It’s from 2004, so it misses some of the latest advancements that have been made, but it also covers many of the more important positive psychology topics that have been covered on this blog, like 17 Tests to Measure and Track Your Personal Growth, and 5 Happiness Boosting Exercises: Which Ones Work and Which Ones Don’t do Anything
One thing Dr. Seligman mentioned was particularly interesting to me: the story of the girl who refocused her job to use her signature strengths so that she experienced more flow and absorption in her daily life. I think that’s a really excellent idea and it’s something I’m definitely going to try to work in to my life.
If you want to take the signature strengths test, go register on Dr. Seligman’s website, AuthenticHappiness.org, and then go to the ‘Test Center’ section.
I enjoyed Dr. Martin Seligman’s video “An Introduction to Positive Psychology.”
He’s right, in that we need to also focus on how to make average people better rather than exclusively on how to make dysfunctional people average.
I agree with Martin that a meaningful life is a happy life. I find that I’m happiest when I’m helping others in some way.
Nevertheless, I believe that gratitude plays a much larger role in happiness.
For example, whenever I practice gratitude by thanking God for the blessings in my life, large or small, I immediately feel happy!
It doesn’t matter how gloomy I initially feel. Practicing gratitude pulls me out of the gloomiest mood.
Yes, but making dysfunctional people better should help average people too since they wont have to deal with so muich dysfunction? I agree with what you say about gratitude.