Senia Maymin

What do you do if you’re running a news radio station, and suddenly your new management which has heavy ties to the government comes in to tell you that you now must report at least 50 percent positive news?  The New York Times reported last week that this happened to the employees at Russia’s largest independent …

There is no Nobel Prize awarded in the field of Psychology.  But Psychologist Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University received the 2002 Nobel Prize … in Economics, making him the only Psychologist ever to receive a Nobel Prize.  Kahneman received the Prize for integrating psychological insights into economics, especially about how people make judgments and decisions.  It turns …

Welcome to February.  Has your life changed since the New Year?  Do you want it to? What is the #1 habit you want to create right now?  Do you want to eat healthier?  Become more organized?  Remember where you put your keys? Give up alcohol? Here are some new results from Positive Psychology that could …

What is this part of the human belief system that wants us to do well, to succeed, and to feel great? It’s the most natural part of who we are. It’s not only ingrained in our bodies and central nervous systems, but it also shows in our beliefs, our actions, and our surroundings. It’s the …

Senia Maymin, Ph.D., is the coauthor of Profit from the Positive (McGraw-Hill, 2013).  Maymin has been featured in the media—including PBS’s This Emotional Life, Business Week, Public Radio International, and USA Today—primarily for her work as a positive psychology executive coach.  When entrepreneurs and executives seek far-reaching productivity improvements, they call on Maymin as an executive coach and …