Career Wellbeing
A) Most essential of the 5 elements. If you don’t have the opportunity to regularly do something you enjoy, the odds of your having high wellbeing in other areas diminish rapidly.
B) Study showed that our wellbeing actually recovers more rapidly from the death of a spouse than it does from a sustained period of unemployment(>1 yr)
C) For those who are engaged in work, happiness and interest throughout the day were significantly higher. Conversely, stress levels were substantially higher for those who are disengaged. The disengaged workers’ stress levels decreased and their happiness increased towards the end of the workday. People with low engagement and low career wellbeing are simply waiting for the workday to end.
D) Engaged workers have similar happiness levels on working and nonworking days, with only slight increase in stress and a positive boost in interest levels when they are at work. However, disengaged workers experienced dramatic drops in happiness and interest – as well as major increases in stress – during workdays.
E) If your career wellbeing is striving, you are able to have good weekends and good weekdays, and the time you are at work is as enjoyable as the time you spend away from work.
F) For people with thriving career wellbeing, they love their work so much that it is closely aligned with – and can’t help but spill into – their personal lives.
G) As employees’’ levels of engagement at work increases, their total cholesterol and triglyceride levels significantly decreased. Boosting your career wellbeing might be one of the most impt priorities to consider for maintaining good health over the years.
H) The person we least enjoy being around is our boss. More incompetent is the boss, the higher risk of a heart attack.
I) If your manager is primarily focusing on your strengths, the chance of your being actively disengaged is just 1% or 1 in 100.
J) Most people strive to minimize the no of hours they need to work in a day and they want to retire as early as possible. But when they are going to retire, most of them want to keep working.
K) One of the essentials to having fun at work is getting opportunity to use your strengths every day. When we build our strengths and daily success – instead of focusing on failures – we simply learn more.
L) People with high career wellbeing wake up every morning with something to look forward to doing that day. Those with thriving career wellbeing have a deep purpose in life and a plan to attain their goals. In most cases, they have a leader or manager who makes them enthusiastic about the future and friends who share their passion. While you might thing people with high career wellbeing spend too much time working, they actually take more time to enjoy life, have better relationships, and don’t take things for granted. And they love what they do each day.
M) 3 recommendations: i) Use your strengths every day. Ii) Identify someone with a shared mission who encourages your growth. Spend more time with this person. Iii) Opt into more social time with people and teams you enjoy being around at work.
Social Wellbeing
A) When you reflect on the most memorable events, experiences and moments in your life, you’ll notice that they have something in common: the presence of another person.
B) We tend to synchronise our moods with the people around us, our emotions influence one another throughout the day.
C) Odds of being happy increase by 15% if a direct connection in your social network is happy.
D) People with a best friend who has a very healthy diet are more than five times as likely to have a very healthy diet as well.
E) Relationships serve as a buffer during tough times, which in turn improves our cardiovascular functioning and decreases stress levels.
F) It took almost twice as long for wounds to heal for couples who reported having hostility in their relationship.
G) When we get at least 6 hours of daily social time, it increases our wellbeing and minimizes stress and worry.
H) Those who have a best friend at work are 7 times as likely to be engaged in their jobs, are better at engaging customers, produce higher quality work, have high wellbeing, and are less likely to get injured on the job.
I) People who have at least 3 or 4 very close friendships are healthier, have higher wellbeing, and are more engaged in their jobs.
J) Key to great relationships is to focus on what each friend does contribute, instead of expecting one person to do it all.
K) People with thriving social wellbeing have several close relationships that help them achieve, enjoy life, and be healthy. They are surrounded by people who encourage their development and growth. Those with high social wellbeing deliberately spend time – on average about 6 hours a day – investing in their social networks. They make time for gatherings and trips that strengthen these relationships even more. As a result, people with thriving social wellbeing have great relationships, which gives them positive energy on a daily basis.
L) 3 recommendations: i) Spend 6 hours a day socializing with friends, family and colleagues (this time includes work, home, phone, email and other communications), ii) Strengthen the mutual connections in your network, iii) Mix social time with physical activities. For example, take a long walk with a friend so you can motivate each other to be healthy.
Financial Wellbeing
A) Money matters only up to the point at which people have enough money to afford their basic needs.
B) Money can increase short term happiness by giving us more control over how we spend our time, whether that means a shorter commute, more time at home with family, or additional social time with friends.
C) Study showed that spending on oneself does not boost wellbeing. However, spending money on others does – and it appears to be as important to people’s happiness as the total amount of money they make.
D) We spend the most when we feel the worse.
E) Buying experiences such as going out to dinner or taking a vacation increases out own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. Material items lose their novelty, but we can relive memories indefinitely.
F) It hurts a lot more to lose $50 that we already have than it feels good to win $50. Set default accounts to save money and grow financially.
G) Financial security (the perception that you have more than enough money to do what you want to do) has 3 times the impact of your income alone on overall wellbeing. Furthermore, a lack of worry about money has more than double the impact of income on overall wellbeing.
H) Managing your finances well allows you to do what you want to do when you want to do it.
I) People with thriving Financial Wellbeing are satisfied with their overall standard of living. They manage their personal finances well to create financial security. This eliminates day-to-day stress caused by debt and helps build finance reserves. People with high Financial Wellbeing spend their money wisely. They buy experiences that provide them with lasting memories. They give to others and don’t just spend on themselves. As a result of managing their money wisely, they have the financial freedom to spend even more time with the people whose company they enjoy most.
J) 3 recommendations: i) Buy experiences – such as vacations and outings with friends or loved ones. Ii) Spend on others instead of solely on material possessions. iii) Establish default systems (automated payments and savings) that lessen daily worry about money.
Physical Wellbeing
A) Many critical signalling genes that promote inflammation, autoimmune, and allergic responses were markedly reduced in just 5 weeks due to dietary changes.
B) When we eat meals high in carbohydrates and sugars, it essentially damages our appetite-control cells and sends a message to our brain to consume more, even if we don’t need more food at that time.
C) Look for vegetables and fruits that have darker tones of red, green and blue.
D) People who exercise at least twice a week are happier and have significantly less stress.
E) Exercising is much more effectively at eliminating fatigue than prescription drugs.
F) Having a good night’s sleep gives us a fresh start, and increases out chances of having energy and high wellbeing throughout the day.
G) Study showed that we learn and make connections more effectively when we are asleep than we do when we are awake.
H) Sleep 7-8 hrs. Too short or too long can cause problems. Short sleeps were 35% more likely to experience a substantial weight gains and long duration sleepers were 25% more likely to have a substantial weight gain.
I) Making the right choices in advance can help us get ahead of our short term desires. Choose the place you want to eat correctly.
J) People with thriving Physical Wellbeing effectively manage their health. They exercise regularly and feel better throughout the day as a result. They make good dietary choices, which keeps their energy high throughout the day and sharpens their thinking. They get enough sleep to wake up feeling well-rested and to process what they learned the day before – and to get a good start on the next day. People with thriving Physical Wellbeing look better, feel better and will live longer.
K) 3 recommendations: i) Get at least 20 minutes of physical activity each day – ideally in the morning to improve your mood throughout the day .ii) Sleep enough to feel well-rested (generally 7-8 hrs) but not too long (more than 9 hrs). iii) Set positive defaults when you shop for groceries. Load up on natural food that are red, green and blue.
Community Wellbeing
A) Besides basic sense of security, aesthetics of the community (parks, playgrounds etc), social offerings (places where friends meet, nightlife etc) and general openness to all types of people are factors.
B) Unless you make an effort to get involved in social groups, it is unlikely your community wellbeing will grow.
C) Thriving community wellbeing is about what we do to give back to our community.
D) At the highest end of the community wellbeing continuum is giving back to society.. This may be what differentiates an exceptional life from a good one.
E) When we do things for others, we see how we can make a difference, and this gives us confidence in our own ability to create change.
F) Creating sustainable change may be 2-3 times as likely to happen in the context of a group, company or community organization. Eg, if you enrol in an intensive weight loss program alone, there is a 24% chance that you will maintain your weight loss after 10 months. If you enrol in the same program and then join a social support group of 3 strangers, there is a nearly 50% chance you will maintain the weight loss 10 months later. But if you enrol in the program with 3 friends or colleagues, you already know, the odds of maintaining your weight loss of up to 66%.
G) Workers who were the most engaged in their jobs donated 2.6 times more than those who were not engaged in their careers.
H) People with high Community Wellbeing feel safe and secure where they live. They take pride in their community, and they believe it is headed in the right direction. This often results in their wanting to give back and make a lasting contribution to society. People with thriving Community Wellbeing have identified areas where they can contribute to their community based on their own strengths and passions. They tell others about their interests to connect with the right groups and causes. Their contribution may start small, but over time, it leads to more involvement and has a profound impact on their community. The efforts of people with thriving Community Wellbeing are what create communities we cannot imagine living without.
I) 3 recommendations: i) Identify how you can contribute to your community based on your personal mission. ii) Tell people about your passions and interests so they can connect you with the relevant groups and causes. iii) Opt in to a community group or event. Even if you start small, start now.
