My previous posts about the 2012 MAPP Summit (here and here) have shared talks from MAPP Alumni and one researcher (Kathleen Vohs) and are very easily connected to the roots of positive psychology. Our next speaker was perhaps less explicitly about positive psychology, and more about the spread of positive psychology. Dr. Nicolas Christakis was a fabulous […]
Read MoreThis morning, I met a brilliant woman. I’d like to share some of her story, because it absolutely restored my faith in humanity and the direction of the world. This woman was born in Afghanistan and lived part of her childhood in a refugee camp, seeing the war. She was born deaf, but amazingly gained […]
Read MoreHow does it seem that some people are able to stare down temptation, and yet others give in all too easily? And how come so many of us feel that we exist in the second of those two groups? January, of course, is the standard time of the year for New Year’s resolutions, and the […]
Read MoreOverlooking the grammatical error in that title (it should be “think positively”), there is a reason why blogs like this continue to annoy me. There seems to be a presumption that, in business, if you only think positively, then you are dooming yourself to certain disaster. Go ahead – read the blog on Inc.com – […]
Read MoreIn the VIA classification of strengths, humility comes out among my top strengths. I almost hesitate to write that because a) I don’t like talking about my own strengths (ironic, isn’t it?) and b) humility hardly comes across as a strength. I mean, think about it – what good is humility? I admire people who […]
Read MoreAll these problems… I’d lose sleep too! What might help the manager sleep better at night?
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