Bookmark After two weeks of tense talks, word-wrangling and marathon overnight meetings, diplomats in Paris agreed to a global climate change accord on Saturday evening — a day after the summit’s scheduled conclusion. Leaders and experts cheered the historic agreement that emerged from the 21st Conference of the Parties, or COP21, calling it ambitious and […]

Bookmark I’ve known a lot of visionaries in my life, but none have understood how big dreams lead to unbridled achievement like Kailash Satyarthi, co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. A Nobel Prize seems like a big accomplishment, but the soft-spoken laureate didn’t let the award go to his head. The tireless advocate returned […]

Bookmark“This book will help you flourish.” With this unprecedented promise, internationally esteemed psychologist Martin Seligman beginsFlourish, his first book in ten years—and the first to present his dynamic new concept of what well-being really is. Traditionally, the goal of psychology has been to relieve human suffering, but the goal of the Positive Psychology movement, which […]

BookmarkThe Ten Keys to Happier Living are based on a review of the latest research from psychology and related fields. Everyone’s path to happiness is different, but the evidence suggests these Ten Keys consistently tend to have a positive impact on people’s happiness and well-being. The first five keys (GREAT) are about how we interact […]

BookmarkIn an uncertain time defined by rapid change, the word “resilience” has taken on new meaning. Resilience is no longer about simply fending off the occasional mishap; the ability to quickly adapt, recover and return reinvigorated is a constant requirement in the business world. Resilient people tend to have what psychologists call an “internal locus […]

BookmarkAs a business leader, inspiring people to follow you in pursuit of your company’s mission is your job. After all, your personal success is directly linked to the success of the company. If the top and bottom lines don’t improve, you don’t have a winning team. And if your culture and organization aren’t wired for […]

BookmarkThis paper describes a dynamic system for the interrelationships between happiness and health that considers three main attitudes to life: α, β, and γ for Aristotelian, Epicurean, and Stoic, respectively. All variables that have been shown by empirical and theoretical studies to affect individual health and happiness are included (i.e., employment, occupation, education, ethical freedom, […]

Bookmark The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The first report was published in 2012, the second in 2013, and the third on April 23, 2015. Leading experts across fields – economics, psychology, survey analysis, national statistics, health, public policy and more – describe how measurements of well-being […]

BookmarkHoy, 5 de enero, se cumplen 123 años del nacimiento de Paramahansa Yogananda, el yogui y gurú hinduista, propagador del yoga en Occidente y autor del famoso libro “Autobiografía de un yogui”. Bajo este título, Yogananda publicó en 1946 la historia de su vida y de su búsqueda, calificada como una de las 100 obras […]

BookmarkThe SWLS is a short 5-item instrument designed to measure global cognitivejudgments of satisfaction with one’s life. The scale usually requires only about one minute of a respondent’s time. [os-widget path=”/wohasu/how-satisfied-are-you-with-your-life”]   Understanding Scores on the Satisfaction with Life Scale Ed Diener   30 – 35 Very high score Highly satisfied Respondents who score in […]

BookmarkComienza un nuevo año, se abren nuevas posibilidades, nuevas aventuras, nuevas ilusiones. ¿Qué mejor momento que este para seguir con más fuerza nuestros deseos? Tenemos ante nosotros una nueva oportunidad de crear con consciencia la vida que queremos, de seguir avanzando hacia nuestras metas, creando deseos nuevos, disfrutando más de la vida, porque al final, […]

BookmarkThe jump-for-joy positive emotions can seem kind of trivial, out of place, maybe irrelevant, and what I want to argue is that that’s nothing could be further from the case.   There are a whole range of positive emotions including that feeling in our bones grateful for our current circumstances; completely in tune with our […]