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To our Dearest Friends,
We are happy to invite you to this special edition of Toa Tau Talks:
FROM HAPPY INDIVIDUALS TO HAPPY NATIONS
Register link: http://bit.ly/happinesstalk
The United States Declaration of Independence declared the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as sacred and undeniable for all human beings.
Well before this was eloquently put into words by Thomas Jefferson, the humankind had been pursuing happiness, as being happy is central to existing. That’s what we’ve come to this Earth for. Ironically, the more we pursue happiness, the less happy we seem to become. It's because we have looked for happiness in all the wrong places. We define it in the wrong terms.
Since when is a child’s dream reduced to a good job when they grow up? Since when is a nation’s progress measured solely based on economic returns, often at the expense of cultural and ecological well-being? Since when is a person's worth judged on the things they own? Since when do we “work hard long hours at jobs that we hate to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t like (*)”?
We, as individuals and as communities, are at a crossroad. It is all up to us to make the choice to be happy, and more importantly, to look for happiness in the right places, at personal and societal levels. We want to reclaim what’s most fundamental to being human: love, friendship, and a compassionate co-existence. We want to be mindful in everything that we do.
Join us for a spirited and inspiring afternoon with the world renowned speakers and educators Dr. Julia Kim and Dr. Ha Vinh Tho from the Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan, a pioneering country on making happiness a deliberate lifestyle and policy choice. We will redefine the meaning of happiness at the personal level and how it could be achieved in a balanced way. We will explore how GNH, not GDP, should be the ultimate goal of development. We will discuss how this model can be applied in countries with different political and cultural settings.
(*) A quote by Nigel Marsh
SPEAKERS
You could learn more about our special speakers here:
Dr. Julia Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/julia-kim/44/736/368
Dr. Ha Vinh Tho: https://www.linkedin.com/in/havinhtho
EVENT DETAILS
This talk will be conducted entirely in English, with no Vietnamese translation. We have VERY limited space and can only admit 150 people. Please register to tell us why you would like to participate, and confirm by paying the registration fee. The online registration will help us organize the talk, especially the discussion part, better. We want to make it as interactive and useful for all participants as possible.
---Time: 14:00 – 17:00 Sunday April 19, 2015
---Venue : Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper Building
2nd Floor, No. 123 – 127 Vo Van Tan Street, Ward 6, District 3, HCMC
---Registration fee: 250,000VND per person
Link to register online (required): http://bit.ly/happinesstalk
---If you need additional assistance, please email info@toatau.com or call our hotline 0917-961-071
TO PAY REGISTRATION FEE
You have two options.
Option 1: Pay at Toa Tau, 632 Dien Bien Phu, Binh Thanh. Please call ahead to confirm availability.
Opening times:
8:30 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 18:00 Monday to Saturday
8:30 – 12:00 Sunday
Option 2: Bank transfer. There are two receiving accounts. Please add a note to let us know who you are and what you are registering for. For example: Thao Nguyen Bhutan talk 3 people.
Techcombank
Account name: Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
Account number: 19123821814011
Branch: Techcombank Sai Gon, Hochiminh City
Vietcombank
Account name: Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
Account number: 0491000399857
Branch: VCB Thang Long, Hà Nội
