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Practising happiness
Here at The Happiness Institute we talk a lot about how achieving happiness requires nothing more than practising a few simple disciplines every day.
Well, I just discovered an interesting article about how practice leads to expertise…but only certain types of practice. Although it’s not specifically about happiness there’s no doubt that the lessons can easily be applied to those wanting to experience more positive moods.
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February 6th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I agree with the concept of “Practicing Hhappiness” A study related to positive psychology, by Med Yones, from International Institute of Management claims that adults and children can be programmed or reprogrammed to lead happy lives. Programming requires repetition to develop thinking and emotional habits. “Positive thinking is the effect not the cause. Positive thinking or affirmations may or may not lead to change and if they do, they are limited to temporary mood improvement. Only a change in the lifestyle will lead to a lasting change in your emotional health. The solution he recommends is to adopt the following transformation system:
1. Re-examine your negative conditioning and programming (outlook, attitudes, values, associations, conclusions and belief system)
2. Drop limiting values and associations and learn new positive ones
3. Build a sustainable personal development system (mental, physical and social)
4. Lead a new lifestyle to enforce your learning and the transformation of your personality and your life
The key, I think is continuous practice both in childhood and adulthood.”