Accurately measuring happiness is a necessity on par with tracking blood pressure or weight, says Psychology Today contributor and ‘happiness expert’ Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana…
In his latest book, The Happiness Formula, Dr. Obayuwana unveils the first-of-its-kind tool for quantifying happiness and shares the keys to creating a more fulfilled life.
The ability to accurately assess levels of happiness can help people make better decisions about how to live, who to connect with, and which goals are truly worth chasing. On a broader scale, it has the potential to reshape public policy and societal priorities Obayuwana suggests. For him, the quest to identify the causative factors and objectively quantify degrees of happiness took 30 years of research. He developed a simple equation that can assign a numerical happiness score to any individual, regardless of demographics, using a universal unit of measure called the Personal Happiness Index (PHI).
“Just like you know your blood pressure and your weight, it is important that you know your PHI,” – Dr. Obayuwana
He shares his findings in his book, The Happiness Formula, a down-to-earth exploration of how to have and maintain a flourishing life. Dr. Obayuwana advises readers on where to look and what to look for in the “happiest living human,” provides a brief history of the positive psychology movement, debunks happiness myths, and unveils his novel equation for quantifying happiness.
“Unlike other books about happiness, which are too often filled with dos and don’ts, wishful thinking, and empty aphorisms, The Happiness Formula breaks new ground. Despite its title, The Happiness Formula is much more than a mathematical equation for measuring happiness. It is a book about life, the relationship between human hope and happiness, one’s overall feeling of personal satisfaction and subjective well-being.” – Dr. Obayuwana
In addition to happiness seekers, Dr. Obayuwana wrote the book for those who serve in helping professions, such as life coaches, chief happiness officers, directors of human services, and other types of administrators, policymakers, and researchers who are involved in the “business” of human happiness. The book also guides happiness coaches, as it offers a strong theoretical basis and firm practical structure for happiness coaching, which currently lacks existing guidelines.
The idea of the Personal Happiness Index began in 1982 when Dr. Obayuwana was developing the Hope Index Scale (HIS) PDF to measure human hope and prevent suicide. That scale became adopted by The Coca-Cola Company, General Motors, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and academic institutions across the globe.
The Happiness Formula: A Scientific, Groundbreaking Approach to Happiness and Personal Fulfillment
Publisher: Health Communication Inc / ISBN-13: 978-0757325083 / Available from www.amazon.com
