THE fear of looming job losses is affecting workers' morale so much some employers have resorted to "happiness classes" for key personnel. Even companies that seem to be weathering the storm are suffering from "pre-absenteeism" among staff who can't focus because of the fear of losing...
Positive psychology is not just a science...
Positive psychology researchers led by Hilary Tindle, an internist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, analyzed eight years of data on 97,253 women, age 50 and over, participating in the Women's Health Initiative, a 15-year study launched in 1991 by the National Institutes of...
Happiness hardly seems at the top of the management agenda when the financial world is falling apart. But, as participants at a seminar on "Recession: health and happiness", organised by the Economic and Social Research Council, heard last week, it probably should be. Hard times put...
Although we think the concept of happiness at work, and more accurately, applying the principles of positive psychology at work is an important one to pursue we also, here at The Happiness Institute, try not to take ourselves too seriously. Hence, with a smile...
Data from the Gallup World Poll drove the findings, with adults in more than 140 countries providing a representative sample of 95 percent of the world's population. The sample included more than 150,000 adults. Participants reported emotions such as happiness, enjoyment, worry and sadness. They described...
Recent scientific studies prove what ancient people have known from, well, Antiquity, and namely that individuals who are always in a good mood and remain positive throughout the day experience less diseases and less sickness than those who are always gloomy. Researchers from the University...
Thomas Hobbes famously described life as 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." In contrast, Dacher Keltner describes life as the 'survival of the kindest." His new book, Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, presents the evidence that humans have evolved positive...
It's possible to be happy these days, say people who know a thing or two about the topic. Being happy is a choice, but being and staying happy takes work. Michael Cheves isn't letting the economic climate bring him down. Things will get better, he promises....
Over the last few weeks, as a result of a Senate Committee hearing, Martin Seligman and the Positive Psychology training program offered to teachers and other employees of the Department of Education and Training, has received much flak! Thankfully, someone has finally come out and...