How to Live Happy — Deborah Heisz

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10 Insights on Happiness

This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

As COO, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Live Happy LLC, Deborah K. Heisz is responsible for the management and development of the Live Happy business and creative operations. She joins the Live Happy team with more

than nine years of experience leading and growing successful startups in the publishing industry and 20-plus years of management experience in a variety

of fast-moving organizations.

Deborah Heisz

@dheisz

COO, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Live Happy

While income matters, true happiness depends on social capital, not just financial capital.

Insight #1

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:Positive emotions

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:Positive relationships

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:Positive accomplishments

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:Engagement

Insight #2

Happiness is unique to the individual, still these five habits will dramatically

enhance the quality of your life:Meaning

Insight #3

Happy individuals hardly worry about the future, for they know that only when they envision and work towards a better future will their worries go away.

Insight #4

Next time you’re in a rut, pause and try this:

Insight #4

Next time you’re in a rut, pause and try this:Write down one good thing that

happened at work that day

Insight #4

Next time you’re in a rut, pause and try this:Write down three things that

you’re grateful for

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:To isolate themselves

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:To not forgive themselves or others

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:To not make time for their passion activities

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:To worry about the future

Insight #5

Unhappy people tend:To compare themselves to others

Insight #6

“Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it’s the realization that we can.”

- Shawn Achor on Happiness

Insight #7

The workplace cultures that ignite greatness in their team respect:

Insight #7

The workplace cultures that ignite greatness in their team respect:

That everyone is unique in their talent

Insight #7

The workplace cultures that ignite greatness in their team respect:That any disagreement is about the

work, not the person

Insight #7

The workplace cultures that ignite greatness in their team respect:

That passion is the catalyst to productivity

Insight #8

Give yourself permission to fail, and you’ll find great satisfaction in

striving to do meaningful work.

Insight #9

It’s the admired leader who understands that it’s happiness that leads to engagement &

increased productivity and not vice versa.

Insight #10

Need nothing!

Reflect: “Imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to 10 at

the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the

ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say

you personally feel you stand?”

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Presentation created by Chase Jennings

Insights by Moe Abdou