Today is the launch day for the eBook of Kathryn Britton’s new must-read guide to writing:Sit Write Share This book should be a resource in your personal library like a …
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The Art of Insubordination: A Review
by Lisa Sansomby Lisa SansomIs this book going to help you dissent and defy? Quite possibly. This is also a book about excellent communication, effective change management, and meaningful interpersonal and emotional intelligence. At …
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August 31 is Launch Day for The Business of Race
August 31 is the launch date for the new book, The Business of Race: How to Create and Sustain an Antiracist Workplace and Why It’s Actually Good for Business. At …
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Decision Making and Adolescent World Views: The Daily Better Interview Part 2
This is the second part of an interview of Henry Edwards about his book, The Daily Better. Today we dig a little deeper. We talk about better ways of making …
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Looking in the Right End of the Telescope: The Daily Better Interview Part 1
In 2019, Henry Edwards published The Daily Better: 365 Reasons for Optimism. I interviewed him on December 12 about why he wrote the book. I learned that he personally changed …
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Mud and Dreams (Book Review)
by Aren Cohenby Aren CohenMud and Dreams is a book to be savored completely and often. In this day and age, it is a welcome reminder that not only are we “hybrid creatures, both …
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Announcement: Webinar with Alex Goldfayn, author of Selling Boldly
by Senia Mayminby Senia MayminANNOUNCEMENT: On May 24, we will have a Positive Psychology News webinar featuring Alex Goldfayn, author of Selling Boldly: Applying the New Science of Positive Psychology to Dramatically Increase Your …
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Sir Anthony Seldon interviewed Martin Seligman on the occasion of Dr. Seligman receiving an honorary degree from the University of Buckingham on March 28 in New York City. I was …
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Happy Together Relationship Workout (Book Review)
As the calendar bends towards Valentine’s Day, Happy Together is a wonderful book for you and the important people in your life. It provides a dazzling array of easy-to-implement exercises …
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A to Z: Your Navigator to Success (Book Review and Interview)
Joanna Thompson recently published A to Z: Your Navigator to Success, a clear, readable guide to actions leading to greater well-being and career success. For each letter of the alphabet, …
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Celebrating the birthday of the 3rd book in the PPND series and announcing the new page of consolidated references.
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We all strive to be brave. If we are brave enough for long enough, we will sometimes fail. How do we cultivate the resilience to get back up and be …
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Better Than Before (Book Review)
by Lisa Sansomby Lisa SansomGretchen, you are indeed an accomplished author and I do enjoy your books. You achieve a lightness and self-discovery that many academic books lack, and yet you still root much …
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Why Be “Prosocial” at Work?
Prosocial motivation drives taking action with the intention of helping others. We explore the benefits of prosocial motivation at work. Maybe helping others comes to you naturally. Or maybe being …
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Virtuous Business Practices: An Interview with Dr. Kim Cameron
There is a lot of compelling evidence across industries, continents, and sectors that positive and virtuous practices pay off. Organizations make more money, are more productive, achieve higher quality, produce …
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What is a Unit of Courage? Interview with Robert Biswas-Diener
by Lisa Sansomby Lisa SansomI recently interviewed Robert Biswas-Diener, author of the new book book, The Courage Quotient. We explored courage, strengths, self-doubt, and the future of positive psychology. My first question came from …
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What if friends, somewhat new to positive psychology, asked you what’s going on in the field? Perhaps they are just curious, or perhaps they want to include topics from positive …
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Dr. Tali Sharot just released her book, The Optimism Bias; A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain. The optimism bias is the inclination to overestimate the likelihood of encountering positive …
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What is the Lifespan of Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology was created to address an overwhelming bias in the psychological and social sciences towards a deficit based approach to mental health. The question becomes, once this bias is …
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Change is Hard, Except When It’s Not!
by Dave Shearonby Dave Shearon“Nobody ever changes anyway.” I suspect that many of us had at least a flicker of agreement with these words. And yet we are all changing all the time. Robert …
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