Happiness fact 49: happiness = think daily of 3 things you are grateful for

Think of three things you are grateful for before you go to sleep, everyday, for 21 days. A study revealed that participants were significantly more optimistic, and further, the change wasn't temporary -- the positive mindset lasted even six months later. An added effect: Increasing your optimism can improve your productive energy by 31 percent!

Source: Shawn Achor Shawn, Author, "The Happiness Advantage", USA (2012)

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Happiness fact 38: 5 positive to make up each negative expression !

With 90 percent accuracy, Gottman says he can predict, often after only three minutes of observation, which marriages are likely to flourish and which are likely to flounder.

The formula is that for every negative expression (a complaint, frown, put-down, expression of anger), there needs to be about five positive ones (smiles, compliments, laughter, expressions of appreciation and gratitude).

Yes, as simple as that ! Stay together, make your marriage last, for the sake of your children!

Source: Dr. John Gottman at the University of Washington (2011)
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Happiness fact 34: best people practices provide a 64% return to shareholders

A study of 750 firms across the world, "companies with the best people practices provided a 64%  total return to shareholders over a five-year period, more than three times the 21% return for companies with weakest practices"

Source: Baker, Greenberg, & Hemingway (2006)

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Happiness fact 35: 5 acts of kindness can increase happiness for 3 months

The most powerful way to increase your short-term feelings of happiness is to perform random acts of kindness to others, or to send a letter of gratitude to someone you care about. Five such acts in a week will increase your happiness for up to three months.

Source: David Weedmark on life, technology and art (2012)

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Happiness fact 29: stress keeps 50% of millennials awake at night

40 percent of millennials say their stress has increased over the past year, compared to 33 percent for baby boomers and 29 percent for older Americans.
Over half of millennials say that stress has kept them awake at night during the past month, compared to 37 percent for baby boomers and 25 percent for older Americans.
And only 29 percent of millennials say they’re getting enough sleep.

Source: Julia Sweeney (2014)

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Happiness fact 12: 70% of workers have "checked out" at their jobs

According to a Gallup survey in the US, 70% the proportion of workers who have "checked out" or "actively disengaged" at their jobs.

Source: Gallup Survey, 2013

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Happiness fact 10: human happiness hits the lowest point around ages 40-42

The mid-life crisis is real, according to an Australian-led study of thousands of people in three countries.
Social economists from the University of Melbourne have found that happiness levels is the lowest in people aged 40 to 42.
"Human happiness hits the lowest point around the ages of 40 to 42," says Dr Cheng, who worked with colleagues from the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics.
"The jury's now in. People really do experience mid-life crises."
The study, which looks at decades of data from tens of thousands of people in Australia, Germany and Britain, has been published by the German-based Institute for the Study of Labour.
"What is interesting is the consistency of the results in all of the three countries we examined. Human happiness hits the lowest point around the ages of 40 to 42", Dr Cheng said.

Source: Terence C. Cheng Nattavudh Powdthavee Andrew J. Oswald, German-based Institute for the Study of Labour, 2014

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How do you rate your self-esteem?

Multiple studies have demonstrated a strong link between subjective well-being (happiness or contentment) and self-esteem. How do you rank your own self-esteem? When asked, more than 4,000 respondents to the Authentic Happiness score actually give a mixed picture:

• About half of them report their self-esteem as going up and down
• 4 out 10 rate their self esteem as "generally strong"
• 1 out of 10 reported it as "rather low".

In which category do you fall? Is this where you want to be?

If not, read more about growing your self-esteem and make the best use of our free learning module "Build Your Self Esteem" on www.authentic-happiness.com.

Be strong, be proud, create something unique!

Clara