Just take some notes down. I didn’t follow the video all the time.

The video first stated the question about the importance of happiness. Not only happiness can make us feel good, it can also contribute to our life, relationships, and other people.

Barbara Fredrickson says is that positive emotion has a revolutionary reason, beyond making us feel good.(0:26:35) Enjoying the happiness is quite excellent experience. When I was suffering from some bad messages, trying to find some joy, and happiness can pull me out of there for a while indeed. It’s useful to help us overcome the negative emotions(just work as positive side).

Positive emotions broad and build, which can lead to more positive emotions. Then the positive emotions continue to broad and build. So they function as a virtuous cycle, which is completely contrast to the situation negative emotions do. Hopefully, if we are, unfortunately, trapped in the cycle created by the bad emotions, just think about the happiness things, which can help us get out of the narrow and constrict to the broad and build.

Being put into a positive mood is a win-win situation, for who experiences it and who give. Feeling positive can surely give us more motivation and energy to work further.

The NO.1 causes of unhappiness is “equating to selfishness and immorality”, because people feel guilty for their own happiness. I think it’s quite suitable for me. When I gain something brilliant every time, I would think about the people around me. Is it fair for them? Can I take the joy just for myself? However the lecture told me that gain happiness for your self is a contribution indirect to other people’s happiness.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

People do what you do, more than what you say. The professor showed us that by a little experiment: ask students to put your hand on their cheek, while put his own hand on the chin. Amusingly, many students put their hands on their chin, including me. Cause I didn’t hear the actual word “chin” (lol). So quite right, the professor then add that, the optimal way spreading happiness is to work on your own happiness. Looking at your happiness, the people around you would surely influenced by your actions, cuz you are leading examples.

Beliefs as Self-fulfilling Prophecies

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