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That's why University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher Fred Luthans said it's essential during an economic downturn for businesses to help employees build "psychological capital" -- hopefulness, optimism, resiliency and happiness. Besides being good for employees, it's good for business, Luthans said: Research clearly shows a company...

20 August, 2009

Happiness is making new friends; happiness is catching up with old friends; happiness is appreciating other people...

19 August, 2009

On a happiness scale of 1 to 10, the world scored a 6.16 Monday, according to Emotionr, a Web site that invites users to "store and keep track of your feelings" and "discover what makes people happy." Meanwhile, TweetFeel, which analyzes Twitter posts based on...

19 August, 2009

The American psychologist Robert Emmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology, is one of the foremost researchers in the psychology of gratitude, part of the growing discipline of positive psychology. Together with his colleague Michael McCullough, he has done pioneering work in the scientific...

19 August, 2009

Happy as a clam? http://www.savagechickens.com/2009/08/happy.html ...

18 August, 2009

My son's seen my on TV, heard me on the radio and seen my books in bookstores; so he things I'm REALLY famous and can't understand why when walking down the street, people don't stop and stare and point at Dr. Happy! I recently tried to...

18 August, 2009

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. - Martha Washington, 1732-1802...

18 August, 2009

I was talking to a client recently, and she lamented that despite trying to make a particular change in her life she was not having much success. Tearily, she explained that "every night I go to bed telling myself that tomorrow I'll do the right...

18 August, 2009