Leveraging the Power of
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Psychology
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”
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Dr. Daniel Kahneman,
Nobel Prize Winner (2012)
Author of "Thinking, Fast & Slow"
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Princeton University
The winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Daniel Kahneman, presents decades of research of what really goes on inside our heads -- The fast system constantly scans the surrounding environment and subconsciously impact our mind and behavior.
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We will start with identifying your true self, goals in life, challenges to conquer and then create your home in a way that will continuously positively impact your "fast" system to let you focus on the valuable things in life and improve your well-being in a long run.
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.
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We will help you focus on your strengths and the brightness in life by utilizing the PERMA Model and specific interventions
suggested by the Dr. Seligman.
"The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification."
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Dr. Martin Seligman,
"the Father of Positive Psychology"
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University of Pennsylvania
"If you want o make a habit a big part of your life, make the cue a big part of your environment."
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James Clear,
Author of "Atomic Habits"
New York Times bestseller
Execution is essential in turning any dreams into reality. No matter your goals, as a leading expert of habits formation, James Clear offers a proven framework for improving--every day, revealing practical strategies that form good habits and avoid bad ones.
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We will analyze the steps you need and adding more cues in your home to help you form habits that you could keep the momentum day after a day, leading to a success in a least effort.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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The winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Daniel Kahneman, presents decades of research of what really goes on inside our heads -- how two systems in our brain are constantly fighting over control of your behavior and actions.
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System 1 is fast: It operates automatically and involuntarily; it is unconscious, can’t be stopped, and runs continuously. We apply it effortlessly and intuitively to everyday decisions, e.g. when we drive, recall our age, or interpret someone’s facial expression.
System 2 is slow: It’s only called upon when necessary to reason, compute, analyze and solve problems. It confirms or corrects System 1 judgement, is more reliable, but takes time, effort and concentration.
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Application in Design: To change the surrounding environment in a way to help you shape your behaviors in achieving your personal goal. For example, increasing the exposure of the goals and reducing the obstacles that blocks you.
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Reference: Reading Graphics [Online image]. Retrieved August 8, 2020, from https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-thinking-fast-and-slow/
Positive Psychology
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In Flourish (2011), Dr. Seligman describes the PERMA Model, a breakdown of the individual elements in life that Seligman believes can help us cultivate greater happiness and well-being overall.
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These elements are the foundation of happiness and understanding how each element applies to the self, is key to understand where we might be able to make positive changes.
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It is a mnemonic for the five elements of Martin Seligman's well-being theory:
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Positive emotions include a wide range of feelings, not just happiness and joy. Included are emotions like excitement, satisfaction, pride and awe, amongst others. These emotions are frequently seen as connected to positive outcomes, such as longer life and healthier social relationships.
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Engagement refers to involvement in activities that draws and builds upon one's interests. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explains true engagement as flow, a state of deep effortless involvement, feeling of intensity that leads to a sense of ecstasy and clarity. The task being done needs to call upon higher skill and be a bit difficult and challenging yet still possible. Engagement involves passion for and concentration on the task at hand and is assessed subjectively as to whether the person engaged was completely absorbed, losing self-consciousness.
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Relationships are essential in fueling positive emotions, whether they are work-related, familial, romantic, or platonic. As Christopher Peterson puts it simply, "Other people matter." Humans receive, share, and spread positivity to others through relationships. They are important not only in bad times, but good times as well. In fact, relationships can be strengthened by reacting to one another positively. It is typical that most positive things take place in the presence of other people.
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Meaning is also known as purpose, and prompts the question of "why". Discovering and figuring out a clear "why" puts everything into context from work to relationships to other parts of life. Finding meaning is learning that there is something greater than one's self. Despite potential challenges, working with meaning drives people to continue striving for a desirable goal.
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Accomplishments are the pursuit of success and mastery. Unlike the other parts of PERMA, they are sometimes pursued even when accomplishments do not result in positive emotions, meaning, or relationships. That being noted, accomplishments can activate the other elements of PERMA, such as pride, under positive emotion. Accomplishments can be individual or community-based, fun- or work-based.
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Habits Formation
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An atomic habit is a regular practice or routine that is not only small and easy to do but is also the source of incredible power; a component of the system of compound growth. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years.
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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead. The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but on who you wish to become.
"Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior."
The Four Laws of Behavior Change are a simple set of rules we can use to build better habits.
Reference: Reading Graphics [Online image]. Retrieved September 8, 2020, from https://readingraphics.com/product/download-atomic-habits-summary-pdf-audio-graphic/
Apparently, these summarized points were only a tip of the ice berg!
We listed sources of the great work for your exploration below.
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Learning is always fun! Hooray!
Thinking
Fast & slow
Dr. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory.
