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Personal Happiness and a New Economic Paradigm. Presentation to Purdue Honors College by the Happiness Alliance October 3, 2014. Discussion topics include what makes you happy? what is the connection between personal happiness and a new economic paradigm? what is your path to happiness? how can we make a difference in our personal lives and in society for happiness?
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Happiness
To Your
The more we get together, together, togetherThe more we get together, together, togetherThe more we get together, the happier we’ll beThe more we get together, the happier we’ll be ‘cause your friends are my friends and my ‘cause your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends, friends are your friends, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be The more we get together, the happier we’ll be
My path to…My path to…
cottage
cottage
industry
industry
mommom
mbamba
lawyerlawyer
director of
director of
sustainability
sustainability
sustainable
sustainable
seattle
seattle
happiness
happiness alliance
alliance
UNUN
Happiness Initiatives
Gross National
Happiness
- Material Wellbeing/Standard of Living
- Work
- Time Balance
- Arts & Culture
- Education
- Environment - Governance
- Health
- Community
- Social Support
- Affect (feelings)
- Satisfaction with Life - Psychological Wellbeing
Domain icons by Joumana Medlej at majnouna.com
personal happiness
& the connection to a new economic paradigm
What makes you happy?What makes you happy?guided exerciseguided exercise
10 in 30: 10 in 30: thingsthings
activitiesactivitiespeoplepeople
External HappinessExternal Happiness
Material Well-Being Material Well-Being
Meaningful WorkMeaningful Work
Family & FriendsFamily & Friends
Democratic ProcessDemocratic Process
Easterlin Paradox40 year study of nations across the globe
Up to a salary of $75K for family of four, long and short term happiness increases a lot with more money
After a salary of $75K, long term happiness increases are marginal or non-existent, short term increases in happiness do occur.
Does Gross Domestic Product make us happy?
GDP in the US has
more than tripled
since 1950s.
Adjusted per capita
GDP since 1960 has
doubled since 2010
Happiness has remained stagnant and even fallen
A New Economic Paradigm
Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product
Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product
Jigme Singye Wangchuk King of Bhutan 1972
United KingdomUnited Kingdom FranceFrance CanadaCanada Brazil Brazil AustraliaAustralia ChinaChina USUS
UN Resolution Towards a Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development
Internal Happiness:Internal Happiness:
GratitudeGratitude
GivingGiving
Compassion Compassion
What is YourWhat is Your
Imagine happiness…
Gross Domestic ProductGross Domestic Product
What GDP counts:+ goods and services sold + oil spills, natural and manmade
disasters+ illness and death+ divorce+ accidents
What GDP does not count:- time with friends & family- volunteering, participating
in democratic process - gardening, educating
yourself - walking for exercise
the sum of all good and services produced in a year
Sustainability
Healthy Ecosystems
Social Justice
Economic Fairness
Happiness
& Wellbeing
Sustainability
Healthy Ecosystems
Social Justice
Economic Fairness
Happiness
& Wellbeing
GDP
Economic Growth
Wealth Accumulatio
n
Stuff & Status
GDP
Economic Growth
Wealth Accumulatio
n
Stuff & Status
Self-transcendence
Physical self
Extrinsic Intrinsic
Spirituality
Community
AffiliationSelf-acceptance
Physical healthSafetyHedonism
Financialsuccess
ImagePopularity
Conformity
From research by T. Kasser
Time Balance
In a typical week, how much of your time are you able to spend doing the kinds of things that you enjoy?
None of my timeNot much of my time
Some of my timeMost of my time
All of my time
Sick Leave Ordinances
City of San Francisco- Ch. 12W of SF Administrative Code in Paid Sick Leave Ordinance includes part time and temp workers
City of Seattle ordinance 123698 – municipal code for paid sick leave and paid safe time
Environment
How satisfied with you are the efforts being made to preserve the natural environment in your neighborhood.
Very dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied
Satisfied
Very Satisfied
Bhutan’s Constitution: Preservation of the Natural Environment
60% natural habitat40% development
Bhutan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy of 2010 - encourages the development of an environmentally friendly, sustainable economy
Pop-Up Parks
Material Well-being/Standard of Living
In general, how much stress do you feel about your personal finances?
Overwhelming stress
High stress
Moderate stress
Low stress
No stress at all
What you can doTake the GHN Index How Happy Are YOU?
Find out Use the GNH Index for your project, city,
community, campus or company
happycounts.org
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