… making human-well-beings Well Being Theory
Well-being is a construct; happiness is a thing. It has several measurable elements, each a real thing, each contributing to well being, but none defining well-being. eg Weather is a construct – several elements contribute, temp, rain etc eg Freedom is a construct – is press censored? Elections? Each element is measurable but only by […]
Problems with authentic happiness
Neither engagement nor meaning refers to how we feel Life satisfaction holds too privileged a position in the measure of happiness. Measured in a scale of 1 – 10 how satisfied are you? The problem with such a measure of life satisfaction is that it depends on how good we feel at the very moment we are […]
Authentic happiness:
continuing our review of Flourish by Seligman, Authentic happiness: 1. Positive emotion can be measured by what we feel: pleasure rapture ecstasy warmth comfort 2. Engagement – about flow – being one with music, time stopping, loss of self-consciousness during an absorbing activity – uses up all thought and feeling – EFFORTLESS – Opposite to […]
... making human-well-beings 