Positive Psychology: Self - Improvement is within your control

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Self - Improvement is within your control

It's far easier to change yourself than others.

Massimo Pigliucci‏ @mpigliucci Apr 19

Marcus Aurelius reminds us that we spend far too much time trying to change other people, which is outside of our control, and too little time attempting to improve ourselves, which we certainly have the power to do.

https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/episodes/Its-far-easier-to-change-yourself-than-others-e3pise …

I love this book title.

Massimo Pigliucci
@mpigliucci

Professor of Philosophy at City College. Philosophy of science & pseudoscience, Stoicism as a philosophy of life.
New York City and Roma
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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."