Click here for an interesting article describing a positive psychology approach (with three A’s) to handling conflict
Can positive psychology teach us how to enjoy happiness in a queue? Click here to find out
Positive Psychology has always advocated gratitude as a path to happiness; for 12 ways to be thankful - click here
I hope you […]

Four Essentials for Happiness by Brian Tracy
from www.jimrohn.com
You may have a thousand different goals over the course of your lifetime, but they all will fall into one of four basic categories. Everything you do is an attempt to enhance the quality of your life in one or more of these areas.
The first category is […]

Entirely consistent with Chris Peterson’s famous positive psychology quote, that “other people matter”, this great saying should ring true to most of you who’re interested in happiness and related topics…
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The following wonderful article appeared in today’s newsletter from the International Positive Psychology Association. I hope you find it interesting and useful…
By Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener
We are in the midst of tough financial times, and many people are focused on mortgage problems, oil prices, dwindling savings accounts and the plummeting stock market. By […]

Written by Jon Gordon (www.jongordon.com) and brought to you because it touches on elements of positive psychology and leadership
This is not a political article. I understand that there are many of you who voted for Barrack Obama and many who voted for John McCain. I know that the passions run deep and after politics 24/7 […]

Happiness is not just feeling good, it’s doing good
I had lunch recently with a good friend with whom I catch up about once every two months or so. In most respects, our lives are quite different and under normal circumstances we’d probably not spend much, if any time together. But we met a few years […]

Psychological Capital (Oxford University Press, 2007), by Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef, and Bruce J. Avolio, introduces both a significant stream of research and an important framework for the application of positive psychology to organizations. The stream of research involves a construct they call “PsyCap” — a composite construct made up of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, […]

The knowing/doing gap
Friday, 7 November 2008
By Tim Sharp
David Maister, one of the world’s leading consultants in business strategy (especially for white collar workers and professional services firms), has recently released a book titled The Fat Smoker which in essence focuses on the significant difference between “knowing” what to do and actually “doing it”!
When I heard […]

We all make mistakes; and sometimes we make mistakes when we try to make ourselves happier but what we do actually backfires (maybe not immediately but more so in the long term)
Here’s an interesting list I thought you might enjoy.
To read more - click here

At The Happiness Institute we work with individuals and organisations to apply the principles of positive psychology in all aspects and domains of life.
One area where many people spend a lot of time but seem not to experience much happiness is at work!
This article, from Positive Psychology News Daily, discusses the importance of trying […]