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Is Australia's biggest problem that we're not rich enough, because we aren't "productive" enough? The Government thinks so, and the Opposition agrees. In the first of his series of Australia Day speeches, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd suggested that a 2 per cent annual growth in productivity...

22 January, 2010

I don't usually watch much tennis (it's not really my sport) but last night I found myself watching Roger Federer (arguably the best player in the world over the last decade or so (and probably one of the best ever) cruise to a pretty easy...

22 January, 2010

Check out my latest article on babble.com.au Hello readers _ã_ and happy New Year! It_ã_s early January, and I hope most of you are thinking about the year ahead with excitement and optimism. Every December 31/January 1 brings new opportunities but with these new opportunities also...

21 January, 2010

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY   Being a friend of Chandler DeWitt's means never having to say "Where are you?" The freshman at North Carolina's High Point University says she and her friends have "six or seven ways" to get in touch most days: cellphone, texting, instant messaging,...

20 January, 2010

The emphasis of positive psychology on happiness and on building the best things in life and making people_ã_s lives fulfilling does not imply that we should ignore problems or dismiss the negative emotions that people experience. Positive psychology can make an additional contribution by offering...

20 January, 2010

What makes us happy? Nicolas Kristof recently wrote a thought-provoking piece in the New York Times on what makes us happy: "Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving." Since we are reading and writing a buddhist blog here, we probably are fairly familiar with...

19 January, 2010

HAVE you seen the latest Coca-Cola advertisement with the word ''Happiness'' in the shape of a bottle? The message is clear. Drink Coke and you'll be happy. This is not just clever advertising but a pin-sharp comment on how we are supposed to equate happiness...

17 January, 2010

Being a positive psychologist involves the ability to apply state-of-the-art psychological research to people's lives. It requires going beyond overcoming the unhappiness stemming from past problems. Alleviating suffering is a good thing, of course, but it's insufficient for achieving happiness. When a positive psychologist counsels people,...

17 January, 2010

Want to be happier in 2010? Then try this simple experiment, inspired by recent scholarship in psychology and neurology. Which person would you rather be: Richard is an ambitious 36-year-old white commodities trader in Florida. He_ã_s healthy and drop-dead handsome, lives alone in a house...

17 January, 2010