Friday, February 21, 2020

Did Socrates say “The secret of change is…"?

According to Wikiquote: The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. This a actually a quote from a character named Socrates in Way of the Peaceful Warrior:

A Book that Changes Lives, by Dan Millman.

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/19027/did-socrates-say-the-secret-of-change-is

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."

Friday, February 21, 2020

The Secret of Change

Did Socrates say “The secret of change is…"?

Be Here Now.