A new book details a simple test which can tell anyone whether they are happy, very happy or flourishing — and help pinpoint sources of unhappiness. The test uses a mathematical formula made up of a person’s feelings of hope and their ‘hunger’ (whether this is for relationships or success).
According to the book publisher’s website, Simon & Schuster; “In 1979, Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana was awarded a national research grant and Smith-Kline Medical Perspective Fellowship to develop an instrument for measuring human hope, with the purpose of detecting hopelessness early enough in troubled human individuals so assistance could be offered in time to prevent suicide. The Hope Index Scale (HIS) that resulted from this grant became very popular with Fortune 500 companies and other institutions both in the US and in other countries. This led to the foundation of decades of research that ultimately resulted in this cutting-edge book, The Happiness Formula: Using Science to Understand Personal Satisfaction, Human Hope, and Subjective Well-Being.
Unlike other books about happiness, which are too often filled with dos and don’ts, wishful thinking, and empty aphorisms, The Happiness Formula breaks new ground by introducing a universal unit of measure called the “Personal Happiness Index” or PHI. This makes it possible — for the first time ever — to calculate and assign numerical happiness scores to human individuals by plugging their unique hopes, hungers, assets, and aspirations into an equation.
Want to test your luck? Take the test below.
The test consists of 12 questions.
Six relate to hope and six relating to ‘hunger’ for intimacy, respect and other factors.
To find your PHI, simply divide your ‘hope’ score by your ‘hunger’ score.
You can find these by adding up all the individual scores for each question in the hope and hunger sections.
When the PHI is greater than 1.0, the respondent is considered a ‘happy person’ and a PHI of less than 1.0 defines ‘unhappiness.’ PHI of 4.0 or greater defines a ‘flourishing individual’ and PHI of 0.250 or less defines a ‘languishing individual.’
‘Hope’ questions
Rank yourself from one to eight from ‘not true at all’ to ‘very true’
1. Generally speaking, I am an optimist.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2. I do believe I have something to offer to others in this life.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3. In case of an emergency, I have someone I can count on.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4. When I need answers, I am usually successful in finding
them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5. Considering the resources available to me, I am more fortunate than many.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
6. When I think about my relationship with God,* I feel reassured and less afraid.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
This word, God, stands for Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or any omnipotent cosmic force or being.
Add up all the circled numbers and the total is your PISA Hope Score.
‘Hunger’ questions
1. I am currently under a lot of stress.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2. I do not get the respect that I deserve.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3. I have no trusted or intimate companion.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4. Lack of enough money is a constant worry of mine.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5. I have so many unanswered questions.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
6. I am worried about my future.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Add up all the circled numbers and the total is your PISA Hunger Score.
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