Positive Psychology - final project for Harvard Psych 1504
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1. Enhance Goal Setting through Beliefs, Visualization, Positive Affirmations and Story Telling Welcome to Life Welcome to Life
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4. Central Theme: Beliefs and Values are important in motivating ourselves to write out Goals . Goals give us a navigation system on the journey to success. Self Image is an important mental framing tool for feedback on performance. “ If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” - Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)
18. Beliefs as Self-fulfilling Prophecies Beliefs Self Image Performance Consistency Interpretation Objective Subjective Harvard Positive Psychology E1504 slide Tal Ben-Shahar
19. Beliefs as Self-fulfilling Prophecies Beliefs Self-Image Performance Consistency Interpretation Objective Subjective Harvard Positive Psychology E1504 slide Tal Ben-Shahar Belief System impacts Interpretation of Performance Lock out the Critics Control your self talk Motivation Visualization Realism
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21. Learn to Fail or Fail to Learn The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. - Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD) ”
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23. “ I failed my way to success” Thomas Edison I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison Harvard Positive Psychology E1504 slide Tal Ben-Shahar
25. What about unrealistic beliefs? “ You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which You can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most Brutal facts of your current reality whatever it may be”. – Jim Stockdale Stockdale was asked who didn’t make it out of prison camp and Stockdale replied: "Oh, that’s easy, the optimists. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart.”
26. What about unrealistic beliefs? “ False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.” Abraham Maslow "I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade." - Admiral Stockdale
51. Definition of Affirmative Reminder Statement of fact or belief designed to prepare me for reaching a predetermined outcome or goal. A statement of my goal describing myself as though my desired goal has already been achieved. Increasing Human Effectiveness Edge Learning Institute Unit 7
52. Guidelines For Designing Affirmative Reminders Personal Positive Present Tense Positive Emotion Realistic Specific “ I” compare only with my own best self. Describe what you want. Express it as though it’s already happened Use words like enjoy, terrific, happy. Use words like consistently and regularly. Use measurable terms and words. Increasing Human Effectiveness Edge Learning Institute Unit 7
53. Affirmative Reminders I will become dedicated to my training and development. I don’t . I always learn from failure and it will be exciting when I overcome an obstacle. I am dedicated to my personal and professional growth and take all setbacks as temporary. I feel tremendous excitement (like a bolt of lighting) when I am overcoming obstacles and learning how to succeed. Increasing Human Effectiveness Edge Learning Institute Unit 7 I will become dedicated to my training and development. I don’t see what is wrong. I always learn from failure and it will be exciting when I overcome an obstacle.
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58. “ the most important story that you tell about yourself is the story that you tell to yourself” -Jim Loehr The Power of Story Jim Loehr p14
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Editor's Notes
Welcome! I will be giving the following talk for 1 hour with two ten minute breaks. We are going talk about the process of define, writing, developing and achieving goals. Techniques on achieving goals is studied and emphasized in business, sports and psychology. The reason there is an emphasis on defining and writing goals is that research points to goal writing as a common practice shared among successful people. Productivity at work has been studied intently and “Goal setting is considered among the most valid and practical theories of work motivation and task performance (Cron 2005)”. Our intention is to sell you on the reasons that you need to define and write goals for yourself. The purpose of this talk is to provide you with some practical techniques that successful individuals share on goal achievement.
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