Happiness Initiative Leadership Training Happiness Movement Orientation 2019

Happiness Initiative Leadership Training Happiness Movement Orientation | Becoming a Happiness Leader

Welcome to Happiness Dear Friend, The Happiness Alliance is a nonprofit providing tools, resources and knowledge for a new economic paradigm since 2010.

Our Happiness Initiative Leadership Trainings impart the information you need to become an activist for the well-being of others, sustainability of our planet, and your own happiness.

Each module gives you different lessons and imparts different skills.

In this module, Orientation to the Happiness Movement, you learn the basics about the Happiness Movement.

We are grateful to be working with you and look forward to a long partnership collaborating for systems change and the happiness of all beings.

Laura Musikanski Executive Director Happiness Alliance happycounts.org

Learn more about becoming a Happiness Movement Leader in your community at happycounts.org

What is the Happiness Movement?

A paradigmatic shift that changes everything.

How we define success in life.

What we value in our society, government & economy.

Barriers to change

Why measurements matter.

Happiness| Sustainability | Well-being

Gross Domestic Product | Profit | Wealth

What our government measures = what we value.

Kasser & Ryan, 1993; Dittmar, Bond, Hurst & Kasser, 2014

The origins of positive psychology.

from treating mental illness to fostering mental wellness.

The origins of the happiness movement.

from measuring GDP* to GNH*

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the sum of all goods and services produced in a year and the main measurement of government.

Gross National Happiness (GNH) is a wider measure of well-being, happiness and sustainability used by the government of Bhutan.

What about you?

How can you become a happiness movement leader in your community?

Barriers to change

The Happiness Index

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Link your happiness to social change.

Live an ethical life.

Be loving and compassionate.

Do work that is of benefit to others and the planet.

Be a part of something bigger than yourself & make a difference.

Dive into happiness.

Be prepared for radical change.

Happiness is disruptive Change in life.

Change in perspective.

More on the origins of the Happiness Movement.

The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income.

Simon Kuznets, 1934

Layard (2005)

In your life, community and country what contributes to GDP but not to your happiness?

‌Invites Member States to pursue the elaboration of additional measures that better capture the importance of the pursuit of happiness and well-being in development with a view to guiding their public policies...

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Knowledge sharing for Happiness Movement Leadership.

Tools and resources for happiness.

Barriers to change

Why take the Happiness Index survey?

To get your own selfassessment of your happiness and see how you compare to others.

To contribute to the happiness movement and a paradigm shift where happiness matters most.

I am already happy.

I don’t need a survey to tell me that.

Why would I bother?

By taking the Happiness Index survey, you contribute to other peoples happiness.

You help researchers and policy makers to understand what makes people happy.

You expand your understanding of what happiness is – for you and others.

I don’t want to take it. I am afraid.

My scores might be really low.

The Happiness Index is a multi-dimensional measure of well-being.

You may score lower than others in some domains of happiness, and higher in others, By taking the survey, you contribute to a greater understanding of what brings happiness – to you and others.

Isn’t happiness trivial?

Shouldn’t we be focusing on the hard issues, like poverty, climate change and suffering?

Happiness is important. It is the purpose of life and government.

A multi-dimensional view of happiness reveals new ways and new solutions.

The data comes from people and gives a better idea of how perceives themselves to be suffering, what action to take and how to take action.

Can I trust it? Who owns the data? Will my data be used against me? Will my name or data be sold?

The Happiness Index and the data is owned by the Happiness Alliance, a nonprofit.

We follow the strictest data protection and privacy code known: The EU Protection of Personal Data Directive 2016/679.

Your data will never be sold.

Your email and other personal identifiers will never be sold or used unless you give express permission.

Your data may be used in aggregate (bunched with other data) by us and our like-minded partners in the Happiness Movement.

Join the happiness movement.

Your happiness matters.

What we measure is what we get.

Count Your Happiness.

Take the Happiness Index at happycounts.org

The Happiness Alliance provides tools, resources and knowledge for a new economic paradigm and personal happiness.

Our mission is to the awaken happiness in all beings.

For attribution, please cite: Musikanski, L., (2019). Happiness Initiative Leadership Training Happiness Movement Orientation.

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