Positive Psychology: The Better Part - Senior Olympics Champion

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Better Part - Senior Olympics Champion - YouTube

The Better Part - Senior Olympics Champion - YouTube: "

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Inspiring 96 year-old Donald Pellmann relates his competitions in the Senior Olympics. They are local, as well as international, and he usually has won most of the gold medals in his categories. Not only does he compete in a number of different categories, but he often breaks his own record.

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The Better Part
Marilyn Priel
Donald Pellmann
Senior Olympics
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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."