{"id":3827,"date":"2011-10-28T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:40:20","slug":"martin-seligman-author-of-authentic-happiness-now-wants-us-to-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/martin-seligman-author-of-authentic-happiness-now-wants-us-to-flourish\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Seligman, author of &quot;Authentic Happiness,&quot; now wants us to flourish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3828\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu\/newsletter.aspx?id=1554\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3828  \" title=\"PERMA Diagram Headline\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/perma-diagram-headline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/perma-diagram-headline.jpg 748w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/perma-diagram-headline-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/perma-diagram-headline-370x168.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/perma-diagram-headline-600x273.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Seligman spells out five elements of well being in his book, &quot;Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Seligman<\/a>, a leader of the positive psychology movement and author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743222970\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=newvigrowi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0743222970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAuthentic Happiness,\u201d<\/a> now advocates for a view of our lives that goes deeper than whether we\u2019re smiling.<br \/>\nIn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholeliving.com\/article\/how-to-flourish-and-feel-better-fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an article in Whole Living magazine<\/a>, Seligman spelled out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu\/newsletter.aspx?id=1554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his PERMA equation<\/a> and suggested some ways to flourish in life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Positive emotion<\/strong> \u2013 Seligman notably doesn\u2019t use the work happiness here, so I think he wanted to broaden the scope of feelings covered. You can feel the warm glow of love even as you\u2019re sobbing on a sad day, for example. Since it\u2019s tempting to dwell on the negative rather than the positive, Seligman encourages spending time each day to reflect on good things that happened that day to foster the positive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engagement<\/strong> \u2013 if you\u2019ve ever lost track of time doing something you love, some people call that being in flow. But we all have tasks we dislike, so he suggests finding a way to blend something you love with something you don\u2019t. Listen to your favorite music while you do the dishes or invite a friend to exercise with you, for example.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relationships<\/strong> \u2013 Seligman called our human connections \u201cthe best antidote to the downs of life and the single most reliable up.\u201d And yet I see so many people putting their relationships last on their priority list. They\u2019re too busy with work, the kids, the commute, errands, whatever, to make time for family and friends. I have a couple of friends who are insanely busy and yet often make time to call or email, which inspires me to feel if they can do it, I surely can.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaning<\/strong> \u2013 most of us need something more than simply getting a paycheck to feel inspired to get out of bed every morning. Sure, it\u2019s great to pay the rent, but feeling that what we do matters to society, or our customers,\u00a0 or to our colleagues contributes to our sense of purpose.\u00a0 Parenting or volunteering seem like obvious fits for this connection to a larger meaning than our selfish needs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accomplishment<\/strong> \u2013 years ago, I interviewed a researcher who explained how much humans crave a sense of mastery. We like to feel good at stuff. But sometimes to get good at something, we have to spend a fair amount of time being bad at it, and if you just look at life through the lens of pursuit of happiness, that might lead to quitting anything you aren\u2019t good at. Instead, Seligman talks about being willing to endure short-term unhappiness \u2013 dieting when you want chocolate cake, working on a home project when you\u2019d rather go to the movies \u2013 in pursuit of the deferred gratification of accomplishment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4C513ywEBho]<br \/>\nHow does this line up with <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2011\/10\/06\/deepak-chopra-shares-the-equation-for-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deepak Chopra\u2019s formula for happiness<\/a>, which I blogged about recently?<br \/>\nChopra says H = S + C +\u00a0V.\u00a0 H is for happiness. S is the \u201cset point\u201d of the brain, says Chopra, which is \u201cbasically\u00a0attitude.\u201d C is conditions of living, mostly referring to physical\u00a0conditions. V is voluntary choices that you\u00a0make.<br \/>\n<strong>Do you agree with these definitions of what makes us happy or makes us flourish? Which of these understandings of well being rings true for you? What are you doing to move yourself forward on any of these measures?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Seligman, a leader of the positive psychology movement and author of \u201cAuthentic Happiness,\u201d now advocates for a view of our lives that goes deeper than whether we\u2019re smiling. 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