My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.
New York Magazine: 3 Ways to Get Over ‘Status Quo Bias’ at Work by Drake Baer
Forbes: The Psychology Of Professional Purpose: How To Follow Your Calling by Caroline Beaton
Psychology Today: The Happiness Myth: Why the pursuit of Happiness will make you miserable by Atalanta Beaumont
Atlantic: How to Build a Happier Brain by Julie Beck
Guardian: Want to ‘train your brain’? Forget apps, learn a musical Instrument by Mo Costandi
New York Magazine: By the Way, You Don’t Have to Stop Power Posing by Melissa Dahl
Psychology Today: 3 Fascinating Discoveries About Laughter by Todd Kashdan
Quartz: Scientists explain how happiness makes us less creative by Ephrat Livni
Quartz: Google’s former happiness guru developed a three-second brain exercise for finding joy by Lila MacLellan
The Positive Organization: The Choice to be Transformational by Robert Quinn
New York Magazine: Want to Make Better Decisions? Try ‘Temptation Bundling’ by Jesse Singal
Pursuit (University of Melbourne): Positive Psychology much more than Happyology by Katerine Smith (Interview with my MAPP Capstone advisor Peggy Kern)