Findings From Research What Brings Happiness Findings From Research

The Ability to Choose/ Freedom Those who have Freedom and those who learn to use it wisely tend to be the happiest People are awful at predicting what choices will make you happy so it takes some training and wisdom to see things better

Is seeing things in a certain way Optimism Is seeing things in a certain way Attention Interpretation Memory

Meaningful Activity Happy spend their time doing meaningful things often in the following categories Serving and Helping others Self Improvement and developing talents and skills Family and Friends Exercise

Happy People have a real sense of Purpose

Extensive studies show that the more TV you watch the worse you feel.

Happy people have close friends and family, almost without exception Strong Relationships Happy people have close friends and family, almost without exception

College Alumni who preferred a high income and occupational success to having very close friends and a close marriage were twice as likely as their former classmates to describe themselves as “fairly” or “very” unhappy.

Activities that are Meaningful Choices/Freedom Optimism Activities that are Meaningful Relationships