Triggers of enjoyment

The most common universal triggers of enjoyment are as follows:

• Spending time with family
• The taste of chocolate cake
• Places associated with enjoyable memories
• Playing a sport

Everyone has the same universal triggers as we are born with them. They affect us more intensely than learned triggers. The following figure shows the different triggers of enjoyment:

The most common learned triggers in enjoyment are as follows:

• Social interaction
• Helping others
• Sensory experience of nature

Learned triggers can be part of your culture or highly personal and created by your individual experiences.