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Happy – STP043 - Sharp The Podcast
Category: Education
Duration: 00:18:43
Publish Date: 2018-07-15 11:40:50
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Episode 43 –  What makes us happy? Lots of things. Whether being happy means getting through things quicker, spending more time focusing on what’s important, or being inspired – here are some ideas.

Some of the USEFUL stuff in there is:

  • A recommendation from Charles Duhigg (Author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit)
  • It was this excellent piece by Alice Boyes at Harvard Business Review:
    • Why we fail at focusing on what’s important
    • How to change that
      • Schedule time for them
      • Isolate the most impactful bits
      • Anticipate and manage your feelings of anxiety
      • Spend less time on unimportant tasks
      • Prioritise tasks that will reduce your number of urgent/unimportant tasks
      • Pay attention to what helps you see and track the bigger picture
  • A podcast recommendation we’ve made before – 10% Happier
  • Being happy doesn’t just mean laughing, it can also come from feeling uplifted
  • The latest episodes of 10% Happier do just that, give them a listen
  • If you want to just get things done in the day we found a resource with 5 quick tips
  • It was compiled by Ashley Stahl at Forbes.com
  • We’ve covered these tips in various guises before, but they are worth revisiting and checking in with ourselves by asking, “Do I do these well?”
    • Stop multitasking
    • Take breaks
    • Set small goals
    • Take care of the biggest tasks when you are most alert
    • Implement the two minute rule
  • Question – What are you doing when you are happiest?
  • The answer may not be what you think
  • We look at and listen to the Ted Talk by Matt Killingsworth
  • He explains how he created an app that 15,000 people responded to
  • From 650,000 reports, he learned that there is one thing we’re doing more than anything else when we are happy
  • You’ll have to watch the talk, or listen to the episode to find out!
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