Month: September 2016

Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 38/2016

My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.

NPR: Here’s How Schools Can Support Students’ Mental Health by Meg Anderson

Harvard Business Review: Why Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do About It by Michael Beer, Magnus Finnström & Derek Schrader

Psychology Today: Strengths at Work by Dan Collinson

Guardian: Do our brains have extraordinary untapped powers? by Mo Costandi

NPR: Are We Reaching The End Of The Trend For Longer, Healthier Lives? by Richard Harris

Guardian: Why being a fake is bad for you by Stephen Joseph

Good News Network: Positive Psychology Students Learn by Giving Free Hugs on Campus by McKinley Korbley

New York Times: Want to Find Fulfillment at Last? Think Like a Designer by Steven Kurutz

Huffington Post: For Business Schools, Being Good is No Longer Good Enough by Dan LeClair

Psychology Today: What Does It Take to Be Happy? by David Ludden

Strategy+Business: How Well Do You Know the Story of You? by Eric McNulty

Fulfillment Daily: Why you shouldn’t set goals for success by Ray Williams

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 37/2016

My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.

Harvard Business Review: The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs by Wayne Baker

Fast Company: 7 Science-Backed Steps To Take Before Quitting A Job That’s Burning You Out by Rachel Grumman Bender

Wall Street Journal: The More Cash People Have, the Happier They Are by Andrew Blackman

ERE Media: The Business Benefits Of Happy Employees by Karlyn Borysenko

Wall Street Journal: Get Your Children Good and Dirty by Brett Finlay & Marie-Claire Arrieta

New York Times: The Difference Between Rationality and Intelligence by David Hambrick & Alexander Burgoyne

Greater Good Science Center: Who Is Attracted to Inspiring Media? by Sophie Janicke

New York Times: Can You Have a Good Life if You Don’t Have a Good Job? by Michael Lind

Guardian: Could bad buildings damage your mental health? by Emily Reynolds

New York Times: Can Teenage Defiance Be Manipulated for Good? by Amanda Ripley

Fast Company: 7 Surprising Facts About Creativity, According To Science by John Paul Titlow

Huffington Post: Three ways to work better together by Chris White

Heleo: Mastering the Art of Pre-suasion with Robert Cialdini, no author

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 36/2016

My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.

CNN: Fall in love with a job you don’t even like, in three steps by David Allan

New York Magazine: You Can Write Your Way Out of an Emotional Funk. Here’s How by Susan David

Wall Sreet Journal: Design Your Way to a Happier Life by Dave Evans & Bill Burnett

New York Times: Researchers Confront an Epidemic of Loneliness by Katie Hafner

BPS Research Digest: It’s possible to learn to be more optimistic by Christian Jarrett

Harvard Business Review: Don’t Let Power Corrupt You by Dacher Keltner

Psychology Today: Using Gratitude to Change Your Happiness Set Point by Laura Markham

The National: Can social media reveal happiness? by Christopher Pike

The Positive Organization: Purpose and Appreciation by Robert Quinn

New York Magazine: You Should Visualize Positive and Negative Outcomes More by Jesse Singal

Quartz: One Swedish town is conducting a giant social experiment to make its workers happier by Cassie Werber

Stanford GSB: Which Will Get You Further: Fitting In or Standing Out? by Eleine Zimmerman

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 35/2016

My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.

New York Times: Making Modern Toughness by David Brooks

New York Magazine: How to Motivate Your Employees: Give Them Compliments and Pizza by Melissa Dahl

Slate: Sad Face: Another classic finding in psychology—that you can smile your way to happiness—just blew up by Daniel Engber

Washington Post: Life got better for pretty much everyone under Obama by Christopher Ingraham

Psychology Today: Is Positive Psychology Burning You Out by Michelle McQuaid

New York Times: Do You Believe in God, or Is That a Software Glitch? by Kate Murphy

Guardian: Hunting for hygge, a new ingredient in Denmark’s recipe for happiness by Richard Orange

Guardian: If you want to practise mindfulness, the garden is the place to be by Tom Smart

Psychology Today: How to Spot Authenticity by Stephen Joseph

ABC Australia: Gut health, mental wellbeing and immunity linked to outdoor play by Layla Tucak

Fast Company: What Happened When I Pretended To Be Outgoing For A Week by Stephanie Vozza

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