Positive emotions

Positive emotions

Question # 1

What arepositive emotions?

Enjoymenthttp://atlasofemotions.com/

Emotions related tofeeling joy / happiness / love

https://hbr.org/2016/11/3-ways-to-better-understand-your-emotions

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132

Surprise is alsoa positive emotion.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572

Question # 2

Why are positive emotions good for us?

Positive emotions are consistently associated with better performance, quality, and customer service.

This holds true across roles and industries and at various organizational levels.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

When students feel secure, happy, and excited, they learn and perform better.

http://www.learner.org/courses/learningclassroom/support/05_emotions_learning.pdf

Positive emotions help us make better decisions, direct our attention to new information / opportunities, and reduce the risk of diseases / illnesses.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132 location 700.

Happy faces trigger an approachresponse.

http://www.your-brain-at-work.com/files/NLJ_SCARFUS.pdf

If you walk into a room smiling, you’re more likely to create a culture of joy than if you wear a neutral expression.

People will smile back and start to mean it.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

Question # 3

What disadvantages are there of putting too much

focus on positive emotions?

When we are in an “everything is awesome” mood, we are far more likely to jump to conclusions.

Happy people often place disproportionate emphasis on early information and disregard later details.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750:

Placing too high value on happiness increase people's expectations for how things should be - and thereby set people up for disappointment.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750:

The more people have happiness as a goal, the more they describe themselves as lonely.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750: