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The Quest for Meaning and Fulfillment

Session 8 If … then
The Quest for Meaningful and Fulfillment
• Happiness is understood as
the moment in which all one‟s
desires are satisfied, but
humanity always wants more.

• Happiness is a commodity

• Happiness is conditional -the

compulsive and often illogical
search to possess new
objects

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1. WHAT IS MEANING ?
Purpose and Action Content & Understanding

• What are the goals which I • What is my life story ? How

see as valuable and worthy? do I :
Session Objectives (sadhya) What ? Motivational Cognitive -view the world
• What is the required Goals you see -view my role and place in
Way of
corresponding actions? worthy to the world
1. What is Meaning ? thinking
(sadhana) – How ? pursue
• Can I can rewrite a new
story based on what is
2.How do I make my life more Meaningful & Fulfilling ? important for me?
Deep satisfaction and Emotional
fulfillment Feeling of deep
• Do I feel my life makes sense, satisfaction -When you
and do I live in pursuit of what I took a break
consider worthy goals?
• Am I filled with feelings of -Joining MPW
fulfillment ?
Adapted from : Second Wave Positive Psychology: Embracing the Dark Side of Life , Itai Ivtzan, Tim Lomas,
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Definitions of Meaning
“In the meaningful life, you “Meaning is based on
use your highest strengths our capacity to
Content &
and talents to belong to perceive order and Understandin
and serve something you coherence in our g
believe is larger than the existence, pursue our Purpose and
Action
self.” goals, and feel the
Deep
- Martin Seligman fulfilment that follows
these achievements.”
satisfaction
and fulfillment
2.How do I make my life more Meaningful & Fulfilling ?
Meaning enables people to - Paul Wong
interpret and organize their
experience, achieve a sense of
own worth and place, identify
the things that matter to them,
and effectively direct their
energies. –Michael Steger

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Family (Close and intimate relationships with spouse, kids, or parents)

Relationships (Socializing with friends, clubs or community)

Education & Personal Growth (development of personal potential , study)

Power (authority , influence , dominance)

Recognition/Fame (be known, appreciated and recognized by peers or society)

Health (physical exercise and diet)

Career(pursuing , achieving goals related to work activities)

Pleasure (engaging in activities which provide immediate pleasure in daily life)

Possessions (accumulating concrete possessions eg real estate, money, car, etc.)

Sacred (relating with sacred or divine being, meditating, attending retreats, spiritual books)

Altruism (engaging in pursuits centered on providing services and helping others)

Creativity (involved in creative activities such as arts, painting, music, writing, etc.)
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Individual Reflection
Raghav‟s „Meaning‟ Statement STEP 1 - Reflect on learnings from this session ,the indicative areas and reflective
questions. Write a statement which will make your life meaningful and fulfilling , your
„Be Goals‟.
1 Family
2 Relationships
3 Education &
Personal Growth
4 Power
5 Recognition/Fam
e
6 Health
7 Career
8 Pleasure
9 Possessions
10 Sacred
11 Altruism
12 Creativity
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List2 : Today Today:

Personal- Professional-
1. If I can be regular with yoga & meditation 1) If I get a better paying job, then I will be happy
2. If I take care of my physical health then I will be happy. 2) If I get a chance for foreign assignment, then I will be
3. If I got old without any problems then I will be happy. happy
4. If I am able to control my temper then I will be happy. 3) If work from office starts again, then I will be happy
5. If I can help the needy 4) If some troublesome people at work leave, then I will be
happy
6. If I can make time to talk to my college friends
5) If I had an extremely rewarding job in terms of sense of
7. If I find my way/life calling/purpose in life I will be happy. satisfaction and responsibility, I will be happy.
8. If I lost weight I will be happy 6) If I do the assignment given to me at work without any
1) If I buy a bigger house, then I will be happy compromise then I will be happy.
2) If I can find just an hour or so in the day for myself, 7) If I can pay off my loan
then I will be happy
1) If my son does well in school, then I will be happy 8) If I can become financially independent
2) If I can pursue a lost hobby, then I will be happy

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INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION (continued)

STEP 2 - Based on your Be Goals , choose 3 spheres which have the highest priority for you.
How to work These are spheres describing who you want to be . Be clear why you have chosen these 3 spheres .
towards
STEP 3. What are your "do" and "action," goals corresponding to each of these 3 spheres
be goals,habits – SPHERE 1 :
i)For my „be „ goal _______ one of my "do" goals is to be more _________.
ii)I can achieve my "do" goal by _________ (tied to a specific "action" goal).
Key qualities- iii) Having evaluated different possibilities , I will schedule my action goal
challenges in my routine by __________.

SPHERE 2 :
Why? Meaningful i)For my „be „ goal _______ one of my "do" goals is to be more _________.
ii)I can achieve my "do" goal by _________ (tied to a specific "action" goal).
iii) Having evaluated different possibilities , I will schedule my action goal
in my routine by __________.

SPHERE 3 :
i)For my „be „ goal _______ one of my "do" goals is to be more _________.
ii)I can achieve my "do" goal by _________ (tied to a specific "action" goal).
iii) Having evaluated different possibilities , I will schedule my action goal
in my routine by __________.

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Group presentations – Your presentation has 2 parts

Session 9 Each group member prepares and presents one slide based on the topic assigned to their
group (1 min)

INDIVIDUAL
1. Which learning from this topic is an important area of development for my career?
ACAD GRP 1 (5 nos )-TOPIC (session 1,2) - Subjectivity and Decision Making 2. Which practices across the course can be beneficial to me for this area?
ACAD GRP 2 (5 nos )- TOPIC (session 3) - Objectivity and Decision Making
AS A GROUP
ACAD GRP 3 (5 nos ) -TOPIC ( session 4,5 ) – Mindfulness and Practices 4. As a group share key learnings from this topic in a creative way. (2 mins , any 1-2 group
ACAD GRP 4 (5 nos )- TOPIC (session 4,5)- The Objectivity Framework members to present) . For eg you can include a song , video , article , reading , drama , movie
ACAD GRP 5 (4 nos ) -TOPIC (session 6,7)- Boundaries and Compassion clip , dance to support your creative expression .
ACAD GRP 6 (4 nos ) -TOPIC (session 8)- The Quest for Meaning & Fulfillment
Please note :
i) Total time for presentation is 6-7 mins
ii) Prof Surya Tahora, Prof. Sajili Chawla & Prof. Ajinkya Navare will be present for this
concluding session

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