from science that indicate that we can’t do anything about our happiness) Genetically determined set point We have a characteristic level of happiness People tend to return to their base line Personality traits Some people are more prone to negative affects Related to that is how much guilt we experience Stability in self-confidence Hedonic treadmill Quickly adapt to change Things that might devastate us eventually return and same with things that make us happy The correlation between
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Positive leadership refers to the application of positive principles and positive change. It helps leaders to become more effective in their jobs. Applying principles of positive leadership leads to extraordinary performance. Positive leadership has three connotations: 1) It refers to the facilitation of extraordinarily positive performance – that is‚ positively deviant performance. Outcomes that exceed common or expected performance. 2) Affirmative bias – or a focus on strengths and capabilities
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Positive Thinking The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life’s direction. Being positive or negative are habits of thoughts that have a very strong influence on life. Positive and negative are directions. Which direction do you choose? Positive thinking is expecting‚ talking and visualizing with certainty what you want to achieve‚ as an accomplished fact. Riches‚ mediocrity and poverty begin in the mind. Reality is the mirror of your
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image of a person; it refers to the emotional and social sense of self that everyone has and expects everyone to recognize (Yule‚ 1996:60). Face has two aspects‚ positive and negative. An individual’s positive face is reflected in his or her desires to be liked‚ approved of‚ respected of and appreciated by others. While an individual’s negative face is reflected in the desire not be impeded or put upon‚ to have the freedom to act as one chooses (Thomas‚ 1995:169). Therefore‚ people in their relationship
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forgiveness are basic attributes of positive psychology. Seligman‚ (2002)‚ defines positive psychology as the psychology that is more focused on emphasizing the positive attributes of humans‚ as opposed to focusing on the study of maladaptive characters that human beings have. The pivotal role of positive psychology is to nurture happiness in human beings. The attributes; love‚ hope‚ forgiveness and gratitude help foster this aim in the society. These attributes of positive psychology also help improve
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this assignment is to provide an introduction to the concept of externalities as used by economists‚ which are more specifically negative externalities. Then presents how externalities cause divergence between marginal social costs (benefits) and marginal private costs (benefits)‚ and draws attention to an article: Sark protest against extension of SEM vineyard project. The residents of Sark assembled to against the Sark Estate Management to plant vines‚ also protesters were
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9 Clever Ways to Deal with Negative People The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil‚ of pain‚ and hunger‚ and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson After years and years of observation and self reflection I came to the realization that the best way to face life’s challenges is to take a good look at yourself‚ assume responsibility for whatever it is that you are thinking‚ feeling and living. If you don’t
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The Power of Positive Thinking Is the glass half empty or half full? In these hard times many people spend much of their lives reflecting on worries due to circumstances that are out of one’s control. There are some real economic‚ personal and health benefits for monitoring personal levels of stress. I believe that embracing the present rather than causing unnecessary worries can help in managing stress. An optimistic outlook on life can truly give a person a better‚ healthier and greater wellbeing
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positive thinking "Easy As Counting to Ten". Why do so many people readily shuck their responsibilities at the first sign of trouble? After all‚ are we not all born winners? Why are so many born winners willing to be counted out just when others desperately need to count on them? We already know the answer. Just when we need it the least‚ that old bugaboo of past negative conditioning has a nasty habit of showing up. Winners‚ learn to overcome their prior negative conditioning by reconditioning
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Writing Negative Messages LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you will be able to 1 2 3 4 Apply the three-step writing process to negative messages Explain the differences between the direct and the indirect approaches to negative messages‚ including when it’s appropriate to use each one Identify the risks of using the indirect approach‚ and explain how to avoid such problems Adapt negative messages for internal and external audiences 5 6 7 Explain the importance of maintaining
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