In the early 1970s, brothers Murray and Bernard Spain used the phrase "Have a nice day", which was later changed to "Have a nice day". The rest are historical pictures and proverbs that we are all familiar with. Finally, in 1999, Bauer founded World Smile Company, which authorized the production of a version of the picture. He used the income to help improve the children's lives. His son Charles said that his father was not sorry for what he had done, and he earned very little money. "He is not a money-oriented person. He often says, "Well, I can only eat one steak at a time and drive one car at a time. "
Bauer died at 200 1 at the age of 79. He hasn't had time to witness the full prosperity of positive psychology and happiness research that integrates eastern religions, neuroscience and evolutionary biology, but most importantly, behavioral economics represents the transformation of some psychologists from mental illness to mental health, from depression and anxiety to subjective happiness? When the cultural movement, which began in the middle of the 20th century, broke out in the late 1990s and became the mainstream culture in America, one was eager to change America.
The history of the cultural movement emphasizes the view that improving a person's sense of pleasure is as important as controlling depression and anxiety.
His commitment to self-purchase emphasizes two key findings of positive psychology, namely, insight based on science. Although some of these ideas existed before his death, he is unlikely to know. However, he survived. If there was a moment when positive psychology appeared on the American stage with the power of organization, it was 1998, when Martin seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, gave a chairman's speech at the American Psychological Association. He defined positive psychology as "emphasizing understanding and cultivating a person's most positive qualities: optimism, courage, professional ethics, future consciousness, interpersonal skills, happiness and insight, and social responsibility."
Harvey Bauer doesn't need psychologists to tell him that they have found the height of helpers, that is, people get what they give, which is the basis of the connection between altruism and happiness. He also doesn't need to read studies that show that beyond a certain level of ine ($70,000 is the most frequently mentioned), extra INE will only provide a small amount of meaningful happiness increment.
Like almost any new scientific discovery, the idea of greater influence is controversial. However, they have led to important consequences. Warned that increasing national income to a certain extent does not necessarily enhance enthusiasm, which led some political activists to call for a more equal distribution of national income; The research on the relationship between a country's gross domestic product (gdp) and the well-being of its citizens seems to strengthen this promotion. According to the annual survey of World Happiness Report since 20 12, residents in Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark reported higher life satisfaction than American residents with higher GDP per capita.
There is no doubt that the ball will appear in his face at 20 15. When ing, a credit card processing company in Seattle, learned that ines exceeding $70,000 could not make people feel obviously happy, he decided to reduce his salary from 1 10,000 to $70,000, and raise the salary of employees to at least $70,000. This move is still bringing benefits. Of course, just as international competitors are controversial, Price's decision is also controversial. His brother was the co-founder of Gravity Pay, but failed to sue him.
Few academic discoveries can affect a culture so quickly. Some of them are coincidences, representing how experimental findings and cultural changes occur simultaneously but independently. In the mid-1990s, oprah winfrey adjusted her program from focusing on personal problems to focusing on personal growth opportunities. In different situations, positive psychology may have gained great attraction, but the TV gospel, TED lectures, the proliferation of applications and websites devoted to positive psychology and self-improvement, and Oprah's enterprises have greatly accelerated and expanded their influence in this field. Support from private foundations and institutions also helps to start, build and confirm their existence, especially inside and outside the university walls. Similarly, through active guidance and active system construction, there are also opportunities to spread happiness.
Although some conclusions of positive psychology may be questioned, some people say that its practitioners have changed from experimental findings to bold conclusions too quickly. Others say that it is indeed of great significance to rely on the works of Marx and Foucault to question some of their views on political science. The survey emphasizes the connection between physical health and mental health, the importance of social relations, what we can control (our point of view) and what we can't control (our genetic location), and the benefits of character strengths such as courage and * * *.
The influence of the ball is also everywhere. June 5438+October 2005 10, Time magazine published a number of smiling faces on its cover, and announced that internal readers could learn the Science of Happiness-and answered why optimists live longer, whether God wants us to be happy, and whether happiness is in our genes. June 5438+October 2009 10, "Psychology Today" took a smile as its cover, announcing that a "happiness frenzy" had arrived as the number of books on happiness increased from 50 in 2000 to 4,000 eight years later. 20 16 July, Time magazine published a special issue with the theme of "The Science of Happiness", with no less than 15 smiling faces, one with a halo, one with two hearts and one with a wink. There are "new discoveries of a happier life", including emphasizing interpersonal relationships, meditation and exercise.
If Harvey Bauer had lived to see these covers, he might have laughed.