What parts of your job do you love? Is it possible to do even more of that? And what distracts you and pulls you off-task at work? Finally: what about your job is important but really boring or hard? Neuropsychologist Dr David Nowell speaks to the importance of loving what you do at work. Grounded in cutting-edge understanding of brain-behavior relationships but focused on practical take-away strategies, this is a fun and interactive workshop for new employees.
28. Determining what I’m here to “do,
be, and have”
We are shaped by:
• Peer interactions
• Supportive adults
• Family / culture / faith
• Media and marketing
• Counseling
Ongoing clarity comes with:
• Morning 10-minute
review
• Weekly planning
session
• Ongoing review of
successes and
frustrations
• Intensives – annual
mini-retreats
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Clarifying the 1st question
Why is it important that our clients are engaged in commitments and obligations and relationships which are fun?
Clarifying the 2nd question
St’s going to happen today at 5:00
You’ll never get that time back
Clarifying the 1st question
Why is it important that our clients are engaged in commitments and obligations and relationships which are fun?
1948 – 3rd generation now -- Abstract
Objectives To evaluate whether happiness can spread from person to person and whether niches of happiness form within social networks.
Design Longitudinal social network analysis.
Setting Framingham Heart Study social network.
Participants 4739 individuals followed from 1983 to 2003.
Main outcome measures Happiness measured with validated four item scale; broad array of attributes of social networks and diverse social ties.
Results Clusters of happy and unhappy people are visible in the network, and the relationship between people’s happiness extends up to three degrees of separation (for example, to the friends of one’s friends’ friends). People who are surrounded by many happy people and those who are central in the network are more likely to become happy in the future. Longitudinal statistical models suggest that clusters of happiness result from the spread of happiness and not just a tendency for people to associate with similar individuals. A friend who lives within a mile (about 1.6 km) and who becomes happy increases the probability that a person is happy by 25% (95% confidence interval 1% to 57%). Similar effects are seen in coresident spouses (8%, 0.2% to 16%), siblings who live within a mile (14%, 1% to 28%), and next door neighbours (34%, 7% to 70%). Effects are not seen between coworkers. The effect decays with time and with geographical separation.
Conclusions People’s happiness depends on the happiness of others with whom they are connected. This provides further justification for seeing happiness, like health, as a collective phenomenon.
Small group: id activities in each of 4 quadrants
Google calendar w/ text f/u
Supportive check-ins
The technology and the px
Body double
Harder than a 3/10?
Increase saliency: stimulant rx, “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” – brain cant tell the difference b/t real and imagined….but real is vivider, pairing dull/difficult tasks w/ intrinsic reward (e.g cape, med student)
EXPLAIN WKSHOP’S PURPOSE, INCREASE SALIENCE, RELATE TO PRIOR K’LEDGE
STUDY BOX
Getting to the gym – esp after full day’s work – is harder than a 3 / 10.
Can’t decide whether it’s important? Watch tv vs study french: make it vivid
Neuroanatomy
Neurotransmitters
Phenomenology of dopamine and serotonin
Delete 30 FB friends
Delete 3 “friends”
Delete 2 commitments or obligations which arent fun or important (trauma survivor at txgiving; west boylston hxical society; I decided to stop eating foods that make me feel bad)