The One Word That Sums Up Everything You Need to Do to Be Happier | TIME
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That word is “PERMA.”
It’s an acronym for:
- Positive Emotion
- Engagement
- Good Relationships
- Meaning
- Accomplishment
Martin Seligman is a professor at the University Pennsylvania and one of the foremost experts on the study of happiness. He gave the following talk in 2011 explaining “PERMA”, the research behind it, and how we can use it to improve our lives. I’ll break it down after the video.
For the longest time the model of happiness we’ve had has followed how we look at health: If you’re sick, we try to make you not-sick. If you’re depressed, we try to make you not-depressed.
1:35 PM Dec 16 2014