Marty Seligman delivered a TED speech in 2004. I was completing his Authentic Happiness Coaching program at that time and he told us about this speech. This segment covers Positive Psychology to that point in its young history. It is a good primer for those interested in the subject. One part not covered in this video...Read More
Starting the week of success reading and using a book Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide for myself and withing my client work. I find my work being guided by a quote attributed to Charles Darwin’s: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one...Read More
The following blog post was written by author, researcher, teacher and Positive Psychologist, Dr. Robert Biswar-Diener. Robert has a new book out this week: The Courage Quotient and Robert is one of two resources I recommend for his Positive Psychology Coaching Course. His April class is full, but he has another scheduled for June 4....Read More
The Economics of Well-Being – Harvard Business Review This installment of the HBR happiness articles will not be reading for most of usual readers. I have included this article for all those in business who are responsible for talent development, training and education and all areas of employee engagement that has been difficult to justify...Read More
Free Talks on Positive Psychology Please join us next week for a series of free short talks on positive psychology. On Tuesday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day) we will be spreading the love by offering two free half hour talks live with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener. At 9 AM US Pacific (noon Eastern) Robert will be pulling...Read More
Positive Intelligence – Harvard Business Review I will admit, this is my favorite article in the series. How could I not like an article that states: In fact, it works the other way around: People who cultivate a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. I call this the “happiness advantage”—every business outcome...Read More
Henry Ward Beecher observed that ‘the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.’ One way to transform your awareness of a situation from a ‘it won’t work; it won’t ever get better; it won’t happen’ thinking level to a perspective of...Read More
One of the observational cliques that goes around psychology is that the condition of your physical home — how orderly things are, how well maintained and clear the environment is, if there are photos of friends and family, etc. represents the condition of your personal psyche. One of my favorite Positive Psychology researchers and authors...Read More
It may be a holiday in the U.S. today, but one of the leading researchers in Positive Psychology combined a bit of holiday in Hawaii with a bit of work by posting the following article. I remember the first time I read this work. Being a sugar addict from birth, I had negative thoughts of...Read More
