I was lucky enough to spend some one-on-one time with Marty Seligman a few weeks ago and enjoyed hearing that what we're doing here at The Happiness Institute is pretty much cutting-edge. The article below refers to his happiness at work presentations so if...
If you ever needed evidence to support the notion that happiness is adapting to the times and being flexible, then this story of a Buddhist monk using rap music to spread peace and happiness should provide adequate support. To read about the Buddhist happiness rapper...
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. - Peter F. Drucker, 1909-2005, Austrian-born Management Consultant and Author And my happiness version...
By Jean Chatzky TODAY Financial Editor Did you ever wonder what, exactly, goes into your personal happiness? Is it your health, your reflection in the mirror, your network of friends? According to Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of psychology at the University of California Riverside and author of...
The headmaster of Wellington College, a prestigious Berkshire public school, has made the case for a more holistic approach to teaching school children that incorporates learning how to "live and be happy". Writing in the Guardian, Anthony Seldon argues that pushing children to achieve good academic...
As many of you are no doubt aware, I've recently started writing a regular, national happiness and positive psychology column for the health and wellbeing liftout of the nationally distributed "Body + Soul". As some of you might not get the Sunday papers I...
IT IS NO WONDER life coaching is one of the hottest trends for people wanting to get the most out their lives, organizations and communities. The word "coach" in "life coach" comes from the sports coach who challenges the athlete to go for gold by...
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus offered his take on happiness eons ago. He said sagely, "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking". Happiness. Who says you can't find it? What do you want? A...
Happiness research typically falls within the realm of positive psychology research which itself includes a much older construct oft referred to as positive reinforcement. There's no doubt that positive reinforcement is effective...