Happiness is very much about applying the principles of positive psychology; and one of the core principles of positive psychology is optimism. To read a great (short) article on a few very real applications of optimism in leadership by Obama - click here...
World's Happiest Places Lauren Sherman www.forbes.com A new report reveals where people feel most positive about their lives. According to a new report released by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), a Paris-based group of 30 countries with democratic governments that provides economic and social statistics...
Most scientists who study emotions focus on negative states: depression, anxiety, fear. Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has spent more than twenty years investigating the relatively uncharted terrain of positive emotions, which she says can make us healthier and happier if we take time to cultivate them....
By Sharon Johnson for the Mail Tribune "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." That's a song-story I use with my two little grandchildren. We sing loudly and clap a lot. After a while, we move to head-bobbing and feet-stomping. All sorts of foolish...
"What would make you happier in your life?" Tony Hsieh asks me this question as we sit at a booth with half a dozen young people in one of those absurdly lavish lounges that can be found only in Las Vegas. It's called Lavo, setting of...
Who isn"t affected by the financial melt-down these days? As a coach, I hear daily about the psychological, physical, emotional and relational impact of rocky financial times. Adversity is part of life, but if your job is cut, your financial resources diminished, or you"re working twice...
I've had the privilege, in recent times, to have worked with a few wonderful charities and good causes including The Inspire Foundation and it's Reach Out program (www.inspire.org.au). Just a few weeks ago I made my way over to their offices to deliver a webinar...
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - M. Ghandi The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality. - Robert M. Pirsig (author of Zen and the art...
I have, of late, heard and read several stories about those affected by the global financial crisis struggling to manage; in fact, some seem to be in denial, continuing to put on their suit in the morning, head to the train station and into the...
This is a good interview with a very well known psychologist, whose research touches on positive psychology and happiness, in which many of the big questions (such as what leads to happiness...