How Do Live a Good Life

How Do Live a Good Life

• 1. How do I lIve a good lIfe? How do I lIve a good lIfe? Choose the road less travelled
• 2. OVERVIEW OF M4L PROJECT OVERVIEW OF M4L PROJECT 1.A practical guide to meaningful living 2.A road map for living a good life. 3.An interdisciplinary introductory course on the positive psychology of flourishing 4.The human quest for meaning – a journey of finding answers to the most important questions in life 5.A course on life intelligence
• 3. REVIEW OF PAST LESSONS REVIEW OF PAST LESSONS Each lesson is a stepping stone to achieve the good life
• 4. LIfe Lesson 1: Know yourself LIfe Lesson 1: Know yourself •Know who you are •Discover your true self •Understand the forces that have shaped you •Can’t escape from yourself •Can’t pretend to be somebody else •Have to accept both your strengths and weaknesses •Learn to live with yourself
• 5. Can’t run away from yourself Can’t run away from yourself
• 6. Born to sIng Born to sIng
• 7. A chIcken strIves to fly lIke a bIrd A chIcken strIves to fly lIke a bIrd
• 8. Search ınsıde yourself Search ınsıde yourself
• 9. DIscover your purpose & meanIng In lIfe DIscover your purpose & meanIng In lIfe
• 10. Know what you were meant to be Know what you were meant to be
• 11. LIfe Lesson 2: Know what really matters LIfe Lesson 2: Know what really matters
• 12. LIfe Lesson 2: Know what really matters In lIfe LIfe Lesson 2: Know what really matters In lIfe •Discover pure gold in a world of trinkets & counterfeits. •Discover something worth fighting and dying for. •Don’t settle with anything less. •Know and live by your core values.
• 13. DesIres can enslave & destroy you DesIres can enslave & destroy you
• 14. Don’t deal wIth the devIl Don’t deal wIth the devIl
• 15. The joy of doIng what really matters The joy of doIng what really matters
• 16. LESSON 3 INTRODUCTION  LESSON 3 INTRODUCTION
• 17. Lesson 3: How do I lIve a good lIfe? DIscover the road less travelled  Lesson 3: How do I lIve a good lIfe? DIscover the road less travelled A good life needs to be true to oneself and consistent with one’s core values. Is it possible for Hitler to live a good life?
• 18. Need an objectIve frameworkfor the good lIfe Need an objectIve framework for the good lIfe
• 19. DIctIonary defInItIons of "good“ DIctIonary defInItIons of "good“ 1.morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man. 2. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health. 3.of high quality; excellent. 4. right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good. 5. well-behaved: a good child
• 20. The good lIfe Is a vIrtuous lIfe The good lIfe Is a vIrtuous lIfe
• 21. The Best planned lIfe can be deraIled The Best planned lIfe can be deraIled
• 22. Bad habIts that can ruIn your lIfe Bad habIts that can ruIn your lIfe
• 23. The bad habIt of meanIngless fIghts The bad habIt of meanIngless fIghts
• 24. The good lIfe Is makIng the wIse choIce The good lIfe Is makIng the wIse choIce
• 25. The good lIfe Is a less travelled path The good lIfe Is a less travelled path
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• 27. What Is your choIce? What Is your choIce? •Status quo vs. Change •Conformity vs. Authenticity •Pleasure vs. Discipline •Yielding to temptation vs. Resisting temptation •Expediency vs. Principle •Serving money vs. Serving God •Paddling downstream vs. Paddling upstream
• 28. The path to meanIngful lIvIng The path to meanIngful lIvIng
• 29. The Path to personal growth The Path to personal growth
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• 31. The good lIfe Is more uncertaIn The good lIfe Is more uncertaIn
• 32. The good lIfe Is more rIsky The good lIfe Is more rIsky
• 33. A paradIgm change A paradIgm change •The good life cannot be based on fulfilling all of one’s desires and wants. •Nor can it be based on achieving personal happiness and success. •We need a change in basic value orientation. •We need a Meaning Mindset. • Real personal transformation begins on the inside.
• 34. The good lIfe Is havIng a meanIng mIndset The good lIfe Is havIng a meanIng mIndset
• 35. The good lIfe Is a contemplatIve lIfe The good lIfe Is a contemplatIve lIfe
• 36. Slide13
• 37. The good lIfe Is a contented lIfe The good lIfe Is a contented lIfe When Siddhartha listened attentively to this river, to the song of a thousand voices; when he did not listen to the sorrow or laughter, when he did not bind his soul to any one particular voice and absorb it in his Self, but heard them all, the whole, the unity; then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word: Om — perfection.
• 38. The good lIfe Is an authentIc lIfe The good lIfe Is an authentIc lIfe
• 39. The good lIfe Is on the narrow path The good lIfe Is on the narrow path
• 40. Slide32 To live the good life is to choose the road less travelled. One needs to take the risks and pay the price for living an authentic, meaningful, virtuous life for the good of humanity.