积极心理学06-goalsetting.ppt

Do less, not more Time Affluence (versus Material Affluence) Functionality versus Fun Say “yes” by saying “no” Optimum levels of simplicity Simplify! “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” Cyril Northcote Parkinson “I can do a year’s work in nine months, but not in twelve.” JP Morgan “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen... In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and the thousand-and-one items to be allowed for… and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify. Simplify .” Henry David Thoreau Sustainable Growth Overcoming Procrastination The 5-minute take off Reward yourself Go public The team approach Goals, plans, lists Permission to re-create Overcoming Procrastination Material as the highest end Material Perception “Society tells us the only thing that matters is matter—the only things that count are the things that can be counted.” Laurence G. Boldt Counting activities Counting publications Counting money Obsession With Material Wealth “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill Making the most of our blessings? 1968: 41% to make a lot of money 83% to develop a meaningful philosophy of life 1997: 75% to make a lot of money 41% to develop a meaningful philosophy of life The Consequences Money can’t buy you happiness (Diener, 1999) “The Dark Side of the American Dream” (Kasser Ryan, 1993) lower likelihood of self-actualization higher levels of distress, depression, anxiety lower levels of happiness poorer physical health Replicated in Singaporean business-school (Kasser Ahuvia, 2002) A caveat Happiness Perception “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim an