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The Art + Science of the Rethink: 7 Steps to Expand Your Possibilities + Succeed at Your Pursuit of Happiness. Tara-Nicholle Nelson, M.A., Esq. The Art + Science of the Rethink. Timeline. The Art + Science of the Rethink. “There’s no there there .” Gertrude Stein.
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The Art + Science of the Rethink: 7 Steps to Expand Your Possibilities + Succeed at Your Pursuit of Happiness Tara-Nicholle Nelson, M.A., Esq.
The Art + Science of the Rethink Timeline
The Art + Science of the Rethink “There’s no therethere.” Gertrude Stein
The Art + Science of the Rethink Fast forward to happy.
The Art + Science of the Rethink • Being rich doesn’t make you happy. • Finding “the one” doesn’t make you happy. • Being “normal” “like everyone else” doesn’t make you happy: 54% of US adults are "moderately mentally healthy yet not flourishing”
How can we fast forward to happy? The Art + Science of the Rethink
How to fast forward to happy: • Move past perfect. • Stop fighting what is – respect what’s real right now. • Lean into the fear, anxiety and grief of painful circumstances. • Rethink failure as fodder. The Art + Science of the Rethink
The Art + Science of the Rethink What is happiness?
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Philosophers Aristotle: Happiness = Virtuous Activity eudemonia “eu” = well; “daimon” = divinity, spirit
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Philosophers Oprah: Happiness = living your best life now The Power of Evolution + Intuition
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Self-Experimenters Benjamin Franklin: 13 Virtues Henry David Thoreau: Walden Pond Liz Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Academics Sonya Lubomirsky, Ph.D.: Happiness = Formula 50% genetic 10% life circumstances + 40% intentional activities Your Happiness
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Academics Mikhail Csikszentmihalyi: Happiness = Flow “. . .being completely involved in an activity for its own sake.. . . Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.”
The Art + Science of the Rethink The Academics Martin Seligman, Ph.D.: Happiness = Flow ++++ P – positive emotion E – engagement {flow} R – positive relationships M – meaning A – accomplishment
Tara on Happiness • Seligman left something out • Circumstances – can’t make us happy, but can make us very unhappy • Happiness = PERMA + “The Rethink” • Flexibility around circumstances • Resilience • Ability to reinvent, transform on desire or on demand • Mindset management The Art + Science of the Rethink
Belief . Language . Action The Art + Science of the Rethink 7 Steps The Art + Science of the Rethink
Why do we need The Rethink? • Eckhart Tolle – 3 Options: Leave, Change or Accept situations – anything else is suffering. • We want to, but can’t or don’t make situational or mindset changes we want. • Rethink is the mise en place that optimizes our ability to make these changes. The Art + Science of the Rethink
Step One: Diagnostics Identifying what’s not working. The Art + Science of the Rethink
Step Two: Stabilization • Managing chaos and energy • Certainty anchors • Capture + complete • Decathexis The Art + Science of the Rethink
Step Three: Getting Unstuck + Urgent Momentum building Cultivating traits of the unstuck The Art + Science of the Rethink
Steps Four + Five: Belief Remodeling Unlearning Creating new belief systems The Art + Science of the Rethink
“If I feel myself to be wronged, a loser or a victim, I will tell myself that some assumption I have made is the source of my difficulty.” Benjamin Zander The Art + Science of the Rethink
Step Six: Future Framing Generative Language Speech Acts The Art + Science of the Rethink
Step Seven: Prosperity Practices Practice makes perfect permanent. Skill-building The Art + Science of the Rethink
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Ready to Rethink? Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn: @taranicholle email: Tara@REThinkRealEstate.com The Art + Science of the Rethink