Authentic Happiness
Authentic Happiness

Author: Martin Seligman

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2011-01-11

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1857884132

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In this important, entertaining book, one of the world's most celebrated psychologists, Martin Seligman, asserts that happiness can be learned and cultivated, and that everyone has the power to inject real joy into their lives. In Authentic Happiness, he describes the 24 strengths and virtues unique to the human psyche. Each of us, it seems, has at least five of these attributes, and can build on them to identify and develop to our maximum potential. By incorporating these strengths - which include kindness, originality, humour, optimism, curiosity, enthusiasm and generosity -- into our everyday lives, he tells us, we can reach new levels of optimism, happiness and productivity. Authentic Happiness provides a variety of tests and unique assessment tools to enable readers to discover and deploy those strengths at work, in love and in raising children. By accessing the very best in ourselves, we can improve the world around us and achieve new and lasting levels of authentic contentment and joy.

Realizing Your Potential for Fulfillment and Happiness
Realizing Your Potential for Fulfillment and Happiness

Author: Martin Skeer

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-07-14

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1450230997

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In this self-help guidebook, Martin Skeer, Ph.D., provides a unique conceptual framework that enables others to increase awareness and progress toward realizing personal aspirations, ultimately enhancing the quality of their lives. Skeer presents principles and a series of quantitative scales that allow measurement of ones fulfillment and happiness, challenging others to view their lives more realistically and gain a heightened awareness of the importance of daily gratitude. While sharing ideas cultivated from extensive discussions with Dr. Margie Skeer, an expert in social sciences, Skeer also provides hypothetical examples, guiding you through a journey of self-improvement. Learn how to: Understand actual versus potential Construct a value system Enhance relationships through interpersonal communication Recognize successes, no matter how small Differentiate between negative perceptions and constructive advice Take risks to improve potential Ultimately, there is nothing that matters more than fulfillment and happiness. Skeers framework challenges you to consider the options to achieving success and inner joy and find a new way to view the world.

Character Strengths and Virtues
Character Strengths and Virtues

Author: Christopher Peterson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-04-08

Total Pages: 815

ISBN-13: 0198037333

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"Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular characteristic of an individual, or is it composed of different aspects? Does character--however we define it--exist in degrees, or is it simply something one happens to have? How can character be developed? Can it be learned? Relatedly, can it be taught, and who might be the most effective teacher? What roles are played by family, schools, the media, religion, and the larger culture? This groundbreaking handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits. They approach good character in terms of separate strengths-authenticity, persistence, kindness, gratitude, hope, humor, and so on-each of which exists in degrees. Character Strengths and Virtues classifies twenty-four specific strengths under six broad virtues that consistently emerge across history and culture: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each strength is thoroughly examined in its own chapter, with special attention to its meaning, explanation, measurement, causes, correlates, consequences, and development across the life span, as well as to strategies for its deliberate cultivation. This book demands the attention of anyone interested in psychology and what it can teach about the good life.

Max Potential
Max Potential

Author: Aaron Ammar

Publisher: AlwaysSmilin Press

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781732963405

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This book is all about achieving your max potential. It's easy to get caught up in everyday routines without looking up or taking stock of our choices. In a flash, time can fly by, leaving us wishing we'd done more. Feeling like there has to be more to life. Aaron Ammar is here to tell you that there is more. Much more. As the founder of AlwaysSmilin, a lifestyle brand aimed at spreading positive vibes, and a performance coach, Aaron knows how to bring out the absolute best in others. Max Potential shares his tangible strategies for finding true happiness and fulfillment within five key pillars: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Professional. Posing daily challenges to get you thinking about each pillar, Aaron encourages fun and experimentation to make sure that the journey toward happiness and fulfillment is as exciting as the destination. You'll walk away with a personal mission statement to guide your choices and a game plan for continually becoming better than you were the day before. Uplifting, friendly, engaging, and effective, Max Potential will give you everything you need to enhance your life.

Find Your Way
Find Your Way

Author: Carly Fiorina

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1496435699

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"In Find your Way, you will discover the helpful, proven wisdom and deep care that I have experienced in working alongside Carly." --Henry Cloud, best-selling author of Boundaries A perfect gift for graduates! No matter where you are in life, you are not yet all you will be . . . At some point, virtually everyone finds themselves struggling to find their way in life. Perhaps you're just starting out and haven't yet found your personal or professional path. Maybe you've been plugging away for years, trying to live someone else's dream. Maybe you're outwardly successful but plagued by a nagging, soul-level sense of dissatisfaction. Carly Fiorina, who started as a secretary and later became the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, can help. Drawing on her own remarkable journey, and empirical evidence accumulated over four decades in the workplace, Carly will show you how to choose a path over a plan, use problems to propel yourself and your organization forward, overcome fear and procrastination, make smart decisions, and reclaim your power and use it for good. Carly Fiorina believes beyond a shadow of a doubt that your potential can be unleashed. In Find Your Way, she shows you the path to getting there.

Increasing Psychological Well-being in Clinical and Educational Settings
Increasing Psychological Well-being in Clinical and Educational Settings

Author: Giovanni Andrea Fava

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 9401786690

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This volume deals with strategies aimed at increasing psychological well-being in both clinical and non-clinical settings, with a special focus on the impact of cross-cultural influences on these processes. Consisting of two parts, the book first examines clinical interventions for increasing well-being and positive functioning in adult populations. It looks at cultural differences in the experience of psychological well-being, presents an analysis of the concept of psychological well-being and discusses various interventions, including Well-Being Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Other concepts discussed are post-traumatic growth, wisdom and motivation. The second part of the book deals with psychological interventions in childhood and adolescence and has a strong emphasis on educational settings. It provides an overview of the main evidence-based psychotherapies for affective disorders in youths, and looks at the importance and impact of positive education, resilience, and hope. The book presents models for intervention and discusses several therapies in detail.

Handbook of Health and Well-Being
Handbook of Health and Well-Being

Author: Sibnath Deb

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-03-07

Total Pages: 791

ISBN-13: 9811682631

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This evidence-based book focuses on contemporary issues related to human health and well-being. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of academics and researchers, it provides a holistic perspective on the importance of both mental and physical health for quality of life. It is divided into seven sections: changing perspectives on well-being; the mental health of students; the well-being of elderly people and marginalized populations; the role of family and teachers; psycho-social support; the right to health; and future perspectives. Covering current topics, such as the challenges posed by pandemics like COVID-19, the book discusses future strategies for addressing contemporary and emerging health issues and the overall well-being of the general public, an area not covered in any of the previous volumes. Furthermore, it explores the need for the involvement of multidisciplinary professionals in examining general health and well-being issues. Given its scope, it is an indispensable resource for a wide range of professionals and researchers from various fields, such as the social sciences, law, public health, medicine, education, and environmental studies. In addition, the book appeals to health policymakers, educational administrators, law enforcement agencies, as well as health workers, psychologists, and social workers dealing with clients in hospitals, educational institutions, and at the community level.

Sense and Goodness Without God
Sense and Goodness Without God

Author: Richard Carrier

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2005-02-23

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1452059268

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If God does not exist, then what does? Is there good and evil, and should we care? How do we know what’s true anyway? And can we make any sense of this universe, or our own lives? Sense and Goodness answers all these questions in lavish detail, without complex jargon. A complete worldview is presented and defended, covering every subject from knowledge to art, from metaphysics to morality, from theology to politics. Topics include free will, the nature of the universe, the meaning of life, and much more, arguing from scientific evidence that there is only a physical, natural world without gods or spirits, but that we can still live a life of love, meaning, and joy.

Positive Approaches to Change
Positive Approaches to Change

Author: Mark McKergow

Publisher: Solutions Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780954974909

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The first Solutions Focus field book. This collection of articles from the AMED journal "Organisations & People" describes international experience of applying the positive power of Solutions Focus and Appreciative Inquiry to Coaching, Team Remotivation, Supervision, Performance Management, Strategic Planning, Feedback, Organisation Development, Staff Appraisal, Competence Management, and Community Development. Contributors include Louis Cauffman, Sheila McNamee, Paul Z Jackson, Peter Szabo, Gunter Lueger, Harry Norman and others from the UK, across Europe and the USA. This collection gives you new applications and ideas about staying pragmatically positive and incisively simple in many organisational contexts. Includes a new and expanded introduction by Mark McKergow comparing positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry and Solutions Focus.