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In the video below, the presenter is Clay Shirky, who brings up an excellent point while talking at the 2008 Web 2.0 Expo. He says that the shocking amount of time that we spend watching TV is shrinking, and is being replaced by time spent online.
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Back in June I had a post called How You can Participate in Real Positive Psychology Studies. It went over a few really interesting research studies being done by Dr. Martin Seligman that needed volunteers.
Many of these research studies ask people to change their lives in a certain way, the hope being that the [...]
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In his newly released TED talk, Dr. Martin Seligman gives an excellent introduction to the field of Positive Psychology, which is a major part of what’s covered here at Improved Lives.
It’s from 2004, so it misses some of the latest advancements that have been made, but it also covers many of the more [...]
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This is a great list of tips on how to make life more satisfying from one of my favorite new positive psychologists, Sonja Lyubomirsky.
There aren’t a lot of surprises here, in fact I’ve touched on most of the things Sonja mentions in this list. But it’s good to see all these tips for creating [...]
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I would like you to think about how many personal growth articles you have read. Now add to that all the videos you’ve watched, and all the books you’ve bought, and all the other personal growth lessons you’ve learned from anywhere and everywhere.
Now think about how many of those personal growth lessons really [...]
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Some of the studies I’ve talked about on this blog have been really fascinating, and I’ve wished more than once that I could have had the opportunity to participate in some of them.
Well, now I can, and so can you!
I can’t believe I didn’t catch on to this sooner, but one of the big [...]
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I’ve been reading a lot about sleep lately (which has some really amazing personal growth potential I think, but that’s a whole other post) and one of the topics that I see coming up again and again is neuroplasticity.
Now I know brain science stuff doesn’t seem like it would have that much to do [...]
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You’ll have to forgive the lack of posting lately, my computer died and most of my blogging stuff is residing safely on a hard drive I can’t access. My new laptop is on the way but it looks like it’s going to be awhile.
Anyway, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to talk about. I [...]
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