Virtues/Good/what matters topics

These topics are explored in the course on what matters. Focusing on these topics can increase your well being.

• Physiological Needs — Begin by meeting these minimum conditions for our bodies to endure.
• Human Rights — Preserve and protect these inalienable rights of every human, including yourself.
• Psychological Needs — Attain these minimum requirements for a healthy mind.
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — Study this influential theory of human needs.
• Dignity — You are worthy simply because you exist.
• Health, Fitness, and Wellness — Achieving a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
• Flourishing — Increasing our well-being.
• Emotional Competency — Increasing our well-being.
• Family — Harmonizing the center of your life.
• Progeny and Legacy — Children can bring great joy along with great responsibility.
• Peace of mind, Inner Peace — Understanding what you can change and what you cannot change is the simple but often difficult path to inner peace.
• Beauty, awe — We find beauty in something done well.
• Exploration, discovery, learning — There is much more out there than in here so venture out, discover new things, and continue to learn.
• Dreaming — Create and maintain your vision for a better tomorrow.
• Authenticity — We become authentic when the path we choose through life is congruent with who we are.
• Virtues Development — Become excellent at being human.
• Courage — Act according to your well-chosen values, especially when it is most difficult.
• Love — Enjoy your unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of others.
• Spiritual Development — Connect with a larger reality.
• Play — Go ahead and have some fun.
• Pleasure — Go ahead and pamper yourself.
• Skills Mastery — Perfect the skills required to become excellent at your chosen vocation.
• Esteem and Recognition — Earn authentic recognition and respect from the people who know you best.
• Creativity — Generate new and useful ideas.
• Stewardship and Sustainability — Protect the ability of future generations to enjoy our earth.
• Compassion — Relieve their suffering.
• Integrity — Act congruently with your well-chosen values.
• Values Development — Carefully choose, assess, and reassess your values.
• Community — Engage with communities where you belong and can thrive and contribute.
• Adopt a Global Perspective — Work to understand our world from a global perspective.
• Find your good work — Do the work you are meant to do.
• Altruism — Act on your concern for the welfare of others
• Peace on earth, good will toward all — Treat others as they wish to be treated.
• Wisdom — Realize what is most valuable in life.