June 2010

by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.- Pablo Picasso The relationship between money and happiness has long been of interest to those of us in the modern world, and in the past few years, positive psychologists...

By Steve Scherer June 7 (Bloomberg) -- The global economic crisis provides industrialized countries with an opportunity to change the way they measure the success of their economies, said Bhutan_ã_s prime minister, Jigme Y. Thinley. Bhutan, with a population of less than 700,000 sandwiched between China and...

by Jeremy McCarthy for Positive Psychology News Daily It is hard to understand why any CEO would be willing to invite colleagues and competitors alike to learn how to re-create the culture that has been at the root of the company_ã_s success. But reading Delivering Happiness,...

Happiness means many different things to many different people but many of us don't really know what it means to us, as individuals. Even those of us who do know how to define our happiness are often easily distracted by the apparent distractions of what...

Got meaning? Creating a Why to Work - Are you and those you lead finding meaning at work? for Psychology Today by Wendy Ulrich My father used to say that for people to be happy they need something to do, someone to love, and something to...

by Randy Taran for the Huffington Post Happiness is an elusive thing -- we all want it, but why are some people more happy than others? We only have to look at young children at play to notice that they exude happiness. Why is it that...

There are times in all of our lives when we feel we've been wronged; these are, at times, large events and these are, at times, minor indescretions. Either way, if we're to find happiness in our lives we need to learn how to manage these...

Once upon a time it was little more than a hazy dream. Now, Bhutan_ã_s happiness index has taken concrete form _ã” and drawn interest from governments around the world. A small Himalayan monarchy with a population of 700,000, Bhutan leads the planet when it comes...