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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Launched by Coursera, and syllabus offered by the Indian School of Business, A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment certification is a very small course. The inspiration of this course is taken from award-winning content developed by professor Raj Raghunathan from different fields like neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral decision theory.

A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment training gives a recipe to the students for leading a life of contentment, happiness, and fulfillment. The course will involve teachings about the different determinants involved in happiness in one’s life along with skills like happiness, meditation, gratitude, and mindfulness. These skills when applied by students practically will help the participants lead a contented life with peace.

A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment programme by Coursera will offer an end course certificate of achievement. This will allow students who were diligent during their lectures on their way to understand the science, and psychology behind happiness by helping them develop their personality traits. These students can ultimately relate to why the most successful humans are not the happiest, and what all needs to be done to live a fulfilled life.

The Highlights

100% online course
3 weeks programme
27 hours duration
13 course subtitles available
Certificate of completion

Programme Offerings

Online Course
Many Subtitles Available
Shareable Certificate
Course in English
financial aid
Flexible Deadlines
27 Hours For Completion
3 Weeks Programme

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 2421	yes	Coursera

A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment Fee Details

Particulars	Amount in INR
Full Course, without certificate (You will still have access to all course materials for this course)	Free
Full Course, with certificate	Rs. 2,421

What you will learn

After completion of the A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment certification syllabus by the Indian School of Business, the candidates will learn about the concepts in the habits of happiness sins, the types of 7 deadly sins, and the 7 habits of being highly happy. The students will also be ready to implement these healthy habits in life. They shall finally understand why people who are smart, and successful are not as happy in their lives as they should be.

The Syllabus

Videos

Welcome to the course
Week 1 video 1: Genesis of the course
Week 1 Video 2: Happiness is a balloon!
Week 1 Video 3: What you can expect and what will it take!
Week 1 Video 4: Measuring happiness
Week 1 Video 5: Introducing the Seven Deadly Happiness Sins

Readings

About us: The Happiness Team at ISB
Guest speakers!
Information on graded components
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!

Videos

Week 1 Video 6: Overview of 1st deadly happiness sin: Devaluing happiness
Week 1 Video 7: Devaluing happiness in job-choice
Week 1 Video 8: Three negative misconceptions about happiness
Week 1 Video 9: Why we devalue happiness: Part II
Week 1 Video 10: Prioritize but don't pursue Happiness
Week 1 Video 11: The 1st exercise: Defining and incorporating happiness
Week 1 Video 12: Summary

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Prof. Raj's paper "The Fundamental Happiness Paradox"
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Prof. Raj's paper "Prioritizing vs. Pursuing Happiness" (optional reading)
Assignment #1 (The 1st happiness exercise--defining and incorporating happiness): Important note
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!

Peer Review

The 1st Happiness Exercise: Defining and incorporating happiness

Videos

Week 2 Video 1: The 2nd sin: Chasing superiority
Week 2 Video 2: Effects of chasing superiority on happiness
Week 2 Video 3: Is the need for superiority important for success?
Week 2 Video 4: Flow is discovered
Week 2 Video 5: Characteristics of flow
Week 2 Video 6: When does flow happen
Week 2 Video 7: Why flow enhances happiness
Week 2 Video 8: Why flow enhances success
Week 2 Video 9: Getting flow back into your life
Week 2 Video 10: A practice for when things are not going well: Self-compassion
Week 2 Video 11: A practice for when things are going well: Gratitude
Week 2 Video 12: The 2nd happiness exercise: Expressing gratitude
Week 2 Video 13: Summary of week 2

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Assignment #2 (The 2nd happiness exercise): Important note
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!

Quizzes

Self-grading for assignment #2 (The 2nd happiness exercise--expressing gratitude)
Quiz 1

Videos

Week 3 Video 1: The need to be loved--or its opposite: the need to go it alone
Week 3 Video 2: Further evidence of our social nature
Week 3 Video 3: Why neediness lowers happiness
Week 3 Video 4: Why avoidance lowers happiness
Week 3 Video 5: Secure attachment
Week 3 Video 6: An alternative route to belongingness
Week 3 Video 7: Evidence for the need to love and give
Week 3 Video 8: Why the need to love and give enhances happiness
Week 3 Video 9: The rules for giving: When does giving enhance happiness and success?
Week 3 Video 10: The 3rd exercise: Creative altruism
Week 3 Video 11: Summary of week 3
Week 3 Video 12: Interview with Nipun Mehta (Optional)
Week 3 Video 13: Mid-course happiness measurement

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Assignment #3 (The 3rd happiness exercise--creative altruism): Important note
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!

Peer Review

The 3rd Happiness Exercise: Creative Altruism

Videos

Week 4 Video 1: The 4th Sin: Being Overly Control Seeking
Week 4 Video 2: Why Being Overly Controlling of Others Lowers Happiness
Week 4 Video 3: Why Being Overly Controlling of Outcomes Lowers Happiness
Week 4 Video 4: The Desirability for Control (DC) and Maximizer Scales
Week 4 Video 5: Taking Personal Responsibility for Happiness
Week 4 Video 6: Obstacles to Taking Personal Responsibility
Week 4 Video 7: Internal and External Control as Compensatory Forces
Week 4 Video 8: Learning Simple Emotion Regulation Strategies
Week 4 Video 9: Appreciating Uncertainty and Lack of Control
Week 4 Video 10: The Importance of Leading a Healthier Lifestyle
Week 4 Video 11: Do's and Don'ts of a Healthier Lifestyle
Week 4 Video 12: The 4th Exercise: The Healthy Lifestyle Exercise
Week 4 Video 13: Summary of the Week

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Assignment #4 (The 4th happiness exercise--healthy lifestyle): Important note

Quizzes

Self-grading for assignment #4 (The 4th happiness exercise: leading a healthy lifestyle)
Quiz 2

Videos

Week 5 Video 1: Distrusting Others and Why Trust is Important
Week 5 Video 2: Instinctive distrust and proactive trust
Week 5 Video 3: The (hidden) Benefits of Proactive Trust
Week 5 Video 4: Perceived vs Actual Trust
Week 5 Video 5: Trust Scale
Week 5 Video 6: Three Strategies of Smart Trust

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Assignment #5: The 5th happiness exercise--writing, but not sending, a letter of forgiveness: Instructions
Bonus: Optional readings!

Videos

Week 5 Video 7: The 6th Deadly Happiness Sin--Distrusting Life
Week 5 Video 8: Process (vs. Outcome) as a Source of Happiness
Week 5 Video 9: Pre-Occurrence Preference and Post-Occurrence Non-Judgmentalism
Week 5 Video 10: Three Strategies for Instilling the Dispassionate Pursuit of Passion
Week 5 Video 11: Going Spiritual
Week 5 Video 12: The 6th Happiness Exercise-Three Good Things with a Twist
Week 5 Video 13: Summary of Week 5

Readings

Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Bonus: Optional readings!
Assignment #6: (The 6th happiness exercise--3 good things with a twist): Important note
Bonus: Optional readings!