How Positivity Leads to Success
There is overwhelming evidence from research in positive psychology that people who are happy are more successful. Positivity is related to higher levels of job performance, supervisory evaluations and perceived
How to Set the Right New Year's Resolution
Beginning a new year with new resolutions calls to mind an interesting aspect of goal setting. Many of our new year’s resolutions are about things we want to accomplish
Act in Spite of Your Fear
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot
How You Think About Your Goals Matters
I’m reading Heidi Grant Halvorson’s book Succeed and it is full of fascinating research about setting and reaching goals. One of the things I’ve found most interesting
Realize your Strengths
According to Alex Linley, “realizing our strengths is the smallest thing we can do to make the biggest difference”. Using our strengths makes us happy and is the surest way
Happy Leaders Have Successful Teams
Research shows that our happiness influences our own success, but what about the impact of a leader’s happiness on the success of his or her followers? Studies have, in
Hire People With Positive Attitudes
Positive people are more successful than negative people. Among other things they are more productive, more creative, better team players, and healthier. According to Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness
We Learn Best From Success not Failure
I think it is important to learn from our mistakes. And I think it is extremely important for organizations to create climates in which people are not punished for their
Want to Succeed? Work on Being Happy
Most people believe that success will make them happy. They work long hours, sacrificing time with family and friends, because they are convinced that they will find happiness when they
Dare to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot Human beings are creatures of habit. Change makes us nervous,
Positive Priming For a Competitive Edge
I just dropped my son off to take a high school entrance exam. In the car on the way there I told him to think of something that made him
"I Think I Can"
One of my favorite books growing up was The Little Engine That Could. I just loved repeating with my mother when she read it to me, “I-think-I-can, I-think-I-can, I-think-I-can” as
3 Reasons to Focus on Strengths
Focusing on strengths is an important step toward creating a more positive work environment. Below are three specific reasons why a strengths-based approach to managing people leads to higher levels