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Using Positive Psychology to Make Your Dreams Come True When You Use a Vision Board D'Arcy Vanderpool, MA, CMC, PCC Center for Relationship Happiness 8440 W Lake Mead Blvd, Suite 206 Las Vegas, NV 89128 702-242-4222 www.DrHappiness.com [email protected] Presentation to MentorCoach Resource Group May 5, 2011 Description: Today's coaches want to know the latest research in positive psychology to help leaders create more success. Conventional wisdom says that if we work hard we will be more successful and that will make us happy. However, it is just the opposite. Happiness fuels or drives success. This presentation will explore principles and applications of strategic planning through the use of Vision Boards to assist leaders in becoming more positive and developing a competitive edge in their work. Coaches Will Take Away: How to use Positive Psychology to design goals for a Vision Board and 5 year plan The chief engine of happiness - positivity - and the 10 most important positive emotions fueling it 11 ways to improve your mood, raise performance and increase your happiness baseline 3 (4 and 5) routes to happiness for leading the fullest of lives 3 Pillars of Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching 10 Pillars of a Balanced Life How to Make and Use a Vision Board to achieve goal planning and success The most effective leadership tool Core Competencies: 1. Creating Awareness 2. Designing Actions 3. Planning and Goal Setting

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Using Positive Psychology to Make Your Dreams ComeTrue When You Use a Vision Board

D'Arcy Vanderpool, MA, CMC, PCCCenter for Relationship Happiness8440 W Lake Mead Blvd, Suite 206

Las Vegas, NV 89128702-242-4222

[email protected]

Presentation to MentorCoach Resource GroupMay 5, 2011

Description:Today's coaches want to know the latest research in positive psychology to helpleaders create more success. Conventional wisdom says that if we work hard wewill be more successful and that will make us happy. However, it is just theopposite. Happiness fuels or drives success. This presentation will exploreprinciples and applications of strategic planning through the use of Vision Boardsto assist leaders in becoming more positive and developing a competitive edge intheir work.

Coaches Will Take Away:

• How to use Positive Psychology to design goals for a Vision Board and 5year plan

The chief engine of happiness - positivity - and the 10 most importantpositive emotions fueling it• 11 ways to improve your mood, raise performance and increase your 

happiness baseline

• 3 (4 and 5) routes to happiness for leading the fullest of lives

• 3 Pillars of Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching

• 10 Pillars of a Balanced Life

• How to Make and Use a Vision Board to achieve goal planning andsuccess

• The most effective leadership tool

Core Competencies:1. Creating Awareness2. Designing Actions3. Planning and Goal Setting

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Happiness definition: Aristotle eudaimonia translates directly to "humanflourishing" not "happiness". Not yellow smiley faces and rainbows and unicorns.The joy of fulfilling our potential. (Vanderpool 2010)

Positivity (positive thinking and emotions)

11 ways to improve your mood, raise performance and increase your happiness baseline1. Meditate2. Find something to look forward to3. Do conscious acts of kindness4. Infuse positivity into your surroundings5. Exercise6. Spend money (but not on stuff)7. Exercise a signature strength8. 3 good things9. Express gratitude

10 Give compliments11.Set goals and follow up ...etc

Making and Using a Vision Board

1. Dream and Decide Your Goals

• Three routes to happiness (Seligman 2005)

• PERMA (Seligman 2011)

• Three pillars of Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching (Frisch 2006)

• Pillars of a Balance Life (Dean 1999 - 2010)

• Your own domains for life satisfaction

• Select time period and domain(s)

2. Collect Pictures and Words

• Match your values

• Write and include your outcome goals

• Exact pictures

• Your photo

• Inspiring words and affirmations

3. Display Your Vision Board and Use It Daily

• Put in prominent place• Look at 5 minutes 2 or more times a day

• Use all your senses to experience yourself in the future

•  Activate your subconscious mind to manifest your goals and dreams

4. Share Your Dreams and Goals with Others

• Tell everyone who will be supportive

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• Teach this to others, especially your family

5. Use a Coach and/or Create a Mastermind Group to Help you Accomplish Your Goals

6. Know and Manage Your Self-defeating Beliefs and Behaviors• Coordinate with your Core Values

• Use Visual Cues to Remind You of Your Core Values

• Identify SDB&Bs

• Talk to Your SDB$Bs

• Play with Your SDB&Bs

• Write Dialogue

• Two Chair It

• Heaven or Hell Choice

• Recite or Write Affirmations

• Set Up a Grunt Catcher •  Ask for Help

• Schedule a Group to Address the Issue

• Have a Party with Papers on the Wall for Guest Suggestions

• Teach the Issue to Others

• Hire a Companion to help you

• Get Coaching on It

• Do EMDR

• Get Psychotherapy on It

• Never Drop the Issue

• Daily Do’s• Use Prochaska’s Stages of Change for Where You Are

• Others

7. Take Daily Actions to Bring Your Vision Board to Life

• Use it with your 5 year plan

• You MUST take action on your dreams and goals

8. Celebrate Your Successes

The Most Effective Leadership Tool: happiness is contagious

Other Resources for Coaches who Help Leaders

• Strengths - Strengths Finders 2.0, VIA (www.viasurvey.org), Realise2

• Michael B. Frisch, Quality of Life Therapy

• Robert Biswas-Diener, Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching

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• Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage