I hate to break it to you, but if all goes well you will be 80 soon. Actually, sooner than you can accurately imagine.  Many a research study has been devoted to the gap between chronological age and a person’s psychological impression of their age. Remember, if all goes well, you will be 80 sooner...Read More

By Andrea Goeglein Do you think no one understands you?  Have you ever thought: “I suppose the one problem I haven’t figured out a good solution for—the one that keeps coming up again and again—is how I come across to other people.  I get the feeling that sometimes people think I’m being critical, or aloof,...Read More

The Village Effect will give you a fresh look at why we gather during the holiday season — and just might help you rethink where you invest your time this holiday season and the  rest of the year!  Just answer a few of these questions for yourself: Do you have more energy or do you...Read More

The Intelligent Optimist’s Guide to Life is condensed enough for me to call it a “must read”. As a reader, you will not get bogged down in a lot of detail as to why it is better for you to re-frame your thinking from negative to positive.  You will experience an organized argument supporting  that...Read More

The Upside of Your Dark Side is Robert Biswas-Diener’s newest scholarly contribution to Positive Psychology.  The Upside of Your Dark Side is NOT a book about setting goals, yet it is destined to become a seminal  book about succeeding in life. Together with Todd Kashdan, Robert has added one of the biggest AND’s to the...Read More

  The following blog post is from Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, a leading scholar of Positive Psychology.  His firm, Positive Acorn, offers training for coaches and corporations. I think this new thesis and forthcoming book will be a great addition to the growing body of work within Positive Psychology. I agree with the perspective that the...Read More

You must Focus to Succeed and Heidi Grant Halvorson has developed some free, short assessments (magic word after a holiday spending binge on the first day back to business — free and short) to help you do both.  If you started this new year with a list of intentions, a bucket list or some good...Read More

Disclaimer:  I am not a professional literary reviewer.  I am a professional applied positive psychologist and business book USER.  What follows is my professional opinion about how you can put to use the great suggestions in a new book:  Leaders Open Doors by Bill Treasurer I encourage you to purchase this book on Friday, May...Read More

The Myths of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky is an outstanding resource. It dispels all the myths we hear ourselves say about why we are not happy or how we will be happy when — and she does it using excellent research. Here is my suggestion: 1) Buy the Book! The Myths of Happiness 2) Read...Read More

I teach “free is not a business pricing strategy”, however, I do have a high appreciation of free offers – especially when they help take a step in exploring who you are, why you react the way you do, and how to best use all that information to create the greatest you. One such free...Read More