Month: March 2017

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 12/2017

My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent Topics from (roughly) the last seven days.
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New York Times: Not Leadership Material? Good. The World Needs Followers by Susan Cain

City AM: International Day of Happiness: 10 things to do to ensure you live a happy life by Nina Edy

NPR: Nonacademic Skills Are Key To Success. But What Should We Call Them? by Anya Kamenetz

Wall Street Journal: Medical School Seeks to Make Training More Compassionate by Lucette Lagnado

New York Magazine: Seeking Emotional Moderation in an Age of Extremes by Cindy Lamothe

NPR: Is Happiness A Universal Human Right? by Tania Lombrozo

Greater Good Science Center: Five Ways Feeling Good Can Be Bad for You by Kira Newman

Heleo: To Find Your Passion, Take the Saturday Morning Test by Neil Pasricha

New York Magazine: Use This Technique to Make Bad Memories Feel More Meaningful by Cari Romm

Psychology Today: Are Resilient People Delusional? by Nick Tasler

Washington Post: The World Happiness Report is out and the U.S. has fallen. Sad! by Amy Wang

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 11/2017 (World Happiness Day Ed.)

My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

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Forbes: Steal Tesla’s Strategy For Growing Grit by Jessica Amortegui

Fast Company: Why A Happy Career Can Still Feel Unfulfilling by Marc Crowley

Inc: Science Says Happier People Are Raised by Parents Who Do This 1 Thing by Jeff Haden

Sloan Management Review: The Smart Way to Respond to Negative Emotions at Work by Christine Pearson

Harvard Business Review: Pressure Doesn’t Have to Turn into Stress by Nicholas Petrie

GretchenRubin.com: For the International Day of Happiness: The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned About Happiness by Gretchen Rubin

Greater Good Science Center: Is the Placebo Effect More Powerful Than We Think? by Alex Shashkevich

Greater Good Science Center: How to Awaken Compassion at Work by Jill Suttie

Greater Good Science Center: What Positive Leadership is Not by Chris White

Huffington Post: The World Is Waking Up To The Importance Of Happiness by Mark Williamson

Guardian: I ❤ you: meet the NYU professor whose love course is becoming a phenomenon by Paul Willis

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 10/2017

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My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

New York Times: I’m Not O.K. Neither Are You. Who Cares? by Henry Alford

New York Magazine: Awe Is the Everyperson’s Spiritual Experience by Drake Baer

Big Think: Is Technology Destroying Happiness? by Derek Beres

Forbes: Organizational Strategies That Promote Well-Being And Reduce Burnout by Paula Davis-Laack

Harvard Business Review: To Motivate Employees, Show Them How They’re Helping Customers by Francesca Gino

BPS Research Digest: Smarter people are happier, says new analysis involving 80,000 participants, but only a bit by Christian Jarrett

Harvard Business Review: Find Purpose in Even Your Most Mundane Tasks at Work by Valerie Keller & Caroline Webb

Forbes: Why Grit Is More Important Than IQ When You’re Trying To Become Successful by Lisa Quast

Harvard Business Review: Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter by David Rock

LA Times: UAE’s minister of happiness insists her job is no laughing matter by Ann Simmons

Psychology Today: The Marshmallow Myth by Nick Tasler

Psychology Today: Compassion Is Better than Empathy by Tara Well

Heleo: A New View of the Self: The Psychology of Connection, no author

 

 

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 09/2017

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My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

New York Magazine: Weirdly, Success Is About Thinking You’re Not That Successful by Drake Baer

Huffington Post: 9 Traps You Fall Into That Limit Your Happiness by Travis Bradberry

Industry Week: GDP is Dead. Long Live ‘Happiness’GDP is Dead. Long Live ‘Happiness’ by Aturo Bris

Globe and Mail: A practical alternative to ‘following your passion’ by Peter Caven

Inc: This 75-Year Harvard Study Found the 1 Secret to Leading a Fulfilling Life by Melanie Curtin

Psychology Today: What’s the Difference Between Optimism and Hope? by Utpal Dholakia

Atlantic: How to Find Meaning in the Face of Death by Emily Esfahani Smith

Greater Good Science Center: What Words Do You Associate with Happiness? by Kira Newman

The Hill: Prevent the incivility of the election from infiltrating the workplace by Christine Porath

Psychology Today: Why Money Matters for Meaning by Clay Routledge