Happiness for Peak Performance

Click here to watch Harvard's Happiness 101 Course

I must start by thanking César for sending me the link to Tal Ben-Shahar's Harvard course "Happiness 101". I didn't only listen during my work-out yesterday, but continued totally absorbed all the way home and during my "recovery time"!

I must admit there wasn't a lot that I hadn't heard before, but for me Tal's low key, "self-deprecating" style with a lot of good evidence to drive home simple truths, capped by Peter Drucker's opening words to his weekend executive retreats, really got to me. At least that is my explanation for the discomfort I felt as I reflected on how little of this "stuff" I really practice consistantly.

I won't spoil it by giving away all the "secrets" but will just share a few notes I am jotting down as a public reminder to put into practice: "Give yourself permission to be human"; "Take time to recover"; "Remember the impact of daily meditation on the left brain"; "Take 3 Deep Breaths - all day long... and especially at the red lights"; "How appreciation appreciates... 5 a day"

You all have my permission to ask me - "What are you doing differently, Philip?" - and please do... at least for the next 8 months until my new habits are truly second nature!