Best of Both
5 minutes
Section Aim
To summarise the idea that the best way to develop happiness and live life well is to use both the hedonic and eudaimonic approaches , and discover how to get the best out of them .
Instructions
Play a quick fire game of ‘ would you rather ’ and then go onto summarise the session using the slides and script that follows .
Activity
Pick five questions to ask from the list below . Ask the group to answer the following questions by either moving to one side of the room or the other OR standing up vs sitting down with their hands on their head .
1 . Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages ? 2 . Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long ? 3 . Would you rather be a kid your whole life or an adult your whole life ? 4 . Would you rather be the most popular person at school or the smartest ? 5 . Would you rather have an unlimited gift voucher for a restaurant or a clothing store ? 6 . Would you rather sing instead of talk or dance instead of walk ? 7 . Would you rather be covered in fur or scales ? 8 . Would you rather travel 100 years into the past or 100 years into the future ? 9 . Would you rather be too hot or too cold ? 10 . Would you rather give up the internet for a year or give up sugar for a year ?
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1 . We have learnt today that there are two different routes we can take to finding happiness . Can anyone remember the terms ? ( They were hedonic and eudaimonic ).
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