Brilliant Positive Psychology

20 brilliant positive psychology

The happiness formula

Positive psychologists Sheldon, Lyubomirsky and Schotti have

created a happiness formula that breaks down the research

into three categories that make up our general happiness

(Figure 2.1):

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Unhappiness is caused by desiring what we don’t have.

Religion, in particular eastern religions such as Buddhism seek to

relieve this by teaching how not to desire.

Western culture seeks to relieve this by trying to satisfy this desire.

Circumstances

10%

Intentional

activity

40%

Set point

50%

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Your genetic set point, S 5 50 per cent. This is the

capacity for happiness that you are born with. ...