6:24 The Happy Code
6 virtues and 24 strengths of Positive Psychology; Well-being; Happiness.
Well-being has been directly linked to happiness. Especially, from the Hedonic view which has described well-being as happiness and pleasure. Christopher Peterson and Martin E. Seligman gave the 6 virtues of positive Psychology. Each virtue constitutes 3–5 strengths, thus making 24 strengths of Positive Psychology in total. Since Positive Psychology is the study of well-being and happiness, it is safe to say that honing your 6 (virtues): 24 (strengths) can help increase your happiness.
The 6 Virtues of Positive Psychology:
- Wisdom and Knowledge
- Courage
- Humanity
- Justice
- Temperance
- Transcendence
1. WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE
Intelligence and collective intelligence refer to skills that make it easier to acquire and use information in daily life or in difficult situations. Wisdom refers to the knowledge needed through experience in social and personal life. Information refers to facts and information that we have studied or researched.
Strengths of wisdom and knowledge:
- Creativity
It is described as the capacity or ability of an individual to create, discover or produce a novel idea or object, including the rearrangement or reshaping of what is already known to him which proves to be a unique personal experience.
2. Curiosity
Curiosity involves the active recognition, pursuit, and regulation of one’s experience in response to grueling openings. All individualities witness curiosity, but they differ in its depth and breadth, and in their threshold and amenability to witness it.
3. Open-Mindedness
Open-mindedness is the willingness to look for evidence contrary to one’s preferred beliefs, plans, or goals and to evaluate such evidence when available. Its reaction is called ego bias, which refers to the general tendency to think in a way that supports one’s current thinking.
4. Love Of Learning
A love of learning describes how a person often uses new knowledge and skills and/or develops an interest in certain topics. When people use their love of learning as an energy, they engage in knowledge. They often have a strong desire to gain knowledge, enjoy curiosity, improve existing knowledge, and/or learn something new.
5. Perspective
Perspective is the ability to see the wider world in ways that benefit oneself and others. Perspective is the product of knowledge and experience, not just the storage of knowledge. It is this knowledge and collaboration of knowledge that is used to improve health.
2. COURAGE
Courage is a measure of a person’s ability to cope with physical or mental pain and problems. This word is sometimes used to refer to people who seem fearless, but it is often used to refer to people who can do bad things even when they are afraid.
Strengths of Courage:
- Bravery
Bravery is doing what needs to be done despite fear. This sense of bravery allows power to be used outside of combat, saying or doing things that are unloved but yes, meeting illness peacefully, and fighting friends over short questions.
2. Persistence
Persistence is defined as the voluntary continuation of a task despite difficulties, problems, or disappointments. Measuring how long it takes a person to complete a task isn’t enough to capture the essence of courage, because continuing to do something fun or rewarding doesn’t require patience, and touching is a loss.
3. Integrity
Honesty, integrity, and fairness are attitudes that people are loyal to and show exactly what they are — their inner state, thoughts, and commitments — both privately and publicly. These people accept and take responsibility for their thoughts and actions, have their own words, and get good results from them.
4. Vitality
The importance of Vitality as an indicator of physical health is directly related and related to mental and physical health. It is associated with importance in the body, physical health and function, and recovery from fatigue and illness. At the psychological level, values show the individual and the individual’s knowledge of will, emotion, and integration. Psychological tension, conflict and stress can reduce the perception of values.
3. HUMANITY
Strengths of humanity include positive traits manifest in caring relationships with others. The entries in this virtue class resemble those we identify as justice strengths, with the difference being that strengths of humanity are brought to bear in one-to-one relationships, whereas those of justice are most relevant in one-to-many relationships. The former strengths are interpersonal, the latter broadly social.
Strengths of Humanity:
- Love
Love represents intelligence, behavior, and feelings toward others, and it takes three forms. One is the love we have for people who are our source of love, protection and care. Another way is to love the people around us and make them feel safe and cared for. We comfort, protect, help and encourage them, make sacrifices for their well-being, put their needs before our own, and when they are happy, we are happy too. The third form is love, which includes the desire to be sexual, sexual, physical and emotional with someone we consider special and who makes us feel special.
2. Kindness
Kindness, generosity, care, concern, compassion and self-love are the combinations of concepts that show sharing oneself with others. This orientation can be compared to solipsism, where the individual influences others only to the extent that they contribute to their own process and is therefore considered beneficial. Kindness and self-love require mutual recognition of humanity, for which others deserve attention and recognition for themselves and not for practical reasons.
3. Social Intelligence
Social Intelligence affect people’s relationships with others, including relationships and relationships such as trust, persuasion, group and political skills. Socially intelligent people (those with a high SI) display social and behavioral skills that make others feel valued, trusted, and respected. People with a high SI tend to agree and often relate to others.
4. JUSTICE
We see the power of justice as a general human strength, as it expresses the relationship between people and groups or communities. As the group gets smaller and more individualized, good forces begin to coalesce among people.
Strengths of Justice:
- Citizenship
It represents citizenship, responsibility, justice, and teamwork, a sense of self, and responsibility for the good that includes the ego but transcends the self. People with this power have a strong responsibility, work for the benefit of the group rather than themselves, are loyal to their friends, and can be trusted to do their job. He is a good person.
2. Fairness
Justice is the product of moral judgment — the basis on which people decide what is just, what is unfair, and what is prohibited as unjust.
3. Leadership
Leadership refers to the combination of skills and behaviors that support leadership in influencing and helping others, guiding their actions, and supporting them. People with this disposition want to play an important role in relationships and relationships. They easily manage their own activities and those of others in an integrated manner.
5. TEMPERANCE
Temperance in its modern use is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from revenge by practicing non-violence and forgiveness, restraint from arrogance by practicing humility and modesty, restraint from excesses such as extravagant luxury or splurging, and restraint from rage or craving by practicing calmness and self-control.
Strengths of Temperance:
- Forgiveness and Mercy
Forgiveness is a change in individuals who have been wronged or hurt by a relationship partner. When people forgive others, they become positive (e.g. kindness, benevolence, generosity) and negative (e.g. revenge, forgiveness) towards the person, and the behavior or behaviors that disrupt this motivation occur.
Forgiveness can be thought of as a form of compassion, a broad term that expresses compassion towards (a) the wrongdoer, (b) someone in power or authority, or (c )a good person, compassion, or forgiveness of suffering.
2. Humility and Modesty
Humility is the truth of one’s abilities and achievements. It is the ability to recognize one’s own faults, flaws, mysteries, and limitations. It encourages people to “forget themselves” and appreciate all the precious things and the many ways people can contribute to our world.
Modesty is often about a small estimate of one’s performance or success. Psychological research often leads to humility in behavior — that is, not placing full credit on success or lowering future success predictions before others.
3. Prudence
Prudence encompasses a cognitive orientation towards one’s personal future, involving practical reasoning and self-management to effectively achieve long-term goals. Prudent individuals demonstrate a thoughtful and forward-thinking mindset, considering the potential outcomes of their actions and decisions. They have the ability to resist impulsive choices that prioritize short-term gratification over long-term objectives. Prudent individuals adopt a balanced and adaptable approach to life, striving for harmony among their various goals and aspirations.
4. Self-Regulation
Self-regulation refers to how a person controls their reactions to achieve goals and meet standards. These responses include thoughts, feelings, emotions, actions, and other behaviors. These standards include goals, ethics, standards, business goals, and expectations of others.
6. TRANSCENDENCE
As part of the theory of transcendence/immanence, the first term is often used to refer to God’s relationship to the world and is particularly important in religion. Here, transcendence means that God is completely outside and outside the world, as opposed to the idea of God appearing in the world. Evangelism in religion is the idea that God can be close to or separate from you because he is perfect and surpasses all of humanity.
Strengths of Transcendence:
- Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence
People who see and appreciate beauty and perfection in many areas of life have a strength of character that we admire. This is the greatest virtue because it binds those who possess it to something greater than themselves, whether it is the beauty of art or music; Sports activities; the power of nature; or the morals of others. Those with this power notice good performance and take great pleasure in it.
2. Gratitude
Gratitude is thankfulness for a gift. Gifts can be found, deliberately given by a particular person or anything like that. The main signs of gratitude are the mental response to gifts, whatever their nature, and the knowledge of the sense of grace, no matter how recent, the understanding that we benefit from the actions of others.
3. Hope
Hope represents a positive attitude towards the future and its possibilities. Thinking about the future, anticipating desired events and outcomes, acting on what is expected to happen more often, and believing that events and results can be achieved if it is worth the effort, maintaining a positive attitude here and encouraging goal-oriented action if it is worth the effort and likely to follow now it will.
4. Humor
The field of humor is wide and varied, and there are useful terms to describe the genre. Some formats are very well defined (e.g. teasing, mocking), while others are borderline (e.g. parody, joke). Fun may be easier to define than it is, but it currently means (a) the experience of play, fun, and/or conflict; (b) the creation of difficulties and happiness that allow one to see the light, thereby maintaining a good mood; © the ability to make others smile or laugh.
5. Spirituality
Spirituality and religion refer to beliefs and practices based on the belief that life has changing (non-physical) dimensions. These beliefs are persuasive, general, and stable. Spirituality is universal. Although the specific content of spirituality is different, all cultures have the concept of ultimate, divine, divine power.
Reference:
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. USA: Oxford University Press and American Psychological Association.
~ Written as an intern for Krsh Welfare Foundation