Luck & Happiness Research

 

Let me give you a slight lead concerning the discussion issue. We will be talking about "luck & happiness research" throughout the conversation sessions.

 

Queries and thoughts which will be discussed throughout the discussion event:

- Please find definitions for "luck & happiness".

- Are you a happy or lucky person?

- In these days most people feel so unhappy/unlucky, what is the reason?

- Is laugh/laughing connected to happiness?

- Is it possible to learn who to be/feel lucky and happy?

a.m.m.

 

 

Reading (English research paper)

https://www.happinessresearchinstitute.com/

 

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ895559.pdf

 

http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf

 

and here are plenty of useful research papers and good reads:

https://scholar.google.at/scholar?q=happiness+research&hl=de&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

 

Listening, Podcast (youtube)
happiness research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtEyMabNQ_Q

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8Usl6aX2I

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDTi2_PHiiM

 

How to buy happiness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsihkFWDt3Y

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q1dgn_C0AU

with transcript http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy/transcript?language=en

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLEf4HR74E

 

Are you happy with your job?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-deserve-happy-work-brian-de-haaff?trk=prof-post

 

 

                         ************ special links*************

 

Happiness projects in schools, e.g. school subject 'luck' (Glück macht Schule):

http://www.meinbezirk.at/grieskirchen/leute/glueck-macht-schule-d1150002.html

 

http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/wels/Lernen-was-gluecklich-macht-Neues-Schulfach-Glueck-zieht-in-Schule-ein;art67,1275521

 

auch an deutschen Schulen: http://fritz-schubert-institut.de/index.php/ueber-uns/schulfach-glueck