On a busy street in central Hong Kong, a car pulled out of a building as I walked past it. The driver stopped the car and let me pass. He looked at me, smiled, and gestured for me to go first. “What a gracious man!” I thought to myself. I know what he did was …
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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 pursuit of happiness will be a futile endeavor. Two weeks ago, I facilitated a resilience workshop for a group of middle …
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Type in the word “happiness” on iTunes.com and you’ll discover a long list of apps on this topic. There are two interesting apps developed based on positive psychology research: Live Happy and Gratitude Journal. Live Happy by Signal Patterns Based on the research of Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of the book The How of Happiness …
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Battling Cancer by Intentionally Making Someone’s Day
Conventional wisdom says we gain strengths from overcoming adversity, which I don’t disagree with. However, I also believe that tapping into our strengths helps us deal with adversity while going through it. From this perspective, strengths are not an outcome of adversity but can also be the means to get through adversity. Alex Linley and …
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Barbara Fredrickson shared an intervention called positive portfolio during the first Positive Psychology World Congress last month in Philadelphia. I came home inspired to start my own portfolio. In her book “Positivity”, Fredrickson identified ten positive emotions (joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, awe and love) and recommended one portfolio for each emotion. …
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