Just in case you´ve missed some of my weekly updates – here are all the featured Positive Psychology-related articles from January to March 2016:
Time: The Most Inspiring Way to Be Happier and More Motivated by Eric Barker
New York Times: Don’t Grade Schools on Grit by Angela Duckworth
Harvard Business Review: 28 Years of Stock Market Data Shows a Link Between Employee Satisfaction and Long-Term Value by Alex Edmans
Tech.co: Study Finds Inner Kindness Is the Key to Success, Happiness by Cameron Glover (feat. Emma Seppälä)
Psychology Today: Why Is Happiness Fleeting? by Itai Ivtzan
The Atlantic: One Simple Phrase That Turns Anxiety Into Success by Olga Khazan
The Telegraph: Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists by Sarah Knapton
The Guardian: Three things you think will make you happier at work (but won’t) by Charlotte Seager
TLNT: Is A Happy Workplace One Of Your Core Values? by Ron Thomas
Fast Company: How To Design Happiness: Experts from Lippincott, Disney, and SoulCycle weigh in on how they craft happy experiences by Mark Wilson
Greater Good Science Center: How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things by Summer Allen & Jeremy Adam Smith
Fortune: The Massive Difference between Negative and Positive Leadership by Bill George
Washington Post: Why smart people are better off with fewer friends by Christopher Ingraham
Psychology Today: Where does the Word “Mindfulness” come from? by Tim Lomas
Philly.com: Swarthmore colleagues, students choose to honor an expert (Barry Schwartz) on choices by Justine McDaniel
Greater Good Science Center: Why Does Happiness Inequality Matter? by Kira Newman
Huffington Post UK: World Happiness Report 2016 Update – Five Key Implications for Education by Frederika Roberts
Forbes: How To Be A Happier Human Being Even When You’re Failing by Brett Steenbarger
Time/Money: Watching cat videos at work could make you more productive by Martha White
Huffington Post: Why Governments Should Stay Out of the Happiness Business by Ruth Wippman
Greater Good Science Center: You Will Never Find Work-Life Balance by Christine Carter
New York Times: Denmark Ranks as Happiest Country; Burundi, Not So Much by Sewell Chan
Fulfillment Daily: Happiness at Work: Get a Big Boost from Small Frequent Pleasures by Ron Friedman
Psychology Today: How Can Positive Psychology Be More Open to the Negative? by Todd Kashdan
Psychology Today : Expectations, Dopamine and Louis CK by Alex Korb
Quartz: This four-letter word is the Swedish key to happiness at work by Anne Quito
Huffington Post (Education): Why Being Tired of Grit is Tiresome by Stuart Rhoden
Chicago Tribune: Stanford psychologist tells us how to fight workplace burnout by Nara Schoenberg
Intelligent HQ: Why is Positive Psychology So Misunderstood? by Ana Teresa Silva
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
Evening Standard: Older people are ‘happier in their late 60s’ by Hannah Al-Othman
PsyBlog: How To Naturally Boost The Brain Chemicals Sapped By Depression by Jeremy Dean
Quartz: Neuroscience says these five rituals will help your brain stay in peak condition by Vivian Giang
Positive Psychology News Daily: Workplace Positivity? What’s the Right Amount? And Why? by Donna Hemmert
Inc: Want to Be Truly Happy? Harvard Researchers Say This Is the One Thing You Need by Bill Murphy Jr.
Wharton Knowledge: The New Success Track: Happiness by Emma Seppälä
Huffington Post UK: It is Time to Embrace Stress as a Mental Wellbeing Issue by Simon Stevens
Greater Good Science Center: How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative by Jill Suttie
Fast Company: 7 ways turn your current job into your dream Job by Stephanie Vozza
New York Times: Testing for Joy and Grit? Schools Nationwide Push to Measure Students’ Emotional Skills by Kate Zernike
Washington Post: We all know exercise makes you live longer. But this will actually get you off the Couch by David Brown
Harvard Business Review: How to Build a Culture of Originality by Adam Grant
Psychology Today: Second Wave Positive Psychology: An Introduction by Tim Lomas
Think Advisor: Advisors in Pursuit of Happiness by Olivia Mellan
Psychology Today: Being Positive: It’s Not Mindfulness, It’s Savoring by Ryan Niemiec
Psychology Today: 4 Science-Backed Tips For Achieving Your Dreams by Emma Seppälä
Psychology Today: The Hard Data on Self-Love and Why It Leads to Success by Emma Seppälä
MIT Technology Review: First Evidence for the Happiness Paradox: That Your Friends Are Happier than You Are, no author
Inc: 11 Signs You Have the Grit You Need to Succeed by Travis Bradberry
Forbes: The Surprising Power Of Appreciation At Work by Chris Cancialosi
Greater Good Science Center: Can Helping Others Help You Find Meaning in Life? by Elizabeth Hopper
New Yorker: How People Learn to Become Resilient by Maria Konnikova
Wall Street Journal: ‘Resilience’ skills help you remain positive and productive under stress by Laura Landro
Forbes: Amy Cuddy: How Leaders Can Be More Present In The Workplace by Dan Schawbel
Boston Globe: How nice bosses get ahead by Emma Seppälä
Washington Post: What people around the world mean when they say they’re happy by Ana Swanson
Psychology Today: Re-setting Your Happiness Set Point Part 1 | Part 2 by Linda and Charlie Bloom
Talent Management: 6 Resolutions for Career Happiness in 2016 by Dan Bowling
PsyBlog: 33 Surprisingly Simple Things That Make People Happiest by Jeremy Dean
NBC News: United Arab Emirates Names Official ‘Minister for Happiness’ by Alex Johnson
Scientific American: How to Be an Optimal Human by Scott Barry Kaufman
Scientific American Mind: Can Positive Thinking Be Negative? by Scott Lilienfeld
The Guardian: Banish those midlife blues – the secret to happiness starts with one small step by Tracy McVeigh
Washington Post: The end of college rankings as we know them by Jeffrey Selingo
Washington Post: A Stanford psychologist explains why spacing out and goofing off is so good for you by Emma Seppälä
Penn Current: Penn professor explores what it means to be positive by Michele Berger
Financial Times: Companies with a purpose beyond profit tend to make more money by Simon Caulkin
Greater Good Science Center: Five Ways to Put Self-Compassion into Therapy by Tim Desmond
Gizmodo: English is Surprisingly Devoid of Emotionally Positive Words by George Dvorsky
New York Times: How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off by Adam Grant
Psychology Today: Is It a Good Idea To Build on Signature Strengths? by Todd Kashdan
Scientific American: The Differences Between Happiness and Meaning in Life by Scott Barry Kaufman
Psychology Today: Can You Help Others Find Meaning In Their Work? by Michelle McQuaid
Cosmopolitan: 12 Ways to Feel Happier at Work – Yes, even at the job you hate by Judith Ohikuare
Psychology Today: The Surprising Link Between Compassion and Success by Emma Seppälä
Forbes: How To Light The Fire When You’re Burned Out by Brett Steenbarger
New York Times: You Are Stronger Than You (and Your Therapist) Think by Michael Bennett
Scientific American: The Science of Healing Thoughts by Gareth Cook
The Guardian: Is mindfulness making us ill? by Dawn Foster
Penn Current: Q&A with Scott Barry Kaufman by Lauren Hertzler
Stanford GSB: Should Employees Design Their Own Jobs? by Louise Lee
Fast Company: It takes more than just being a good person yourself to inspire ethical conduct in employees by David Mayer
Knowledge@Wharton: Why Compassion Serves You Better Than Self-interest by Emma Seppälä
Fast Company: The Surprising Link Between Compassion And Success by Emma Seppälä
Forbes: One Powerful Step That Can Turn Around Your Trading Psychology by Brett Steenbarger
Greater Good Science Center: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Kinder by Jill Suttie
Quartz: The Stanford professor who pioneered praising kids for effort says we’ve totally missed the point by Jenny Anderson
Harvard Business Review: Manage your Emotional Culture by Sigal Barsade & Olivia O’Neill
Harvard Business Review: We Learn More When We Learn Together by Jane Dutton & Emily Heaphy
New York Times: Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate by Adam Grant
Fulfillment Daily: The Surprising Benefit Of Going Through Hard Times by Carolyn Gregoire
PositiveSharing.com: The 5 most important findings from the science of happiness that apply at work by Alexander Kjerulf
Forbes: Mapping World Happiness And Conflict Through Global News And Image Mining by Kalev Leetaru
Psychology Today: The One Thing To Know About Happiness by Andrea Polard
Psychology Today: 6 Surefire Ways To Increase Your Charisma – Backed by Science by Emma Seppälä
New York Times: Having Friends Is Good for You, Starting in Your Teens by Nicholas Bakalar
Quartz: In our pursuit of happiness, Americans are losing sight of what actually makes us happy by Geoff Chang
Forbes: How To Bring Presence To Your Biggest Challenges by Paula Davis-Laack
Harvard Business Review: Income Inequality Makes Whole Countries Less Happy by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Powdthavee Nattavudh
BPS Research Digest: Follow your heart – Having an unanswered calling in life is worse than having no calling at all by Alex Fradera
New York Magazine: How Expressing Gratitude Might Change Your Brain by Christian Jarrett
Washington Post: Your relationships are just as important to your health as diet and exercise by Elahe Izadi
Huffington Post: The science of happiness: Everything you need to know about the feeling we all crave by Jason March et al.
New York Times: ‘Design Thinking’ for a Better You by Tara Parker-Pope
Fast Company: Countries Do Get Happier When They Get Richer–But Only If They Share The Wealth by Ben Schiller
Wall Street Journal: Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play by Rachel Emma Silverman
Greater Good Science Center: How Humility Will Make You the Greatest Person Ever by Vicki Zakrzewski
Science Daily: Brain can be trained to regulate negative emotions, study shows, no author
New York Magazine: 3 Insights From a New Book About Creativity by Melissa Dahl
Psychology Today: 10 Questions to Help You Reflect on 2015 by Paula Davis-Laack
Harvard Business Review: Strengths-Based Coaching Can Actually Weaken You by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
New York Times: How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity by Pagan Kennedy
Business Insider: A Harvard psychiatrist says 3 things are the secret to real happiness by Tanya Lewis
Greater Good Science Center: To Change Yourself, Change Your World by Kira Newman
Psychology Today: 3 Things Extraordinary Leaders Do by Emma Seppälä
Fulfillment Daily: The Joy of Imperfection: How Not to Drive Yourself and Others Nuts in 2016 by Mona Shah Joshi
Positive Psychology News Daily: Instead of a Resolution, Try a New Year Routine by Jan Stanley
Forbes: The Positive Psychology Of Job Interviewing by Brett Steenbarger
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The “Spiritus Rector” of Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman, has authored his autobiography. It´s called The Hope Circuit and was published with the imprint Public Affairs. I was able to read an early draft and can say it´s a fasninating read – not only for people interested in Positive Psychology, but also in psychology and science in general.
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