You have reached the home page of Make Me Happy.Every person deserves to be happy.You are born with the capacity for happiness.Our organization provides a program whereby you can expand your experience of happiness. The video explores the relationship between happiness and the state where your emotions are in balance.Each and every one of us experiences a range of emotions through a typical day or week. This video gives an introduction to human happiness.Humans have been trying to understand happiness for a long time.The philosopher Socrates lived some two thousand, four hundred years ago.He is the first known figure in the Western World to study human happiness.This video explores some of the thoughts of Socrates. The video explains the concept of an emotion.It describes how emotions are the building blocks of happiness. This video provides some detail on of the advantages of being happy.When you are in a state of happiness, you will typically feel less stress than a person who is in a state of unhappiness.There are many reported positive results of being in a sustained state of happiness. This video introduces the concept of Conscious Reflection.Reflection is something we all do every day.Our program would like you to practice reflection by doing it in a more conscious and deliberate manner. This video discusses how important it is to know your starting position when charting a direction.If you don"t know where your starting point is, it is difficult to take the correct path to your intended destination.Taking the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire is one way to know your starting point when it comes to happiness. This video gives an overview of our data security policy and procedures.The technology we use is "world-class" and at least as good as what you would expect from your bank for Internet transactions. This video explores the subject of the measurement of happiness.A specific intervention is described: the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. This video gives a definition of emotional intelligence. This video explains how the expression of gratitude results in you feeling positive emotions.Positive emotions, in turn, influence the level of happiness that you feel. This video gives a definition of emotional intelligence. In order to increase your happiness it may become necessary to increase your Emotional Intelligence.This video defines the concept of Emotional Intelligence.It also outlines why having Emotional Intelligence is essential to operate as a highly-functioning human being. This video provides an introduction to Positive Psychology.Psychology has had a bad reputation over the years.This video explains the mission of Positive Psychology and how it differs from the traditional approach of Psychology. The human being is a complex organism. It is made up of many parts.This video describes the three major components of the human brain. This video is another video about gratitude.It gives an example of gratitude in action. This video describes the four intelligences of mankind.The Intellectual, Emotional, Physical and Spiritual. This video discusses the use of web browser cookies used on this website.The distinction is made between session cookies and persistent cookies.The difference between first-party cookies and third-party cookies is outlined. A video discussing the basics of how an organization works, where the employee fits in it, and the benefits to an organization if its employees are happy. The answer is yes! Watch video for further information. This video provides some detail on of the advantages of being happy.When you are in a state of happiness, you will typically feel less stress than a person who is in a state of unhappiness.There are many reported results of being in a sustained state of happiness. This video explains the necessity of doing the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. This video discusses whether happiness can be taught.It discusses some of the research that has been done in the study of identical twins.The research has found that individual differences exist between identical twins.This leads to the conclusion that personality is not necessarily dependent on genetics alone. This video introduces the Wise Mind.People use their minds differently. Some people operate in an intellectual mode where others operate more emotionally.This discussion suggests that people operate more efficiently when using both modes. The first thing that we do is find out from the public what the definition of happiness is. The easiest way to do this is to look in reputable dictionaries. A new definition is made.It leads to the conclusion that you need to increase your experience of positive emotions to experience increased happiness. This video explores the subject of the measurement of happiness.A specific intervention is described: the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Passwords are necessary to protect your data.On our website, we require a strong password.This video makes some suggestions on how to choose a strong password. A personal value is a deeply held belief or principle that you have.A personal value guides your behaviour, decisions, and priorities in life.It"s what you consider important, meaningful or right. A technique that you can use to reduce eye strain and concentration.Especially important to those individuals to look at computer screens or smartphones a lot. This video is about Herman Badenhorst, a contributor to this website and the program called "Make Me Happy".He explains where he came from and outlines some of his vision for the future. This video introduces the Wise Mind.People use their minds differently. Some people operate in an intellectual mode where others operate more emotionally.This discussion suggests that people operate mode efficiently when using both modes. A short overview of how personal values affect your life. This video discusses the use of alcohol.The need for alcohol consumption diminishes as you draw closer to your authentic self. Your brain is an amazing part of you..It has the ability to learn and store information.In order to keep your memory and skills active, you need to keep on practicing. Your personal values play a significant role in shaping your happiness.Each and every one of us has many personal values. Most important is to know which of these values are your core values.Core values are the top five to eight values which you deem absolutely essential for living your life. Core values are the top five to eight values which you deem absolutely essential for living your life, learn how to work out what these are. This video explains how to do the core value exercise. SMART is an acronym for setting goals.This video gives a brief overview of this method. A technique that is commonly used to set goals is using a framework called SMART.In terms of doing the exercises on our program, we can suggest that you use the SMART framework to set your goal. An event is something that happens to you.In our program we describe an event as anything that causes an emotion.Cause and effect. The event is the cause and the emotion is the effect. When you experience an event that causes an emotion, you explain the event to yourself.Often, the way in which we explain it is not helpful in terms of our emotions.This video explains the concept of reframing. This video describes a scenario where the concept of Personalisation is used to reframe an explanation.Sometimes the way in which we explain events to ourself is faulty.We suggest a method to relook at an event to find alternate explanations. This video describes a scenario where a person has found an event that promotes positive emotions.The person creates a happiness plan around that event. This video describes how you can make plans to be happy.You have more control over your emotions than what you think. A habit is behaviour that is automatic.Forty to fifty percent of your daily actions are habitual.This video contains a brief overview of what a habit is. This video describes how you have a specific style of explaining.It describes how a style can be modified to create a condition for more positive emotions. |