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The science of the good life? Sorry this is not about booze, sex and the contemporary flavour of Rock n’Roll. We talk about the stuff that usually only tree huggers have the courage to embrace: appreciation of beauty, positive emotions, gratitude or positive relationships. However we, that is positive psychology researchers and practitioners bury ourselves in books, set out to experiment and then write it all up in a style that is usually about as engaging as watching an avocado turn brown. And that’s the problem: if you are not an academic you probably want a little bit more excitement ...

All of us constantly broadcast information to others, even when we don't say a word. Sales professionals broadcast to potential clients in a way that wins new business. Managers broadcast to their teams about projects. Colleagues broadcast to one another about available resources. The messages we choose to broadcast shape others' beliefs in the potential for success and their ability to create positive change.

Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines two genres-philosophical wisdom and scientific research-delighting the listener with surprising insights. He explains, for example, why we have such difficulty controlling ourselves and sticking to our plans; why no achievement brings lasting happiness, yet a few changes in your life can have profound effects, and why even confirmed atheists experience spiritual elevation.

If you're in sales, fear has cost you millions of dollars, and this audiobook is for you. You will learn exactly how to overcome this destructive fear in sales and replace it with confidence, optimism, gratitude, joy, and proactive sales work. These are the powerful principles in the new field of positive psychology that are transforming how we work and succeed. Selling Boldly is the first audiobook that leverages positive psychology to help you sell more.

The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it’s our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.

Already a major Japanese best seller, this eye-opening and accessible follow-up to the “compelling” (Marc Andreessen) international phenomenon The Courage to Be Disliked shares the powerful teachings of Alfred Adler, one of the giants of 19th-century psychology, through another illuminating dialogue between the philosopher and the young man.

Groundbreaking new scientific research illuminates surprising ways in which you can live a more healthy, happy, and flourishing life. Until now, psychology has focused on resolving people’s problems. But the relatively new field of positive psychology instead examines the things that make your life worth living. Positive Psychology: How to Sustain Happiness in Your Life gives you practical steps for leading a flourishing life. Your guide is Professor Catherine A. Sanderson of Amherst College, named one of America’s Best 300 Professors by the Princeton Review.

Positive Psychology and Well-Being: Applications for Enhanced Living introduces listeners to well-being from a positive psychology perspective, one of the original missions of psychology as a science, and encourages adopting proactive approaches to healthy living. It provides guidance for enhancing and maintaining life-long well-being.

Americans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude.

W. H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively listenable new treatise, Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the strange and wonderful writings of the past might help us live less anxiously in the present - and increase what Thomas Pynchon once called our "personal density." Today we are battling too much information in a society changing at lightning speed, with algorithms aimed at shaping our every thought - plus a sense that history offers no resources, only impediments to overcome or ignore.

Living a positive and inspiring life is not only for naturally optimistic people. You can train your brain to serve you better and provide you with the resilience, strength, wisdom, and serenity needed to increase your quality of life. You can put the study of positive psychology to practical use through inspiring positive affirmations that lift you into a higher, more positive frequency. Becoming who you really want to be is only a matter of training yourself to think like a winner, which is exactly what this audiobook aims to help you do.

When you think about morality/ethics, what comes to your mind? Is good and evil a matter of opinion? Is it for cultures to decide what is right and wrong? Integrating moral philosophy with positive psychology, Rational Empathy explains why these popular notions of morality are wrong. Morality, as explained in this book, is based on empathy and derived through sheer logic! But why is morality important in the first place? Understanding morality helps us maximize happiness in our lives and bring more happiness to people whom we interact with or influence. Morality, philosophy and psychology ...

The Science of Gratitude and Mindfulness (Master Inner Peace, Improve Well-Being, Strengthen Relationships, and Embrace True Happiness) 🔹 Do you ever feel like happiness is just out of reach, no matter how much you accomplish? 🔹 Are stress and negativity draining your energy, leaving you disconnected from the present moment? 🔹 What if the secret to true fulfillment isn’t about having more—but appreciating what you already have? In The Science of Gratitude and Mindfulness, you’ll uncover the powerful, science-backed practices that can transform your mindset, enhance your well-...

Written by Wall Street Journal best-selling author S. J. Scott, Happier Human provides a detailed examination of the strategies and ideas that actually make people happy. Each idea is supported by a wealth of research into why it works. Plus, it also includes a simple action plan for turning these ideas into permanent habits that people can incorporate into their busy lives.

There is no doubt that having a positive outlook on life is something that helps us achieve our dreams and goals. Living with perpetual negativity is one of the most damaging things for our prospects and overall happiness. It can also prevent people from getting close to us. Becoming a more positive person has lots of effects on our short-term happiness, which then has a knock-on impact on how we thrive and succeed in later life, as well.

For anyone wanting to increase their well-being. Grow Your Own Happiness shows how positive psychology - the science of happiness - can be used every day. With key principles explained to provide the foundation for change, tests for measuring well-being and simple techniques that can easily be applied to a busy lifestyle, as well as case studies, anecdotes and tips, this audiobook provides everything you need to practise ultimate self-care.

In this episode of the Project: More Happy podcast, we look at the revolutionary science of Positive Psychology and what the research tells us with regard to human flourishing. We discuss the five major takeaways learned so far from the research – the power of positive emotions, the importance of strengths and virtues, the significance of positive relationships, the role of meaning and purpose and the benefits of mindfulness and self-regulation. Happiness is a skill and we're here to guide you on that path. Thank you for being part of the Project: More Happy podcast community. Choose ...