Is it good to fake a smile? Is the best thing with smiling, “fake it til’ you make it”. Or does this just lead to more repressed negative emotions that will someday boil over? This posts discusses the reasons we fake a smile, when not to do it and how to do properly fake a smile. Let’s […]
Continue readingJoy begets joy. You probably know at least a few people who are eternal, effervescent bundles of bliss: no matter how tiring or challenging their day, they just exude happiness. And whenever they enter a room, every person inside it lights up like a holiday tree, catching some of their pleasure, if only momentarily. Ever […]
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Want a review and summary of Martin Seligman’s book, “Flourish”? Perhaps something with a bit of insight mixed in? If so you have come to the right place. We humans all have the same innate desires – we all want to flourish. Flourish is a book from the great psychologist Dr. Martin Seligman. He wrote the books […]
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The Losada ratio is the sum of the positivity in a system divided by the sum of its negativity. A ratio of 3.0 to 6.0 has been found to be highly correlated with high performance. The Losada ratio is also known as the positivity ratio, Gottman ratio, and Losada line. The first suspicion of a positivity ratio came from […]
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Happiness Hypothesis is good!I read, a lot. At least one book a week, often more. My list of non-fiction books I’ve read but need to review is currently 43 and of that list the Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom is in my top five. Also, of that list, this is one of only […]
Continue readingIt is easy to sabotage happiness. Most often people do not realize they are even sabotaging their happiness. They just believe that happiness eludes them. But all too frequently if we step back and look at things from a neutral perspective we can see how we sabotage our own happiness.Why don’t we more actively pursue happiness?We think […]
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