Strengths – for what Purpose?
By Denise Quinlan  
February 7, 2010 – 7:28 pm | No Comment

What do you use your strengths in service of? Linking strengths to purpose may help you refine and clarify your own sense of purpose in life. It may also expand your sense of what your strengths can be used for. It may also increase the priority you place on strengths development and strength-related goals, and thus it may increase goal-striving and achievement.

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What Do You Fail to Notice?
By Sherri Fisher  
February 5, 2010 – 10:21 am | 3 Comments
What Do You Fail to Notice?

We like to think that we are in charge of our choices. But what if making a choice or decision is based on things that we don’t notice? A new article from Song and Schwarz at the University of Michigan looks at the consequences.

Empowerment at Work
By Amanda Horne  
February 3, 2010 – 10:19 am | 2 Comments
Empowerment at Work

Are there positive ways to combat employee negativity? Are you interested in improving personal and organizational performance and at the same time personal and organizational well-being?
Over the long Christmas / New Year / …

Meditative Exercise
By Wayne Jencke  
February 1, 2010 – 1:58 pm | 16 Comments
Meditative Exercise

Despite the research, very few people ever make a meditative practice part of their daily lives. The most commonly offered excuse is lack of time. I’d like to offer a solution to time constraints. You can combine a meditative practice with another powerful positive psychology intervention – exercise. At first glance you might think that I’m crazy. Surely you have to be in a quiet room to meditate – not a smelly noisy gym.

Take Me to Pandora, or The Positive Psychology of Avatar
By Louis Alloro  
January 29, 2010 – 10:40 am | 14 Comments
Take Me to Pandora, or The Positive Psychology of Avatar

I want to travel to Pandora, the fictional planet depicted in Avatar.  I saw James Cameron’s newest film that has rocked box offices since its release in December on I-MAX 3-D and have since …

(Book review) Positive Motivation: A Six Week Course by Dr. Kennon Sheldon
By Sean Doyle  
January 28, 2010 – 9:51 am | One Comment
(Book review)  Positive Motivation: A Six Week Course by Dr. Kennon Sheldon

How do we choose our goals? How do we decide how to spend our time and energy and where to direct our attention? These are the topics covered in another workbook in Robert Biswas-Diener’s …

Cash to spare? How you spend it affects your happiness.
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
January 26, 2010 – 12:24 pm | 2 Comments
Cash to spare? How you spend it affects your happiness.

So you have some extra cash in your pocket. Do you spend it on the latest gizmo or on going to a restaurant with friends? How does your choice affect your happiness?
Money as …

Nature, Spirituality, and the Future
By Marie-Josée Salvas  
January 24, 2010 – 11:58 am | 5 Comments
Nature, Spirituality, and the Future

I visited Maui, a breath-taking beautiful island where I experienced multiple moments of awe, elevation, spirituality, and connection with all things larger than myself. Stepping outside urbanization and its demands stimulated my strengths of open-mindedness, appreciation of beauty and capacity to love. Today, I am more motivated than ever to be respectful of the environment through the dozens of everyday choices that we know about, and should never fail to make.

Positive Psychology and the Chinese Mindset
By Yee-Ming Tan  
January 23, 2010 – 11:43 am | 15 Comments
Positive Psychology and the Chinese Mindset

In my workshops, I find that Chinese executives are receptive to positive interventions but something about Chinese culture gets in the way of their pursuit of happiness, and until these concerns are addressed, their …

Positivity of Sadness
By Timothy T.C. So  
January 19, 2010 – 9:58 am | 12 Comments
Positivity of Sadness

The emphasis of positive psychology on building the best things in life and making people’s lives fulfilling does not imply that we should ignore problems or dismiss the negative emotions that people experience. Positive psychology …

Positive Leadership: Flying High Cover
By Dave Shearon  
January 17, 2010 – 8:30 pm | 7 Comments
Positive Leadership: Flying High Cover

A leader who wants to incorporate the findings of positive psychology into his or her enterprise must “fly high cover” for that process to give it time to happen. Last week, when I taught …