

This voice in your heart is sometimes different than the existing

status quo.

When you seek to make a difference there sometimes

is adversity.

USE your happiness shield and the acceptance model and always

connect with the voice in your heart.

Your eudaimonia will impact the bigger picture.

Questions and Comments© 2014 Dr. Aymee Coget

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Get Involved. Make a Difference.

Work Together. Be Happy.

Dr. Aymee Coget

www.happinessmakeover.com

[email protected]

http://www.happinessmakeover.com/
