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TAKE AWAY VIDEO CLIPS, FACTS AND FIGURES

There’re two amazing freebies for you here. They are exciting video clips. The first highlights the secret of happiness.

The second features an upbeat song by Pharrell Williams. It is about being happy.

The two videos are at the tail end of this page. Click the white arrow on each to start watching.

HARD FACTS

1. Reuven Bar-On, an American Clinical Psychologist coined the term, “Emotional Quotient” (EQ) in 1985.
2. Peter Salovey and John Mayer introduced the concept, “Emotional Intelligence” in 1990.
3. Daniel Goleman popularized “Emotional Intelligence” through his 1995 book entitled, “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.” His photo is shown below.

DO YOU KNOW                           

Do you know that:

1. We learn (and can unlearn) emotions;
2. Through limbic resonance, our bodies feel other people’s emotions; and
3. We are always in an emotion… even when we are seemingly emotionless. 
4. The United Nations Organization (UNO) established 20^th March of every year as the International Day of Happiness.

Credit/source – the first three facts above are from LynBoyernet.com.

AFRICAN FACTS AND ACTS ON HAPPINESS

• Africans are more physical when expressing joy (or happiness) – their eyes, lips, voices and hands, among others are very animated when they’re laughing or smiling.
• Among the Yoruba people of Nigeria, numerous names given to babies indicate the nature and level of their joy. Over 30 of such names have been identified. Examples include Adedayo (meaning the crown has become joy); Ayotola (joy is enough wealth); Ayowumi (I love joy); Ayotolowafunmi (the joy God has given me); and Temidayo (mine has turned to joy).
• According to the World Happiness Report 2022, the following are the top five happiest African countries and their global rankings:

1^st Mauritius (52), 2^nd Libya (86), 3^rd Ivory Coast (88), 4^th Cameroon (89) and 5^th Senegal (90).

Note that Nigeria, which has the largest city (Lagos), largest population (206 million) and largest economy (GDP $445 billion) in the continent, was ranked 118th by the report. That made it the 20th happiest country in Africa.

The report also named Finland as the happiest country in the world, with Denmark coming in second, followed by Iceland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.