1504 11-final
- 1. Psychology 1504 Positive Psychology
- 3. Psychology 1504 Positive Psychology
- 4. Top Ten 1504 Tips Oh, the questions you’ll ask Believe—in yourself and others Learn to fail or fail to learn Give yourself the permission to be human Open up (journal and/or person) Cultivate the benefit finder (express gratitude) Simplify Cultivate relationships Remember the mind-body connection Strive to be known rather than validated Introduce behavioral change NOW Eleven
- 5. Practical Idealism: Making A Difference “ I am not only the disinterested and impersonal seeker for pure cold truth for its own sake. I am also very definitely interested and concerned with man’s fate, with his ends and goals and with his future. I would like to help improve him and better his prospects. I hope to help teach him how to be brotherly, cooperative, peaceful, courageous, and just. I think science is the best hope for achieving this, and of all the sciences, I consider psychology most important to this end. Indeed, I sometimes think that the world will either be saved by psychologists—in the very broadest sense—or else it will not be saved at all.” Abraham Maslow
- 6. We underestimate our capacity to effect change because we underestimate the growth of an exponential function.
- 8. Spreading Happiness “ Be the change you want to see in the world.” Gandhi “ Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” The Buddha
- 9. Take Care of Yourself
- 10. Top Ten Eleven 1504 Tips Oh, the questions you’ll ask Believe—in yourself and others Learn to fail or fail to learn Give yourself the permission to be human Open up (journal and/or person) Cultivate the benefit finder (express gratitude) Simplify Cultivate relationships Remember the mind-body connection Strive to be known rather than validated Introduce behavioral change NOW