“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu
March 24, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Category: Pillars
“The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.” Antonio Guterres
March 24, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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“Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 24, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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“Spread love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” Mother Teresa
March 24, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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International Day of Happiness – UN World Happiness Report 2021 (Global) BBC News – 20th March 2021
March 24, 2021
(updated March 29, 2021)
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In its ninth year and on International Day of Happiness (today) the UN has released its World Happiness Report 2021 from countries around the world.
How to Set Up your Home Gym on a Budget
March 23, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
Published by Happier Way
Setting up a home gym is just what a die-hard fitness enthusiast needs. You can exercise in the privacy of your home without driving to a fitness center. Or maybe you’re taking and retaking the ACSM-CPT practice exam so that you can give personal training sessions over video chat. When you’re ready for a workout session, all... Read more
3 Ways to Help Elderly Loved Ones Live Independent Lives
March 23, 2021
(updated June 2, 2021)
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any elderly people crave a sense of independence as they move into their later years. If you want your loved ones to feel safe and cared for while allowing them a sense of freedom, then have a read through this article for some great ideas of how to achieve this. Use Home Delivery Food Services... Read more
What are happiness and well-being? A brief guide
March 22, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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1. What is the difference between happiness and well-being? Most researchers use ‘happiness’ to mean nothing more than a state of mind, like being satisfied with your life or having a positive emotional condition. To ask what happiness is, in this sense, is just to ask about the nature of a state of mind. By contrast, researchers... Read more
World Happiness Report 2021 – Chapter 2: World Happiness, trust and deaths under COVID 19
March 22, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Chapter 2: World Happiness, trust and deaths under COVID-19 John Helliwell www.worldhappiness.report --- About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN): The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the... Read more
World Happiness Report 2021 – Chapter 3 COVID-19 Prevalence & Well-being & Chapter 4 Asia-Pacific Success with COVID-19
March 22, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Chapter 3: COVID-19 Prevalence and Well-being: Lessons from East Asia (10 minutes) Jeffrey Sachs Chapter 4: Reasons for Asia-Pacific Success in suppressing COVID-19 (10 minutes) Fengyu Wu www.worldhappiness.report --- About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN): The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.... Read more
World Happiness Report 2021 – Chapter 7: Work and Well-being during COVID-19
March 22, 2021
(updated March 31, 2021)
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About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN): The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDSN... Read more
What is empathy and why is it good for us?
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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In today’s world of 24-hour news and social media, our lives are exposed to other people, or to juxtapose, their lives are exposed to us! The influence of media is such that it can mispresent a person’s knowledge of specific events. Depending on the angle the media is taking, we are so often influenced to... Read more
3 Important Lessons On Sustainable Well-being in Leadership
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Recent challenges have triggered much interest in the “epidemic” of employee burnout. Articles and podcasts highlight that 76% of employees will experience burnout at some point in time, offering leaders tips to support their team’s well-being and prevent such ends. However, as is too often the case, such studies fail to address that leaders, too, have... Read more
Are happy people complacent?
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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By Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener Many people harbor the idea that happy people lack motivation. New research gives us reason to doubt this long-held assumption.Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedin In this post IntroductionSqueaky Wheel ThinkingThe Power of Positive ThinkingConclusion Introduction Two decades ago, I packed my bags and headed to Kolkata, India (or Calcutta,... Read more
In a Lamentable Year, Finland Again is the Happiest Country in the World
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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World Happiness Report 2021 Looks at Relationship Between Well-Being and COVID-19 NEW YORK, March 19 -- The 2021 World Happiness Report marks a somber moment as COVID-19 continues to rage on a little more than a year since it was declared a pandemic by the WHO. More than two million people have died worldwide and the threat... Read more
International Week of Happiness at Work
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Happiness at Work should be a top priority for all companies. Because this is good for employees: when they are happy at work, they are better parents, friends, neighbors, they are more likely to give to charity and do volunteering work. Don’t we all want to have nice neighbors? Yes we do! But also because... Read more
Why ‘video call fatigue’ might be making you tired during lockdown – and how to beat it
March 19, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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Some video conferencing users are complaining of exhaustion after continual online meetings.Alongside Skype, Houseparty and Microsoft Teams, virtual meetings platform Zoom has boomed during the pandemic, growing from 10 million daily meeting participants in December to more than 200 million in March.Psychologists say “video call fatigue” could be due to factors including excessive self-awareness and over-scheduling. Video... Read more
Ensuring Virtual Events Are Accessible for All
March 18, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing organizations to transition many events and conferences that originally were in-person to virtual ones. The good news is that it is easy to make online events accessible to everyone if you know how. A new toolkit by the national disability advocacy nonprofit RespectAbility aims to help organizations do so. A recent national... Read more
Disability inclusion at work: What it is and why it matters
March 18, 2021
(updated March 25, 2021)
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By The Understood Team What is disability inclusion at work? Disability inclusion at work is about more than hiring people with disabilities. An inclusive workplace values all employees for their strengths. It offers employees with disabilities — whether visible or invisible — an equal opportunity to succeed, to learn, to be compensated fairly, and to... Read more
Disability Inclusion Strategies
March 18, 2021
(updated April 8, 2021)
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Inclusion of people with disabilities into everyday activities involves practices and policies designed to identify and remove barriers such as physical, communication, and attitudinal, that hamper individuals’ ability to have full participation in society, the same as people without disabilities. Inclusion involves: Getting fair treatment from others (nondiscrimination);Making products, communications, and the physical environment more usable by as many people... Read more
