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Luck in Psychology
Luck is more than the absence of bad luck, like health is more than the absence of illness.
The german term for luck 'Glück' can additionally be translated as happiness and well-being.
Psychology differentiates between two concepts of Glück:
- Hedonic Happiness
- Eudaimonic Happiness
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2. EH - Eudaimonic Happiness
Eudaimonism can be translated with the 'divine inner self'. It is about the pursuit to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Happiness is derived from finding a sense of purpose, living in accordance to one's core-values (authenticity), reaching one's best potential (excellency) and having...
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Happinness comes from Balance
Pleasure as well as purpose are important to live a happy life.
Synergise both in creating good habits. A joyful reward after 'eating the daily frog' task.
The world isn't black and white, it's full of colours. Learn to see these to reach balance. It all starts with your perce...
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Hedonic & Eudaimonic Happiness in Workplaces
Bullshit Jobs (grey) – ↓ HH, ↓ EH
- Have no bigger meaning and aren't fun
Pleasant Jobs (yellow) – ↑ HH, ↓ EH
- Aren't fulfilling but also aren't boring
Self-sacrificing Jobs (white green) – ↓ HH, ↑ EH
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1. HH - Hedonic Happiness
Hedonism is the experience of joy, fun and pleasure while avoiding pain and discomfort. In this concept the key to maximise happiness is to pursue positive emotions and avoid the negative ones.
It focus more on short-term gratification.
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Hedonic vs. Eudaimonic Happiness
What's better?
Psychology doesn't like horse-race comparisons. Both concepts aren't contradictory, but complementary. To understand this we apply both concepts on workplaces.
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Hedonic Well-Being
Hedonic pleasures like consumerism or gluttony are the more visible, accessible and immediate ways to attain an instant jolt of happiness, however temporary.
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Quantifying happiness
Happiness has always been difficult to quantify because it is subjective, depending on if you have a short- or a long-term outlook on life. Recently, researchers have started to distinguish between two types of happiness:
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A Psychologically Rich Life
The definition of a good life has been divided into two main conceptualizations by many great philosophers and thinkers.
- A Happy Life or hedonic well-being involves pleasure, positivity and enjoyment.
- A Meaningful Life or eudaimonic well-being is full of vi...
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