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• 4 big reasons why we initally find positive psychology puzzling

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  At first, I was suspicious about positive psychology I came to positive psychology some 10 years ago and like many people, I was deeply suspicious. Life is not about happiness, I thought. Life is about effectiveness. Life is about dealing with reality. I still think that is what life is all about but I have also ...
  11 hours ago

• Let’s Focus on Self Esteem – Part III Courage

  
  theselfimprovementblog.com — Authority: 135
  By Irene Conlan - Two friends were walking along the road together and suddenly came upon a group of children who were about to be attacked by a vicious dog. One grabbed a large stick by the side of the road to defend the children and scare off the dog while the other one stood and watched. It isn’t hard to ...
  14 hours ago

• Oh! What poiesis taught me about auto-poiesis

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  Poiesis I learned something very interesting just now.  The Greek word for poetry is poiesis - ‘making’. That wouldn’t have been too dramatic a discovery but management theorists are fond of the word auto-poesis . Auto-poiesis Autopoiesis literally means “auto (self)-creation” (from the Greek : ...
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• Let’s Focus on Self Esteem – Part II

  
  theselfimprovementblog.com — Authority: 135
  By Irene Conlan - Some years ago there was a skit on Saturday Night Live with Gilda Radner modeling “Jewish Jeans.”  As I recall they had a big star of David on the back pocket where designers put their name or logo. She paraded all over the set showing off her Jewish Jeans and, finally, one of the other ...
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• Is it time to reap your harvest? If it is time, reap. Now.

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  My Dreams, My Works, Must Wait Till After Hell I hold my honey and I store my bread In little jars and cabinets of my will. I label clearly, and each latch and lid I bid, Be firm till I return from hell. I am very hungry. I am incomplete. And none can give me any word but Wait, The puny light. I keep my eyes ...
  2 days ago

• Are their eyes shining? The only question to ask when we lead others

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  Who am I being that my children’s eyes are not shining? “It’s the same for parents. If their eyes are shining, you know you are doing it. If they’re not, you’ve got to ask a question – who am I being that my children’s eyes are not shining?” Ben Zander And if their eyes are not shining? Maybe the ...
  2 days ago

• To the American people & your better angels at the dawn of 2010

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  Wise words for business students In every business school, first year students are taught these words. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every ...
  2 days ago

• An optimistic poem for a New Year

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  Moving Forward The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. It seems that things are more like me now, That I can see farther into paintings. I feel closer to what language can’t reach. With my senses, as with birds, I climb into the windy heaven, out of the oak, in the ...
  3 days ago

• Personal leadership: Answer the moral challenge of our age

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  Psychology blossomed in the noughties Positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, and mytho-poetic tradition are well understood and taught in psychology and management classrooms in all corners of the world. But we need a name Paradoxically though, the technical names for these fields are relatively unintelligible ...
  3 days ago

• Let’s focus on self esteem

  
  theselfimprovementblog.com — Authority: 135
  Self esteem. We talk about it a lot and we  use it as a scape goat for our failures or  for the failures of others. “He is smart enough, you know. But he has such low self esteem … ” “If she didn’t have such low self esteem, she would be at the top of her class.” “His low self esteem holds him back.” ...
  3 days ago

• Seeking a Cure for Optimism (On Barbara Ehrenreich)

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 449
  I like positive thinking and I think people need feel that they are worthwhile human beings. However, when either of these is pasted over a negative sense of self-worth, or depression, or any number of other less-than-healthy feelings, they can much more harm than good. Optimism is the natural outflow of a healthy ...
  3 days ago

• An enemy of the good life: Happiness and Personality

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Ive been thinking about one of Christopher Petersons recent blog postings for days. In it, he "outed" himself as worrying ruminator. Hes not the first positive psychologist to reveal this type of thing about himself. Martin Seligman, originator of learned helplessness and key figure in positive psychology, did this ...
  4 days ago

• Early Morning Thoughts on New Year’s Day

  
  theselfimprovementblog.com — Authority: 135
  By Irene Conlan - I don’t think you can call what’s happening here an article – it is more like musings – a hodge podge of thoughts about the new year. It is very quiet this morning. Except for some screaming sirens that seemed to cry endlessly before their sound faded away, there have been few sounds to ...
  4 days ago

• Alex Mandossian’s Productivity Tip #12: Overcoming the Fear of Success

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 166
  More videos at www.ProductiveToday.com. In this tip, Alex shares his secret for overcoming the “fear of success” and the self sabotage that accompanies it. To learn more about Global Teleseminar Week and Teleseminar Secrets, and Alex’s strategies for turning your annual income into a monthly income, go tomhttp ...
  4 days ago

• Steer Through Stressful Situations

  
  FUNKY TO FABULOUS — Authority: 119
  Many executives are both multitasking and not taking breaks which adds to their stress levels. Stopping to oxygenate their brains is a key component to become more effective. Studies demonstrate that focused breathing lowers blood pressure and stress. The Three Minute Rule: If you cant take three minutes out of ...
  5 days ago

• The Noughties, Positive Psychology and New Year Resolutions

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  The psychological breakthrough of the noughties One of the most surprising yet little understood results of psychological research this decade has been the Losada ratio.  Simply, you will get depressed if you experience more than 1 minor negative event to every 3 moderate positive events. How do we remain sane on ...
  5 days ago

• The Good Life as a Ponzi Scheme

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  We periodically hear about the unraveling of a Ponzi scheme - most recently, think Bernard Madoff and his $65 billion enterprise - and decry those who induce people to invest money, which is then used to pay off other investors, ostensibly as profit but not really. As I understand them, Ponzi schemes rob Peter to pay ...
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• Courage to live fully in 2010

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  New Year’s Resolutions – fragile for some ~ too sturdy for others Tonight we have fun, and tomorrow we break our New Year’s Resolutions.  That’s how it goes for most people. People like me achieve New Year’s Resolutions.  We are the  “get it done” sort of person.   We also understand that ...
  5 days ago

• Dilute confusion. Find and explode our mist.

  
  flowing motion — Authority: 134
  The day before New Year is the day of rash and ill-thought out resolutions.  What better day for the colorful and incisive poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks? Garbageman: The Man With The Orderly Mind What do you think of us in fuzzy endeavor, you whose directions are sterling, whose lunge is straight? Can you make a ...
  6 days ago

• When positive thinking is not so helpful

  
  Talent Development Resources Talent Development Resources the psychology of creativity, personal growth, gifted/talented adults — Authority: 121
  Being more optimistic than negative in our thinking can impact how happy we feel, how we value ourselves and our level of achievement. But is it always realistic and in our best interest? Growing up, many of us were treated to stories like the book The Little Engine That Could – a celebration of a train engine ...
  6 days ago

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