After three decades of strong economic growth, China is now focusing on the well-being of her 1.3 billion citizens. There is a vibrant, science-based well-being movement already in full swing in China, well launched in a number of actions taken in 2011.
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Are Market Behaviors Moral?
by Kathryn Britton November 17, 2011Do you think of marketplace behavior as neutral, negative, or moral? Paul Zak and other researchers argue that market behavior on the whole is moral behavior that both benefits from and contributes to social connectedness. Surprised? Read on.
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Positive Psychology Warts ‘n’ All (Book Review)
by Bridget Grenville-Cleave September 26, 2011Kate Hefferon and Ilona Boniwell have written a book, Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications, with the aim of providing a comprehensive introduction to the field of positive psychology for undergraduate and post-graduate students. It provides lecturers with a clear structure for teaching the subject. It’s both accessible and engaging, so it will also appeal to anyone who wants to know about the latest developments in the field.
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A Passion for Sustainable Change: SOMO Leadership in Cleveland
by Elaine O'Brien September 2, 2011This week marks the third annual Sustainable Cleveland 2019, an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) summit led by David Cooperrider for the city of Cleveland. I had the opportunity to interview one of the participants, Louis Alloro, who is also involved in SOMO Leadership, a business that emerged from the first Sustainable Cleveland conference held in 2009.
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Measuring the Nation’s Well-Being – A Skeptical Update
by Bridget Grenville-Cleave August 29, 2011A few months ago I wrote about the British government’s intention to measure national well-being. This project came about because of the obvious failing of GDP (gross domestic product) to capture all the nuances of social and economic progress (and lack of it). I promised to update you on this project’s progress, and at the end of July 2011, a series of reports was issued by the Office for National Statistics.
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IPPA Fellows at the Opening Night
by Kathryn Britton August 16, 2011The opening night at the IPPA World Congress included naming 6 new IPPA fellows, followed by addresses from three exceptional men. Ed Diener on 5 research findings, Chris Peterson on 6 directions that positive psychology is moving, and Martin Seligman on measuring and extending well-being.
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In London last week, shortly after the tennis at Wimbledon 2011 had just come to an end, Dr. Martin Seligman used a timely analogy. He announced that the UK was now on ‘centre court’ towards creating a positive human future and at a possible inflection point for positive psychology.
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Is Happiness Woolly, Mad, or Insane?
by Amanda Horne June 3, 2011I recently read some seemingly unrelated articles that all caused me to reflect on institutions’ missions to create happiness on behalf of others. In this article are snapshots of what I read and some subsequent reflections on questions that have no easy answers.
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Answering the Call: Martin Seligman’s Positive Mission (Book Review)
by Christine Duvivier April 12, 2011Love. Joy. Appreciation. Gratitude. Awe. Until Martin Seligman and his colleagues began documenting the value of these emotions not only to our spirits but to our productivity and well-being, these words were primarily found in religious contexts. With his new book, Flourish, Martin Seligman brings our attention to the compelling evidence that has emerged from the field of Positive Psychology, a field he forged.
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Well-being for Policy and for Life on Our Planet
by Timothy T.C. So December 31, 2010“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein I have been thinking about writing a year-end article for PositivePsychologyNews.com about my…
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Spotlight on Two Dynamos of China
by Elaine O'Brien October 31, 2010China’s rise in the global community generates widespread uncertainty at home and abroad. Chinese fiscal expansion has already fundamentally changed the nature of the world’s economy. All of our futures are intimately linked to what happens there. The recent contributions of Yukun Zhao and Timothy So to Positive Psychology are important to the improvement of living conditions and quality of life in China.
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Better the Devil You Know
by Bridget Grenville-Cleave August 25, 2010When I stumbled upon research about the effects of the economic crisis on well-being, I was primed to be curious because I had just read Louisa Jewell’s critique of Bright-Sided…
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Are You Being Held Hostage Without Knowing It? (Book Review)
by Sulynn May 28, 2010I love books that begin with a question such as this one. Hostage at the Table is exciting, a clever tapestry of psychological insights woven into the complexity of human conflict behavior, all set against the dramatic backdrop of riveting insider stories of hostage negotiation.
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Positivity: The Leadership Tipping Point
by Elaine O'Brien March 31, 2010The Positive Psychology and Leadership Conference was held March 19, 2010 at George Mason University. Meaningful change needs leadership, and each of us can make a positive difference, no matter what our position. That’s called leadership with a small “l”.
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Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, two English epidemiologists, have written a provocative book on how high levels of inequality in societies are harmful for everyone within them.
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Enlightened Action as an Overarching Metastrength
by Elaine O'Brien July 30, 2009For a 25th strength, I propose a meta-strength built on global awareness that I call Enlightened Action. This new strength can be aligned among or above the six virtues of…
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Well-Being at the Population Level: Building a Flourishing World
by Timothy T.C. So July 18, 2009In both his opening and closing addresses at the 1st World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association (WCPP), Dr. Martin Seligman challenged the community to meet an ambitious goal:…
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Frames of Meaning for Life: A Korean Perspective on Positive Psychology (IPPA)
by Jocelyn Davis July 6, 2009At the recent First World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association, Professor Yong-Lin Moon of Seoul National University reviewed a concept that he calls frames of meaning for life . These frames of meaning help explain cultural differences, particularly those embedded in our relationships with others, those that influence our positive institutions, and differences in the ways people deploy character strengths.
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Hateful Humor, Hit Counts, and Positive Politics
by Dave Shearon June 17, 2009Cruised any politics related web sites recently? Seen any angry, sarcastic, personal attacks wrapped in "humor"? I suspect that for many participants, there are very real consequences. What to do? I have two suggestions, one from my political experience and one from that great political philosopher, Walt Disney.
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Three Keynotes from CAPP Conference: Economics, Education, and Social Change
by Bridget Grenville-Cleave April 26, 2009The theme of CAPP’s 2nd Applied Positive Psychology Conference was Creating flourishing communities: the smallest thing to make the biggest difference. Three keynote presentations painted pictures of positive social change inspired by individual action.