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How to live a Happy Life?幸福的人生

Dr Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 )

Email: sammk1951@gmail.com Mobile: +65 9674 0515

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Highlights

• About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong

• What is Happiness?

• The Basics of Happiness.

• Why so many people are unhappy in life?

• A Look Back at the Source of Life.

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About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 )

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About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 )

• Primary : Chinese School (1958 – 1963)

• Secondary : English School (Remove Class 1D 2C 3B 4A 5A)(1964 – 1969)

• Civil Engineering : Singapore Poly (1971 – 1974) Melbourne U (1982 – 1983) NUS/NTU

• RMIT University : Statistics

• CIAE : Timber

• A Lifelong Learner for more than 40 years.

• Chartered Engineer (UK/Ireland/Australia)

• Chartered Builder (UK)• Chartered Mathematician

(UK)• Chartered Scientist (UK)• Chartered

Environmentalist (UK)• Chartered Quality

Professional (UK)

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What is Happiness ( 幸福 )?

• Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.

• living a good life .

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Huts

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Condominiums

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A smiling 95-year-old man from Pichilemu, Chile.

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Source: ST – 30 March 2013 : Grief…..

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Source: ST – 30 March 2013 : Ban Mae Surin refugee camp in Northern Thailand.

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The Basics of Happiness.

• Chinese : Health + Wealth + Longevity

• Money is everything???

• 5Cs : Career + Car + Condominium + Cash + Credit Card

• 5Fs : Friends + Fitness (Health) + Fun (pleasure or joy) + Family + Finance (Money/Wealth)

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SP – ‘Young’ Badminton Team – 2010 : Exercise Friends + Fitness + Fun

Good Health worth more than a million dollars !!!

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Sam’s Family at Melbourne University - 2009

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Sam- Family - 2013

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Happiness – Selina Sam & GrandMa – September 2013

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Why so many people are unhappy in life?

• Wish vs Want : The ‘Gap’ Dissatisfaction ( 不满 ).

• Greediness ( 贪婪 ; 贪心 )

• More on ‘Self’ ( 自己 )

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A Look Back at the Source of Life

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A Look Back at the Source of Life

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A Look Back at the Source of Life

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Source : The Epoch Times – 27 Sept 2013

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Take time to enjoy all the little pleasures that life has provided you....

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God grant us the Serenity ( 宁静 ) to accept things that I can’t change,Courage ( 勇 气 ) to change things that I can, andWisdom ( 智 慧 ) to know the Difference…