Managing people
Session 1
Workshop
Hedonism: The ultimate goal of all our actions is pleasure, we should not defer pleasures at hand for
the sake of future pleasures
- The clear-headed and single-minded pursuit of pleasure brings freedom
- Aristippus & Jeremy Bentham
Eudaimonia: When a human being exercises all of her essential human capacities well, then she is
fulfilling her function excellently
- The highest of all human goods is the realization of one’s true potential
- We should strive for more than sensual pleasures
- Aristoteles
Session 2
Workshop
Gratitude
- Benefits:
o Psychological (Alert, energetic, enthused, attentive)
o Physical (Exercise, better sleep, fewer symptoms)
o Interpersonal (More helpful and connected, less lonely and isolated)
- Limitations:
o Appear to increase pleasant emotions more than it decreases unpleasant emotions
o Did not reduce physical pain
o May be short-term
o May be gender-specific
Journaling
- Benefits:
o Clarify thoughts and feelings
o Know yourself better
o Reduce stress, better sleep
o Solve problems more effectively
o Resolve disagreements with others
Virtues & Strengths
Virtue: Core characteristics valued by moral philosophy and religion
- Virtues lie between two vices: Deficiency or excess
- Universal
- Consistent and habitual
- Moral & intellectual
- Virtuous action leads to good life
, Six universal virtues:
- Wisdom and knowledge
- Courage
- Love and humanity
- Justice
- Temperance
- Transcendence
Virtues can be realized via:
- Nature: Talents, giftedness, genes
- Nurture: Character strengths, moral values, behavioral patterns & habits
Strength-based mindset Deficit-based mindset
Building capacity Identifying defects
Releasing potential Repairing problems
Nurturing competence Healing wounds
Studying what is right with people Studying what is wrong with people
Inner strengths: Individuals tend to develop certain skills more easily and excel in certain fields in a sustainable
way
Character strengths are positive dispositions reflected in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, by which we can
achieve virtues
- Each character strength is valued in almost every culture and period of time
- Each character strength is valued in its own right
- Each character strength is malleable ( I can learn a particular strength and get better at it )
Tools to diagnose character strengths:
- Values in action
- Strengthsfinder
- MBTI personality
Session 1
Workshop
Hedonism: The ultimate goal of all our actions is pleasure, we should not defer pleasures at hand for
the sake of future pleasures
- The clear-headed and single-minded pursuit of pleasure brings freedom
- Aristippus & Jeremy Bentham
Eudaimonia: When a human being exercises all of her essential human capacities well, then she is
fulfilling her function excellently
- The highest of all human goods is the realization of one’s true potential
- We should strive for more than sensual pleasures
- Aristoteles
Session 2
Workshop
Gratitude
- Benefits:
o Psychological (Alert, energetic, enthused, attentive)
o Physical (Exercise, better sleep, fewer symptoms)
o Interpersonal (More helpful and connected, less lonely and isolated)
- Limitations:
o Appear to increase pleasant emotions more than it decreases unpleasant emotions
o Did not reduce physical pain
o May be short-term
o May be gender-specific
Journaling
- Benefits:
o Clarify thoughts and feelings
o Know yourself better
o Reduce stress, better sleep
o Solve problems more effectively
o Resolve disagreements with others
Virtues & Strengths
Virtue: Core characteristics valued by moral philosophy and religion
- Virtues lie between two vices: Deficiency or excess
- Universal
- Consistent and habitual
- Moral & intellectual
- Virtuous action leads to good life
, Six universal virtues:
- Wisdom and knowledge
- Courage
- Love and humanity
- Justice
- Temperance
- Transcendence
Virtues can be realized via:
- Nature: Talents, giftedness, genes
- Nurture: Character strengths, moral values, behavioral patterns & habits
Strength-based mindset Deficit-based mindset
Building capacity Identifying defects
Releasing potential Repairing problems
Nurturing competence Healing wounds
Studying what is right with people Studying what is wrong with people
Inner strengths: Individuals tend to develop certain skills more easily and excel in certain fields in a sustainable
way
Character strengths are positive dispositions reflected in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, by which we can
achieve virtues
- Each character strength is valued in almost every culture and period of time
- Each character strength is valued in its own right
- Each character strength is malleable ( I can learn a particular strength and get better at it )
Tools to diagnose character strengths:
- Values in action
- Strengthsfinder
- MBTI personality
