Positive Psychology: Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

"A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words."
- Phillips Brooks

"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly."
- Leo Tolstoy

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."
- Oscar Wilde

"You're born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein

"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
- Henrik Ibsen

"Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well."
- Dwight Eisenhower

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."