Guidelines for Developing Quality of Life According to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy of Household Leaders at Moo.6, Ban Thamniap Sub - District, Khiri Rat Nikhom District, Surat Thani Province
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to study the community context, quality
of life problem and Sufficiency Economy Philosophy applying to quality of life for the
household leaders of Moo.6, Ban Thamniap Sub-District, Khiri Rat Nikhom District,
Surat Thani Province, population 335 people. This sample of heads of household
involved 40 people by purposive sampling and separated the procedures.
The results were as follows ; To study the community context of the quality
of life problem and Sufficiency Economy Philosophy applying the quality of life of
household leaders at Moo.6, Ban Thamniap Sub - District, Khiri Rat Nikhom District,
Surat Thani Province found that the people were lacking in knowledge and skills of
sufficiency economy. When they were free from work, most of them liked gambling,
took drugs made a living from day to day, lacked of quality of life and had debt
problems. In addition, to develop quality of life according to the sufficiency economy
philosophy at Moo.6, Ban Thamniap Sub - District, Khiri Rat Nikhom District, Surat Thani
Province, the researcher applied collaborative thinking techniques, collaborative learning
and creative solutions based on AIC techniques applied to lifestyle planning in order
to develop the quality of life according to the sufficiency economy philosophy.
The moderation aspect had changed the way of thinking toward daily life by lifestyle
planning, to earn a sufficient economy living based on materials that could be found
in the village to create new job or part - time jobs suck as eco - tourism heads of
house hold should rationally know the value of their unique local wisdom, be proud
of their ancestry and homeland roots, be proud of their local food, local equipment,
and Thais style of living form a strong community.