Module 4 — Surviving to Thriving

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Module 4 · Lesson 1

Enhance Your Wellbeing

2-minute discussion guide. Click each card to explore the key ideas, then use the breakout questions below to spark conversation in your group.

Key Ideas

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Happiness Isn't a Finish Line

Daniel Gilbert's research shows our brains misremember what actually made us happy. We chase an imagined future built on flawed memories, instead of defining happiness for ourselves — wealth and success are rarely the real indicators.

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Trust Beats Wealth

The World Happiness Report ranks countries by life satisfaction, not income. The happiest societies score highest on trust, social connection and belonging — even holding up through hardship and disaster.

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Ryff's Six Dimensions of Wellbeing

Self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, and positive relationships. This is "eudaemonia" — living to your fullest potential — rather than a fleeting feeling.

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Wellbeing Pays Off at Work

Teams with strong wellbeing practices show better morale, higher retention, more productivity and fewer health issues. It starts small: open communication, regular check-ins, and genuine interest in people's goals.

"We cannot do without reality and we cannot do without illusion. Each serves a purpose, each imposes a limit on the influence of the other, and our experience of the world is the artful compromise that these tough competitors negotiate."

— Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

Breakout Discussion

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Group Discussion Timer

10 minutes · 2 questions

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Question 1 — Reflect

Which of Ryff's six wellbeing dimensions — self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose, environmental mastery, autonomy, positive relationships — is strongest for you right now, and which needs the most attention?

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Question 2 — Apply

Of the ten ways to build wellbeing into a team, which one could you start this month — and what's actually stopping you from doing it already?

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Module 4 · Lesson 2

Shift Your Mindset

2-minute discussion guide. Click each card to explore the key ideas, then use the breakout questions below to spark conversation in your group.

Key Ideas

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Eaters vs. Bakers

Guy Kawasaki: "eaters" see the world as zero-sum — what someone else gets, they can't. "Bakers" believe they can bake bigger pies so everyone eats more. People trust bakers, not eaters.

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Celebrate What's Right

Photographer Dewitt Jones built a career on one brief: find what's right with the world. Practising this rewires what you notice — and eventually, what you believe is possible.

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Three Traits of Win-Win

Integrity (say what you mean), Maturity (courage plus consideration for others), and Abundance Mentality (there's enough for everyone) — Covey's foundation for win-win agreements.

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Practising the Shift

Small daily habits — focusing on what you have, avoiding comparison, practising positive self-talk, taking calculated risks — gradually rewire a scarcity mindset into an abundant one.

"There are two kinds of people: eaters and bakers. Eaters think the world is a zero-sum game: what someone else eats, they cannot eat. Bakers do not believe that the world is a zero-sum game because they can bake more and bigger pies."

— Guy Kawasaki

Breakout Discussion

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Group Discussion Timer

10 minutes · 2 questions

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Question 1 — Reflect

Think of a recent moment at work where you — or your team — reacted from scarcity rather than abundance. What would a "baker" have done differently?

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Question 2 — Apply

Of the three win-win traits — integrity, maturity, abundance mentality — which is hardest for your team to hold onto under pressure, and why?

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Module 4 · Lesson 3

Sleep for Success

2-minute discussion guide. Click each card to explore the key ideas, then use the breakout questions below to spark conversation in your group.

Key Ideas

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Four Types of Energy

Schwartz and Loehr: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy are separate but connected. Neglect one and the others eventually suffer too — full engagement needs all four.

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Exhaustion Isn't a Badge of Honour

Burning the candle at both ends doesn't buy productivity — it borrows against it. Tired brains run in survival mode: worse decisions, poor memory, short tempers.

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Quality Matters as Much as Quantity

Sleep scientist Matt Walker: both REM and non-REM sleep are essential for memory, emotional regulation and immune function. Eight hours of poor-quality sleep isn't enough.

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Build an Evening Routine

Arianna Huffington: set a firm finish time, turn off notifications, and do something that helps your brain stop thinking about work before you try to sleep.

"Every one of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors has an energy consequence... The ultimate measure of our lives is not how much time we spend on the planet, but rather how much energy we invest in the time that we have."

— Tony Schwartz & Jim Loehr, The Power of Full Engagement

Breakout Discussion

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Group Discussion Timer

10 minutes · 2 questions

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Question 1 — Reflect

Which of the four energy types — physical, emotional, mental, spiritual — do you personally neglect most? What's the first sign that it's running low?

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Question 2 — Apply

Arianna Huffington's evening routine starts with a hard stop time and a notifications cut-off. What's the real barrier to you doing that consistently?

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Module 4 · Lesson 4

Thriving in the Workplace

2-minute discussion guide. Click each card to explore the key ideas, then use the breakout questions below to spark conversation in your group.

Key Ideas

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Five Needs, One Workplace

Maslow's hierarchy applied to work: physiological, material/safety, social belonging, esteem, and self-actualisation. Meet the lower levels and people can focus on contribution instead of survival.

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Connection Runs Through Everything

Newer thinking treats Maslow's levels as overlapping, not strictly sequential — with social connection at the centre. Without collaboration, none of the levels hold.

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Leaders' Duty of Care

Dan Pontrefact: a leader's duty of care includes networking, relationship-building and introductions. Only 40% of the world's workers report being happy at work.

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Self-Organising Teams

Stephen Denning's Radical Leadership: customer delight, self-organising teams, and horizontal communication instead of top-down hierarchy — a fit for hyperconnected, empowered employees.

"Without collaboration, there is no survival. It was not possible to defeat a Woolly Mammoth, build a secure structure, or care for children while hunting without a team effort... Connection is a prerequisite for survival, physically and emotionally."

— Pamela Rutledge, Media Psychologist

Breakout Discussion

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Group Discussion Timer

10 minutes · 2 questions

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Question 1 — Reflect

Looking at Maslow's five levels applied to work, which is least well met for your team right now — and what's one thing you could do about it this month?

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Question 2 — Apply

Where do you personally invest in your team's sense of belonging and network — and where, honestly, do you fall short?