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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 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. 33/2016

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

NPR: Which Countries Are Best At Converting National Wealth Into Well-Being? by Nurith Aizenman

Forbes: 5 Strategies To Close The Confidence Gap by Paula Davis-Laack

Psychology Today: A Simple Exercise to Boost Optimism (And Improve Health) by Utpal Dholakia

Stanford Medicine: Well now: What humans need to flourish by Jennie Dusheck

Consequence of Sound: Going to concerts regularly leads to a happier life, according to a new study by Alex Galbraith

BBC: There’s no such thing as flexible work by Georgina Kenyon

New York Times: Hesitant to Make That Big Life Change? Permission Granted by Carl Richards

New York Mag: The Best Time to Do Stuff You Hate Is When You’re at Your Happiest by Cari Romm

New York Mag: To Be Happier at Work, Get a Hobby by Cari Romm

Forbes: Forget Positive Thinking: This Is How To Actually Change Negative Thoughts For Success by Melody Wilding

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 26/2016

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

Wall Street Journal: Why Doing Nothing Is So Scary–and So Important by Samantha Boardman

BPS Research Digest: What makes our work meaningful? Do bosses really make it meaningless? by Alex Fradera

Harvard Business Review: Stop Making Gratitude All About You by Heidi Grant Halvorson

London Entrepreneurship Review: Sisu – The Hidden Driver of An Entrepreneur by Terence Mauri

Guardian: Referendums are supposed to make people happy. Why are even leave voters upset? by Anna Petherick

Psychology Today: What Would Democratic Socialism Mean for America? by Benjamin Radcliff

Atlantic: Why Managers Are So Bad at Recognizing Good Ideas by Rebecca Rosen

NPR: Personality Can Change Over A Lifetime, And Usually For The Better by Christopher Soto

Greater Good Science Center: How Music Bonds Us Together by Jill Suttie

Psychology Today: The Making of a Mindful Leader by Ray Williams

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 22/2016

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

PsyBlog: The Advantage of Being Overconfident And Self-Deluded by Jeremy Dean

Live For Live Music: Why Some People Get ‘Skin-Gasms’ While Listening To Music by Kendall Deflin

Seth Godin´s Blog: The possibility of optimism (the optimism of possibility)

Huffington Post: 8 great things that happen when you practice self-compassion by Lindsay Holmes

NPR: Could Thinking Positively About Aging Be The Secret Of Health? by Ina Jaffe

Elle: 10 Countries That Actually Want Their Citizens to Have Better Lives by Michael Sebastian

Harvard Business Review: Happy Workplaces can also be Candid Workplaces by Emma Seppälä and Kim Cameron

Positive Organization: The Emergence of Organization Whisperers by Robert Quinn

Positive Organization: Positive Emotions and Positive Culture by Robert Quinn

Harvard Business Review: Stop Comparing Management to Sports by Freek Vermeulen

Science Daily: Professor’s new study emphasizes the impact of leaders’ language: Top-tier research shows clearly stated company values can have a profound effect on overall success, no author

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 21/2016

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

Edge: Misunderstanding Positive Emotion by June Gruber

Scientific American: A Self-Improvement Secret: Work on Strengths by Lauren Howe

NPR: MacArthur ‘Genius’ Angela Duckworth Responds To A New Critique Of Grit by Anya Kamenetz

Smithsonian: If grit breeds success, how can I get grittier? by Emily Matchar

Psych Central: When Grit Falls Short by Robert McGrath

Huffington Post: A Quick Daily Writing Practice That’s Proven to Make You Happier by Izzy McRae

Quartz: Scarcity mindset is a great way to suck creativity and visionary thinking out of your life by Camille Ricketts

Guardian: Money can’t buy happiness? That’s just wishful thinking by Ruth Whippman

Fulfillment Daily: The Rise of toxic Leaders and what to do about it by Ray Williams

Center for Positive Organizations: Logitech named winner of 2016 Positive Business Project, no author

Center for Positive Organizations: Time to overcome your skepticism – Positive business is the future of capitalism, no author

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 19/2016

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

Guardian: Is grit the true secret of success? by Paula Cocozza

Quartz: The key to happiness at work isn’t money–it’s autonomy by Bell Beth Cooper

New York Magazine: Don’t Believe the Hype About Grit, Pleads the Scientist Behind the Concept by Melissa Dahl

NPR: How To Teach Children That Failure Is The Secret To Success by Tara Haelle

Scientific American: Review of ‘Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance’ by Scott Barry Kaufman

Greater Good Science Center: Why Do We Feel Awe? by Dacher Keltner

Atlantic: Self-esteem doesn’t work. Try self-compassion instead by Olga Khazan

Greater Good Science Center: Happy People Don´€™t Need to Feel Superior by Kira M. Newman

The Positive Organization: Adaptive Confidence by Robert Quinn

New York Magazine: You Could Probably Lift a Car, If You Really Needed To by Cari Romm

Harvard Business Review: Creative Job Titles Can Energize Workers, no author, yet feat. Adam Grant

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Positive Psychology News Digest on Mappalicious | No. 10/16

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

New York Times: Rethinking the Work-Life Equation by Susan Dominus

Inc: 7 things remarkably happy people do every single day by Peter Economy

Slate: A whole field of psychology research may be bunk by Daniel Engber

Brookings: Some good news for International Women’s Day: Women are (usually) happier than men by Carol Graham

Harvard Business Review: How to practice mindfulness throughout your workday by Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter

Psychology Today: Positive Psychology: What Does “Positive” Mean? by Itai Ivtzan

Rewire Happiness: Transformative Technologies and Their Impact on Well-Being by Sophie Janicke

NPR: Is ‘Grit’ Doomed To Be The New Self-Esteem? by Anya Kamenetz

Washington Post: The worst kind of boss is not the one who’s always a jerk by Jena McGregor

Irish Times: Can you teach wellbeing? Martin Seligman thinks so by Ronan McGreevy

The Psych Report: The Paradoxes of Creativity: Sensitive Rockers, Mindful Daydreamers, and Celebrated Outcasts by Evan Nesterak

New York Times (Well): Why Doctors Care About Happiness by Danielle Ofri

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