Positive Psychology: TEDxMIA - Brad Meltzer - How To Write Your Own Obituary

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BRAD MELTZER
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle and seven other bestselling thrillers. He is also the author of the non-fiction best seller, Heroes For My Son; the host of the History Channel TV series, Brad Meltzer's Decoded; and is the #1 selling author of the comic book Justice League of America, for which he won the prestigious Eisner Award. In addition, he is the co-founder of City Year Miami.

TEDxMIA - Brad Meltzer - How To Write Your Own Obituary - YouTube

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."