This weeks article comes from a reader, Allison Gamble, who read my article on “What’s Good About Work?” and felt I was only telling half the story. Allison has been a curious student of psychology since high school. She brings her understanding of the mind to work in the weird world of internet marketing with psychologydegree.net. Her perspective on making the most of time “between jobs” is inspring and an important [...]
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The Anatomy of a Career Path
Research by Amy Wrzesniewski while at the University of Michigan showed that people see their work in one of three very different ways: As a job (a means to earn money for survival or lifestyle,) as a career (an opportunity to learn and grow,) or as a calling (an avenue for personal fulfillment and making a difference in the world.) But how does one move from a job, to a career to a [...]
What’s Good About Work?
Let’s face it, most of us hate our jobs, and if you ask us what we hate about them, we’d be happy to tell you the stories of lazy coworkers, miserable conditions and asshole bosses. Gallup researchers suggest that “presenteeism” (the act of showing up to work but not truly contributing to the productivity of the company) costs American companies hundreds of billions of dollars. Gallup polls show that only [...]
Meet the Army’s Positive Psychology Dream Team
I previously wrote about the U.S. Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program: the army’s step towards developing a fighting force that is as psychologically strong as it is physically. The program gets some heat from critics, for a variety of reasons, but I see it as a step towards taking better care of the men and women who are fighting for our country. Ultimately, this is the largest workplace wellness intervention [...]
Business (and Psychology) Lessons from the CEO’s
To be successful as the CEO of a large company, you have to have skills that few other people have. You have to simultaneously be a disciplined organizer and a creative innovator. You have to drive the economics of your business while motivating and engaging the people in your workforce. You have to drive a large team of people to spend most of their waking hours contributing to the success [...]
Enchantment: Guy Kawasaki Wants to Cast a Spell On You
“Encantado” is the common greeting to someone you’ve just met in Mexico. In France, it’s “enchanté”. These words are awkward for a native English speaker to use, (as I can tell you as an American who has been studying both languages.) We just aren’t as easily “enchanted” as our more passionate international counterparts. In English, the word enchantment is too powerful to use as a casual greeting. It implies a [...]
Did you Hear? . . . Positive Gossip
Today’s article contains simple but powerful wisdom from Dr. Lynn Johnson, PhD, author of ENJOY LIFE! Healing with Happiness. For a great introduction to Lynn (and his dog Ruby,) visit his website http://enjoylifebook.com/ and watch the one minute video for a brief lesson on happiness. Homer Simpson once said, “If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?” If everyone knows gossiping is bad, why do people do [...]
Where does Radical Game Changing Innovation come From?
Probably my favorite business article of all time was an article about collaboration from Inc. Magazine (from several years ago.) The article was called “The Idiocy of Crowds” and the sub-heading declared, “Collaboration is the hottest buzzword in business today. Too bad it doesn’t work.” The reason the article has stuck with me is because the truth of it is readily apparent. The more people there are in a group [...]
Happy? Thank a Lawyer
I am excited to present this fascinating look at the history of our relationship with happiness from Dan Bowling, a practicing lawer, consultant, executive coach and a research fellow at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center. Dan has been researching the psychology of law practice as it relates to wellbeing. You can read more about his work here, here and here. It may come as a surprise to you that lawyers and [...]
Putting Your Strengths to Work
This article was previously published on Positive Psychology News Daily. OK, so you’ve taken the VIA Survey to determine your character strengths. And after reading one (or several) of Tom Rath’s books on “Strengths-Based Leadership,” you’ve taken the Strengthsfinder 2.0 test to get another perspective on what your strengths are. You’ve even done the Myers Briggs Type Indicator to find out your personality type. You are finally ready to use [...]
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