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

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 08/2017

mappalicious_news_digest_2017My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

Forbes: Two Reasons We Fail to Be Creative by Caroline Beaton

Mindful.org: Can Mindfulness Help Us Navigate the Fourth Industrial Revolution? by Jamie Bristow

New Yorker: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds by Elisabeth Kolbert

Greater Good Science Center: What Would Buddha Do About the Economy? by Jenara Nerenberg

The Positive Organization: The Power of an Organizing Image by Robert Quinn

Sciencer of Us: To Navigate a Challenge, Pretend You’re Giving Advice to a Friend by Brad Stulberg

Greater Good Science Center: Can You Change Your Personality? by Jill Suttie

Heleo: Feeling Adrift? Here’s How to Strengthen Meaning in Your Life, no author

Michigan Ross: The Business Case for Compassion, no author

Heleo: Why Bringing Compassion to Work is Good for Business, no author

My new TEDx talk: “Dare to Foster Compassion in Organizations”

I´m super happy. After my official TEDx premiere at TEDx Bergen/Norway in 2014 (How to be the architect of your own fortune), as of today, my second TEDx talk is available on YouTube. It was filmed at the very first edition of TEDx EBS late in 2016. EBS University (or European Business School Oestrich-Winkel) is one of the premier business schools in Germany and, coincidentally, the place where I obtained my Ph.D.

The talk is named “Dare to Foster Compassion in Organizations”. It draws on research by luminaries such as Jane Dutton, Monica Worline, Adam Galinsky, Laura Little, Jennifer Berdahl, and the late Peter Frost (and even though they are neither mentioned nor referenced on a slide explicitly, Esa Saarinen, Adam Grant, and Robert Quinn).

I hope you will enjoy the talk! And if you do, please consider sharing the news. Thank You!

If you are interested in a (sort of…) transcript of the talk: this was published here a while ago.

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 07/2017

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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: Rich People Literally See the World Differently by Drake Baer

American Management Association: Developing GRIT: How To Build Your Optimism And Drive Toward Success by Thomas Boyce

Fast Company: A Psychologist Finally Explains Why You Hate Teamwork So Much by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Harvard Business Review: If You Want to Motivate Employees, Stop Trusting Your Instincts by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic & Lewis Garrad

Harvard Business Review: Being Engaged at Work Is Not the Same as Being Productive by Ryan Fuller & Nina Shikaloff

New York Magazine: A Strategy for Making Decisions You Won’t Regret by Cari Romm

New York Magazine: This Study on Altruistic Toddlers Will Make You Feel Better About the World by Cari Romm

Huffington Post: Healing Spaces: Expressing Values vs Being Political at Work by Chris White

Heleo: Embrace Authenticity: How to Break Free from the Tyranny of Positivity, no author

Knowledge@Wharton: You’re Happy and You Know It — Why You Probably Shouldn’t Show It, no author

In German

Capital: Zufriedenheit kann man lernen by Christina Berndt

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 06/2017

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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: Psychologists Think They Found the Purpose of Depression by Drake Baer

New York Magazine: Everybody Discounts How Much Fun Matters for Their Next Job by Drake Baer

Psychology Today: Five Secrets to a Stress-Proof Brain by Melanie Greenberg

Psychology Today: How Does Gratitude Enhance Trust? by Todd Kashdan

Psychology Today: Employee Engagement Is Declining, but Managers Can Help by Victor Lipman

Fast Company: These are the 5 things that are causing employees to burn out & what you can do about them by Gwen Moran

New York Magazine: The Contact Hypothesis Offers Hope for the World by Jesse Singal

New York Magazine: Seeking a Sense of Belonging in a Divisive Era by Emily Esfahani Smith

Time: The key to success is not having more by Scott Sonenshein

New York Magazine: The Curse of Being Too Passionate by Brad Stulberg

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 05/2017

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

Forbes: Are You Using Apple’s Secret Skill At Work? by Jessica Amortegui

Bakadesuyo: This Is How To Have A Happy Life: 4 Proven Secrets From Research by Eric Barker

Fast Company: When you really want something, you’re better off thinking you won’t get it by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

New York Magazine: The 5 Personality Traits That Make for a Better Life by Melissa Dahl

New York Magazine: How ‘Intellectual Humility’ Can Make You a Better Person by Cindy Lamothe

Huffington Post: Is Positive Psychology Still Relevant in 2017? (Interview with Prof. Barbara Fredrickson) by Michelle McQuaid

BBC: The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had by David Robson

New York Magazine: An Easy Way to Get Your Co-workers to Trust You More by Cari Romm

The Age: The science of being a hero by Annabel Stafford

Inc: 7 Ways to Stop Complaining and Feel Happier (Backed by Science) by Andrew Thomas

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 04/2017

mappalicious_news_digest_2017My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

Scientific American: Power of a Meaningful Life by Gareth Cook

New York Magazine: What Makes Your Life Meaningful? by Melissa Dahl & Allyson Young

Times HigherEd: Happiness expert advises UK’s first ‘positive university’ by Jack Grove

Center for Positive Organizations: Soft Skills Training Boosts Productivity by Greta Guest

BBC: How to be wiser by Claudia Hammond

Guardian: Quick steps to mindfulness: the running Treatment by William Pullen

The Positive Organization: Living on the Upward Spiral by Robert Quinn

The Federalist: These New Yorkers Rediscovered Meaning By Serving Their Neighbors by Emily Esfahani Smith

The Economist: Walk in your own shoes: The case for compassion, not empathy, no author

Science Daily: Where belief in free will is linked to happiness, no author

Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 03/2017

mappalicious_news_digest_2017My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.

New York Magazine: For Social-Anxiety Disorder, Talk Therapy Is More Effective Than Pills by Drake Baer

New York Magazine: Neurotics Get an Extra Benefit From Being Extra Nice by Drake Baer

New York Magazine: People Learn More When They Have Fun at WorkPeople Learn More When They Have Fun at Work by Drake Baer

Greater Good Science Center: Are Your Happiness Goals Too High? by James Baraz

Psychology Today: The Psychology Of Professional Purpose: Follow Your Calling by Caroline Beaton

Fast Company: Why You Might Do Your Best Work When You Don’t Have A Boss by Rich Bellis

New York Magazine: You (and Your Therapist) Can Change Your Personality by Melissa Dahl

Scientific American: Which Personality Traits Are Most Predictive of Well-Being? by Scott Barry Kaufman

Wired: The science of touch: why physical contact can make you happier and more successful by Dacher Keltner

Guardian: How to escape the overthinking trap: stop judging yourself by Mark Rice-Oxley

Guardian: Friend zone: why we all long to belong by Emily Esfahani Smith