happiness Tag

As many of you would already know, I'm currently involved in a fascinating and exciting happiness project in collaboration with LG called the Life's Good Project.  What we're trying to do is understand what every day Australian's consider to be their life's good moments (i.e. what...

As most of us know these days, the only constant is change. The following article from Positive Psychology News Daily, and by my friend Amanda Horne, is written mostly for a corporate or business readership but, I've no doubt that the principals are relevant to...

In my professional (and, for that matter, my personal) life it’s not hard to accept (given my job title and the name of the organisation I founded) that pretty much everyone knows I’m fascinated by happiness and by what makes for a happy life. Most...

If you're going to get through the tough times then you might as well enjoy the good times! Do you ever dampen down positive emotions? Do you ever "manage" (read minimise) your happiness? Have you ever discounted positives in your life or brushed away compliments?  If so,...

Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness? Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa? Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...

Read my review of Martin Seligman's latest publication, "Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being" Let me start by noting that I’m a huge Seligman fan. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and dine and talk to Prof.  Seligman several times during his visits...