#20 Happiness

Comes from within

Hi,

Welcome to the 20th Edition of Think Visuals Newsletter!

The theme of this edition is Happiness. The intent is to nourish your intellect with some powerful resources and tools around the theme, that will positively ignite you towards the desired outcome of Personal Growth.

I have curated the following for you:

1. Sketchnote Book Summary of -Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

2. Infographic/ Article Summary -Are There Different Types of Happiness

3. Useful Resource - TED Talk on You Don't Find Happiness, You Create It by Katarina Blom

4. A Quote to Ponder

5. Toon Feed to keep our inner child alive :)

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1. Visual Book Summary

Happiness is something that people seek to find, yet what defines happiness can vary for each of us. Happiness, Aristotle suggested, could be achieved through the golden mean, which involves finding a balance between deficiency and excess.

The book recommendation of this edition is Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

Haidt uses the image of an elephant and a rider as a metaphor to depict the human condition in which two systems govern our behavior. One, represented by the rider, is reason and rational thinking. The other, represented by the elephant, is human emotion. Our emotion and reason interact to produce overt human behavior. If we want to live a life governed by certain moral principles, we have to “train” the elephant rather than persuade it using reason.

Here is my Visual book Summary along with some of my favorite lines from the book.

Each of us thinks we see the world directly, as it really is. We further believe that the facts as we see them are there for all to see, therefore others should agree with us. If they don’t agree, it follows either that they have not yet been exposed to the relevant facts or else that they are blinded by their interests and ideologies.

Work on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Life offers so many chances to use one tool instead of another, and often you can use a strength to get around a weakness.

Finding fault with yourself is also the key to overcoming the hypocrisy and judgmentalism that damage so many valuable relationships. The instant you see some contribution you made to a conflict, your anger softens—maybe just a bit, but enough that you might be able to acknowledge some merit on the other side.

2. Infographics - Happiness Spectrum

Happiness is a broad concept that can stem from a variety of positive emotions. When you think of happiness, it might stem from joy, excitement, gratitude, pride, optimism, contentment, or love.

Elizabeth Scott, in this insightful, research backed article Are There Different Types of Happiness explains each type of happiness. There are some wonderful simple practices & ways to develop each of these across the spectrum. Here is my infographic on it. Please read the article link for more.

3. Useful Resources

TED Talk In this personal and inspiring talk, psychologist Katarina Blom lets you in on a few secrets of the mind - and how you can cultivate happiness by befriending your brain. Check it out!

4. A Quote to Ponder

5. Toon Feed

That’s all for now. See you in the next edition :)