Positive Psychology: Tweets

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Tweets

"Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it can supply the courage to fight for it."

- Simone de Beauvoir

The advice to "Just start!" is usually not enough. How to start and keep going when writing — http://bit.ly/19WsJMj

Prioritization is key, but sometimes that's a skill in itself to learn how to do well!

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."