Positive Psychology

Sunday, July 25, 2010

GRIT

Grit is the determination to succeed and may be as important as ability. Passion and commitment help overcome inevitable setbacks that occur in any long term undertaking.

Grit is a quality you demonstrate when you make the choice to show up for what you really want for yourself, no matter how difficult. Get clear what you want then walk through the fear.

Admit it is difficult to change long-standing habits, ways of being and thinking /mental habits, then make the commitment to accept the challenge.

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."