1. PHL 199 - Philosophy of Success Week Two: What should I be doing? Success Journal - 500 words per week checked off every Tuesday in class or online after 11:55pm Share Success Book Review choice and add to Success Book Wiki Begin Success Plan - do values and goals section Reading on Happiness in Moodle Apply reading to Success plan - how are you planning for your present and future happiness?

2. What is Success? Actualizing your innate potential as a human being Objective: human nature Subjective: people prefer different degrees of objective goods

3. What is Success? Living consciously and intentionally –In full awareness of what is and what’s possible –Actively vs. passively –Becoming aware of or consciously choosing what matters most to you - your values –Selecting goals based on those values –Choosing the most effective means to achieve those goals

4. What is Success? Recognizing the value trade-offs Resolving value conflicts Addressing character flaws Recognizing and developing talents Developing necessary skills to achieve goals Developing virtues: the habits of success

5. Happiness The most basic part of human nature Pleasure and the absence of pain Associations and how they affect happiness Eliminating dysfunctional associations and developing new ones Focus Detatchment

6. Happiness A Strategy for Serenity: Action and Acceptance Self Talk Language Taking Control of Your Own Happiness