THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS
-YVETTE COSTA-
Yvette’s talks are all grounded in the science of happiness, positive psychology and yogic principles. They are high energy and optimistic, and give audiences practical and tangible tools they can take away and implement in their lives immediately.
Yvette Costa's Signature Talks
‘What to Do When Work Makes You Unhappy’
Intersection of biology and self-awareness
Losing the ‘spark’ you once had for your job is challenging. No one expects it, but it happens to almost everyone at least once in their career. This informative session will show you why this happens, what you can do about it and leave you with practical and easy to implement tools that can bring the ‘spark’ back for your job.
Key takeaways:
Recognize when biology is taking over, causing unhappiness with your job
The secret to interrupting your biology and taking charge
Three simple easy to implement techniques to bring the spark back and be happier at work.
‘Unleash Your Potential. Expand Your How’
Novel approach to understanding the impact of expectations.
Expectations drive everything we do. Unfortunately, we are not aware of the majority of them. In particular, unconscious expectations on how something gets done or how we should act, can undermine our effectiveness and hold us back from ultimate success and limit our potential.
Key takeaways:
The number one thing that keeps you stuck and limits your potential
A simple equation that opens the floodgates to novel thinking and approaches
An easy to implement technique to expand your how and unleash your potential.
‘Success then Happiness. Or Happiness then Success. Which Comes First?’
A Positive psychology approach to happiness and success.
We generally think that we will be happy once we achieve success. The science of Positive Psychology is turning this belief on its head. This informative and lively presentation reviews the key ways our minds conspire to make us unhappy, the emerging data from the positive psychology field that supports happiness first and offers simple, practical easy to implement tools that have a profound impact on life and success.
Key takeaways:
Your biology is not on your side when it comes to happiness
Happiness is a skill and can be learned
The single most effective tool to increase happiness AND success
“81% of people say they would work harder for a boss who appreciates them. ”
— Gratitude Survey (2012), John Templeton Foundation
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