When we fail to differentiate between a pleasurable life and a good life, seeking dopamine-based pleasure becomes the sole objective of life. This is also when life puts us on a hedonic treadmill. Years after years, our run-on-the-mill chase leaves us wanting lasting happiness. The mood question is: What should we do to escape the hedonic trap and achieve lasting happiness?
Alex Honnold is a great solo climber. He has no fear in mind. Neuroscientists performed an fMRI scan of his brain and found it strange. Detailed papers written on Alex Honnold’s mind also tend to provide great insight into our well-being and happiness. Here is a brief account of learnings from papers written on Alex Honnold’s brain scan.
Learning brings about several benefits and opens up gates to success and progress, but do we know that it can also be good for our longevity. Can curiosity, inquisitiveness and embracing learning can be our mantras for living longer? Here is an account of how learning works for happiness and longevity.
Leisure enhances happiness, but there is a catch. It depends on your leisure-time spending habits and style. All leisure do not promote happiness, rather some of it can create boredom and hence stress and unhappiness. There are interesting research evidences available which have explored this queer relationship. Here is an account of how leisure and happiness are related to each other.
Humor is a universal language which is easily understood and liked by all. The demand for humor is always all time high, but unfortunately the supply of humor tends to lag behind, more so in the era of stress and anxiety. Do we know that humor not only can reduce stress and anxiety but also enhance happiness? Here is an account of how humor plays an important role in enhancing happiness in our life.
Multidisciplinary learning facilitates broader perspective and better communication skill in students. This enhances their problem solving ability and critical thinking. Market and society require graduates with these skills in a big way. It is in the interest of the business schools that they open up avenues for a multidisciplinary learning for students. However, this is not going to come about without its challenges.
Perception plays a vital role in determining our life-satisfaction and the way we tend to live in real time. Our decisions are strongly influenced by our perception irrespective of the facts of life. Does this also happen in teaching and learning in higher educational institutions (HEI)? The evidences tend to suggest that perception of teaching by faculty do influence their teaching style and decision on pedagogy, while the perception of learning by students tend to affect the learning outcomes. Read more to know how and why…
Classroom learning is for the students. What happens when it is by the students? Experiences emanating from repeated trials on ‘self-driven learning’ suggest that when students drive the class, learning becomes much more enjoyable and participative. However, faculty needs to be careful in filling the essential gap and create aha moment!
The management of workplaces is likely to undergo profound changes due to compounding effect of technological transformation preceded by the turn of event such as COVID 19. This will necessitate ‘resume-readiness’ for our students to cater to the changing requirements. Academic fraternity must gain a few insights from this perceived ‘resume-readiness’ and incorporate changes in curriculum and pedagogy, before it gets too late.
On this World Happiness Day, it is only in the fitness of the thing that the secret to the most precious treasure called ‘happiness’ is opened up for everyone irrespective of who they are, where they come from and more importantly wherever on the earth they live. On the other side of the coin, the pandemic has done exactly the opposite for everyone, distributed miseries all across. However, the receding pandemic has also left behind a few underlying lessons, if counted on, can enhance happiness in our life forever.
The Learning Corridor 