Positive Psychology

Sunday, July 25, 2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Repetition

What we do best is what we have learned most thoroughly from long practice so it becomes automatic.
repetition and review
be a stickler on focusing your energy
focus on less and repeat it again and again
constancy of purpose

Review and reflection after an lecture or seminar accelerates learning by keeping what we are trying to learn front and center. Always review your week to catch what you did right or wrong and to reinforce the positives.

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."