{"id":1977,"date":"2014-11-27T19:39:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2022-01-03T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T13:24:27","slug":"la-science-du-bonheur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/2014\/11\/27\/la-science-du-bonheur\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Science of Happiness is presented as the first MOOC to teach positive psychology. An opportunity to learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I announced this in this previous article about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-agile-and-open-source-way.com\/2014\/10\/10\/the-happiness-advantage\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Happiness Advantage<\/a>, I followed the ten-week course on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">edx.org<\/a> until last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important finding, according to me, is that our happiness depends by 40% on our activities, and not on our genes or circumstances. So we can learn things that will change our day-to-day life, improve our relationships, and our health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank the course instructors, Dacher Keltner and Emiliana Simon-Thomas for all the learnings that I put into practice, and that I try to transmit to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see them introducing the course in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dkAtaH-BLvI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend this great course. If you are interested, a new &#8220;self-paced&#8221; session starts on December 1st: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/the-science-of-happiness-uc-berkeleyx-gg101x\" rel=\"noopener\">The Science of Happiness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is proposed by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/news_events\/event\/the_science_of_happiness\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Good Science Center of University of California, Berkeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science of Happiness is presented as the first MOOC to teach positive psychology. An opportunity to learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life. I announced this in this previous article about The Happiness Advantage, I followed the ten-week course on edx.org until last week. 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