Positive Psychology: He who dreams most, does most.

Friday, February 12, 2010

He who dreams most, does most.

Big Dreams are your Best Motivators

The starting point of a journey is a dream, a vision of some far-off possibilities. It must be exciting and moving. Enthusiasm and hope about where you are heading allows you to set some realistic goals and benchmarks to set you on a course towards your dreams.

Passion fuels the perseverance needed to excel at your endeavor. It will keep you motivated to take risks and will give you the desire to keep growing, learning, innovating and confronting challenges, setbacks and roadblocks along the way to your goals.

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."