--GC Wk3 Watch Video: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier than the U.S. (25.44 min.)

  • Due Feb 1 by 11:59pm
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Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier than the U.S.
(25.44 min., 9 January 2020)

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"What does it take to be happy? The Nordic countries seem to have it all figured out. Finland and Denmark have consistently topped the United Nations’ most prestigious index, The World Happiness Report, in all six areas of life satisfaction: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity."

"Learn more about work-life balance secrets from the happiest countries in the world on CNBC Make It: https://cnb.cx/37So3YY" Links to an external site..

"Each year, a group of happiness experts from around the globe rank 156 countries based on how “happy” citizens are, and they publish their findings in the World Happiness Report. Happiness might seem like an elusive concept to quantify, but there is a science to it."

"When researchers talk about “happiness,” they’re referring to “satisfaction with the way one’s life is going,” Jeff Sachs, co-creator of the World Happiness Report and a professor at Columbia University, tells CNBC Make It"

“'It’s not primarily a measure of whether one laughed or smiled yesterday, but how one feels about the course of one’s life,'” he says."

"Since the report began in 2012, Nordic countries—which include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, plus the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Aland — consistently turn up at the top of the list. (The United States, on the other hand, typically lands somewhere around 18th or 19th place.)"

Are Nordic People Really That Happy?

 

 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:

        • This video relates to following learning objectives/outcomes.

TASKS:

        • The Video presents a fascinating exploration into the question of why some countries/cultures year after year are considered the happiest in the world. While watching, note the main reasons why you think they are happy.

        • Discover what is important to their happiness.

        • Learn about how they view the world.

        • Write down questions you have as they come up (that is take "fieldnotes" and do "freelisting").

CRITERIA:

      • Grading Note: You will receive points for submitting a question for the exam later in week 5 within the Submit Midterm Exam Question Discussion.

      • And the Midterm Exam Question Pool will contain at least one question on this video.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

 

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