Global Policies

I write these thoughts in the news of the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech.  The science of positive psychology is-value free and as Shane Lopez writes, we still don’t know if it will work. Does it furnish our mentalities enough to save the world?  I have been listening to the Reith lectures by Jeffrey Sachs, …

The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship was perhaps the most thrilling conference I’ve ever attended. This global conference brings passionate people together from all corners of the globe, such as Mohammad Yunus, Al Gore, and Robert Redford, for the sole purpose of discussing business’s responsibility regarding positive social change. I’d like to introduce this …

Positive Psychology is the study of positive emotion, of engagement, and of meaning. Each of these turns out to be measurable with adequate precision and buildable. The central thesis of this article is that there is ample reason to select crews for long exploration for these three states and to monitor and support these three …

To expand on my first entry’s musings about income and happiness, I’d like to introduce how the simple principles developed by Mohammad Yunus, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, warrant the interest of positive psychology. If you’ve ever met Professor Yunus, you can immediately see how his kind spirit and strong convictions have helped Grameen …