This article at New Scientist provides a good framework for understanding some of the relationship between IQ and being smart. Every time I teach about Carol Dweck's work on growth mindsets, I run into some push back from academically successful folks arguing [...]
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” Helen Keller
I would suggest that we actually live best and most happily when we have purposes in multiple areas of our [...]
C.S. Lewis in That Hideous Strength has some characters talk about enjoying weather -- all kinds of weather. Not just the "good" days, but the variety of weather in kind and in caliber. I try to do that, to appreciate the good qualities of [...]
Recently, I've been spending a lot of time studying distance learning options for helping attorneys learn about and develop their well-being as a path toward higher levels of professionalism and new roles for lawyers in society. I ran across this:
Learners start as novices, needing formal structure, including foundational knowledge as' [...]
Got a cd of these guys as a gift from one of the participants in our last Army training. Listening makes me think of the amazing people I've met who serve us in the U.S. Army. Good thoughts; good feelings. Hope you enjoy:
' [...]There's a steady demand for coaching even during the recession according to this story in today's Wall Street Journal. The story includes comments from a lawyer who has hired a coach personally since 2003 and has no plans on stopping. He says the coach helps him make the most of limited [...]
It's time and past time for another entry in the Positive Psychology through Country Music series, so here it is. Thanks to Chris Peterson for this one; his comment on a listserve pointed out the connection.
For a while, researchers thought optimists were likely to keep pursuing impossible goals. Turns [...]
Here is the fourth in my weekly posts about web-based resources for learning and applying positive psychology: Positive Psychology News Daily! One of my MAPP classmates, Senia Maymin (pictured) , started and runs this site with the assistance of some other MAPP graduates. The site [...]
Continuing the thinking in my PPND post as to how the economic downturn might bring out positives, there is "The Guilted Age: Spending to Keep Others Afloat" from the Wall Street Journal. Although registration may be required, these paragraphs give the sense of the article:
Donations to many charitable institutions are down, but [...]
Continuing my weekly series of web resources for well-being, here's one that's the grandaddy in many ways. Authentichappiness.org has been up and running for years. Hundreds of thousands have taken the instruments that are available there, including the VIA Inventory of Character Strengths, which was [...]
We are in the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression, but it is a time that may offer real opportunities for gains in well-being for both lawyers and teachers. First, let’s consider the effect of money on happiness based on the excellent chapter in Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of [...]
The Wall Street Journal has this great interview with Art Linkletter. He's 96, has been married for 73 years, and is starting Team Grandparent to try and fix Social Security. The article describes him as "fun-filled" with "charm, warmth, dancing eyes, upbeat outlook and joke-telling." Worth a read.
[...]Here's another web resource for well-being -- in fact, here's two! Happier.com has a set of research-based resources for assessing and developing well-being. Registration is required, but currently the site is free. And, they have a Gratitude Journal App for the iPhone that I've seen good comments about! (Link' [...]
Positive emotions are foundational to living an engaged, connected, caring, meaningful, purposeful life. What's more, we now have evidence of how positive inidivuals, couples and teams need to be -- 3:1 or greater. Positivity is a non-linear system -- a small in positivity from 2.8:1 to [...]
I am starting a new series of posts on web resources for living the good life. Each Friday, I will post information on an online class, measurement tool, or other web-based resource that can help you live the good life as it best fits you. Check back this Friday for [...]
I've never been as much a music person as some, but I've really come to enjoy Rhapsody, iTunes, and Youtube! Sure makes paying bills more fun! But what really got me hooked was an exercise in the MAPP program where we had to create a portfolio to help us experience an emotion we [...]
I always liked the ambition and youthful enthusiasm in this song. A little over the top? Yep, but compared to being short on enthusiasm, dreams, and energy, I'll take it. Enjoy.
' [...]My monthly post is up over at Positve Psychology News Daily, and it's got pictures! I look at the 10 positive emotions identified by Barbara Fredrickson in her new book, Positivity. "Love" is the tenth -- last not because it is least, but because of it's relationship to the [...]
My January post is up over at PPND. It's on four statements that, if you can make them, can help put you on the road to having more of what you want in your life.
[...]This isn't part of my "The Positive Psychology of Country Music" series; it's just one I like from an artist I enjoyed from many years ago. Seems a bit slower than the version from his albums, but still great. Hope you enjoy!
[...]Just got an email from a colleague about a conference call I'm trying to set up for tomorrow. It reads in part:
"I think R______ is also off-line this morning so we may not hear from him till this afternoon."
To which I responded:
"Thanks. We’ll wait for R______ to get back [...]
Last weekend, I went shopping for a new cell phone, and it turned into a positive psychology learning experience.
I am not in the league of some other lawyer techno-geeks, but I am interested, I run a fairly technologically sophisticated MCLE operation, and I made my living selling computer [...]
White Christmas is one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies. We've got the DVD, but there's something about movies being on the cable schedule that makes me want to watch. White Christmas ran back-to-back tonight, and T and I and both boys watched most of it. Fun! From a positive psychology [...]
In March, 2006, as my classmates and I were moving toward graduation as the first-ever MAPP class, I wrote a post entitled "What good is a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology?" Stats for this site show that a fair number of folks search for information about such programs, and [...]
My monthly post is up over at Positive Psychology News Daily. I look at the research on lawyer and law student well-being and report on the results of my CLE programs on positive psychology topics over the last two years.
[...]My colleague Sherri Fisher's December post at Positive Psychology News Daily features background information and links to videos of talks by four great positive psychology researchers and thinkers, Marty Seligman, Barry Schwartz, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Jonathan Haidt. She provides background information on these folks and links to more information from [...]
Ernie the Attorney is getting into the CLE business with a program entitled "Paperless Lawyering." Apparently, he hasn't found the "traditional" CLEs he has attended very engaging as he says this about his program:
This will not be a traditional CLE seminar, although it will give you 3 hours of credit, [...]
In an article in Washington Monthly entitled Transformation 101, Kevin Carey makes a case that colleges are simultaneously driving down the cost of teaching through computer-facilitated instruction and increasing tuition. I'm not focusing on the "universities are wasting money", but in the middle of the story is a great description [...]
Finding a nonlaw job is even more difficult for lawyers who have practiced law, Seckler told the NLJ. "The longer you've been practicing, the harder it is for people to picture you in some other role," he said. And legal training could be a negative in [...]
Judith Warner in today's NYTimes writes about politics, but in the midst includes these two paragraphs:
This aversion to joyful anticipation is a feeling I know very well, and not just in relation to politics. Anticipating the worst ??? from birthdays, other holidays, vacations ??? is kind of my modus [...]
Here's another in the series on Positive Psychology through Country Music, this time in honor of the late Jerry Reed. The first lines to this song are:
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin!
We gonna do what they say can???t be done.
We???ve got a long way to go and a [...]
Surfing around, I noticed some posts in the political realm using word clouds on candidate speeches. Made me wonder how my web sites might come out. First, I went to www.shearonforschools.com -- the website I set up when I was running for the school board in Nashville and then [...]
Matt dances, he thinks badly, but watch:
So, he's doing his thing, and seems to be enjoying it, but that's about it, right? What happened to your mood as you watched the video? Did it go up a bit? Did you want to dance? Did you want to dance with Matt? [...]
That's my July post at Positive Psychology News Daily. It begins:
This article is about morale and how organizations can help us change for the better. Have you got any stories about great morale in an organization and its effect on the members? Maybe how a terrific leader [...]
That's my July post at Positive Psychology News Daily. It begins:
This article is about morale and how organizations can help us change for the better. Have you got any stories about great morale in an organization and its effect on the members? Maybe how a terrific leader [...]
Maybe it???s because I live in Nashville (that???s my excuse and I???m sticking to it!), but I keep finding great expressions of positive psychology principles in country music. One recent example is Dierks Bentley???s What Was I Thinking. The song features a young man reflecting on a night out with a [...]
Maybe it’s because I live in Nashville (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!), but I keep finding great expressions of positive psychology principles in country music. One recent example is Dierks Bentley’s What Was I Thinking. The song features a young man reflecting on a night out with a [...]
That's a line from a TV commercial I saw tonight for a brand of high-definition television. That's just wrong on so many levels. But, especially from the life-changing aspect.
That's a line from a TV commercial I saw tonight for a brand of high-definition television. That's just wrong on so many levels. But, especially from the life-changing aspect.
On LinkedIn, I just ran across this question submitted by another user:
Over the past ten years I have consumed a fair amount of legal services in a variety of areas. I have found it difficult to find the quality of service I am looking for. In general, it just seems [...]
On LinkedIn, I just ran across this question submitted by another user:
Over the past ten years I have consumed a fair amount of legal services in a variety of areas. I have found it difficult to find the quality of service I am looking for. In general, it just seems [...]
Next week I'm off to Culver again to work with my colleagues John Yeager and Sherri Fisher in another set of Broaden & Build seminars. We'll be in the room at the far right of the picture, just past the golf cart!
I haven't seen [...]
Next week I'm off to Culver again to work with my colleagues John Yeager and Sherri Fisher in another set of Broaden & Build seminars. We'll be in the room at the far right of the picture, just past the golf cart!
I haven't seen John [...]
Gordon Crovitz' column in today's Wall Street Journal has the second phrase in quotes above as its headline. The first is Chris Peterson's summary of the key findings of positive psychology. Mr. Crovitz notes that rising number and attendance at business conferences, and focuses on the D: [...]
Gordon Crovitz' column in today's Wall Street Journal has the second phrase in quotes above as its headline. The first is Chris Peterson's summary of the key findings of positive psychology. Mr. Crovitz notes that rising number and attendance at business conferences, and focuses on the D: [...]
My monthly post is up over at Positive Psycholgy News Daily. It's a story of how a change in parental involvement and differeing beliefs about its meaning.
' [...]My monthly post is up over at Positive Psycholgy News Daily. It's a story of how a change in parental involvement and differeing beliefs about its meaning.
[...]Marty Seligman writes in the Sydney Morning Herald:
In two words or less, what do you most want for your children?
If you are like the hundreds of Australian parents I've asked, you said: happiness, confidence, contentment, balance, good stuff, kindness, health, satisfaction, and the like. In short, well being.
In two words [...]
Marty Seligman writes in the Sydney Morning Herald:
In two words or less, what do you most want for your children?
If you are like the hundreds of Australian parents I've asked, you said: happiness, confidence, contentment, balance, good stuff, kindness, health, satisfaction, and the like. In short, well being.
In two words [...]
That's the title of my April post over at Positive Psychology News Daily.
[...]This ABA CLE appeals to my geekier side!
A Discussion of Cutting-Edge Issues in AI and Robotics Law Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Format: Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast Duration: 60 minutes [...]
From the New York Law Journal via law.com comes a story about Daniel Lukasik, a lawyer in New York taking action to help create better opportunities for lawyers to battle depression. Among other things, he has created a website www.lawyerswithdepression.com.
Here's a quote from the [...]
Nashville is searching for a new schools superintendent. By some measures, our last search was a success. The candidate selected, Pedro Garcia, lasted almost seven years. Of course, he also created a "climate of fear" and presided over six straight years when Nashville lost ground to the state average [...]
We do a pretty good job of teaching students to read and a lousy job of getting them to read to learn. Knowing how to read is just not enough; it is the habit of reading for the pleasure of the story and the tingle [...]
This is the beginning of an article in Friday's Wall Street Journal that is an example of how fields of science other than positive psychology are beginning to study positive deviants. The article goes on to note that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) scans revealed that the few couples they've [...]
This picture grabbed my attention in an ad on a website. It's from Wayfarer's Moon, an on-line cartoon. I noticed it because it is archery and the arrow is drawn on the correct side of the bow and the character is using a correct [...]
If you would, please go read this, then come back and go to the continuation of this post.
How'd you respond. Yes or no? Affirming or critiquing. Bringing the emotion the story created in you on into your life, or pushing it out?
Positive psychology research has shown that when we [...]
My book note on Psychological Capital by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio is up over at Positive Psychology Daily News.
[...]
Came up with this while looking around at the Uncommon Individual Foundation. I met an individual associated with that effort while presenting on positive psychology to a group of school superintendents in Philadelphia last Spring. The site's in beta and I'm not sure where [...]
I have had wonderful opportunities to apply positive psychology in recent months, and the schedule ahead suggests those opportunities will continue:
Culver Academies Faculty Workshop, Culver, IN, 6/11-13, 2007 (Workshop)
Culver Summer Camps Staff Workshop, Culver, IN, 6/13-15, 2007 (Workshop)
The Lawrenceville School Positive Psychology Conference, Lawrenceville, NJ, 6/16-18 (Participant)
United [...]
Thanks to Brian Friedlander for pointing me toward . Cool site to search wikis, including wikipedia, and display the results as a mindmap. Here's a picture of the search results for "positive psychology."
[...]Thanks to Brian Friedlander for pointing me toward . Cool site to search wikis, including wikipedia, and display the results as a mindmap. Here's a picture of the search results for "positive psychology."
[...]Lots of students are starting law school for the first time. Although they may not know it yet, they are heading into a set of experiences that many find extraordinarily toxic. Studies going back more than 15 years have repeatedly shown that law students suffer significant negative psychological changes during [...]
Lots of students are starting law school for the first time. Although they may not know it yet, they are heading into a set of experiences that many find extraordinarily toxic. Studies going back more than 15 years have repeatedly shown that law students suffer significant negative psychological changes during [...]
Lots of students are starting law school for the first time. Although they may not know it yet, they are heading into a set of experiences that many find extraordinarily toxic. Studies going back more than 15 years have repeatedly shown that law students suffer significant negative psychological changes during [...]
He's jewish.
He's 86.
He can't stand well and has titanium in his hip.
Arthur Rashkovan, a 28-year-old surfer from Tel Aviv, said Paskowitz's project was part of a larger [...]
He's jewish.
He's 86.
He can't stand well and has titanium in his hip.
Arthur Rashkovan, a 28-year-old surfer from Tel Aviv, said Paskowitz's project was part of a larger [...]
My monthly post is up at Positve Psychology Daily ; Leadership by and for Rider/Elephants
[...]My monthly post is up at Positve Psychology Daily News: Leadership by and for Rider/Elephants
[...]Carol Dweck has a new website that promotes her book, Mindset. The site offers the opportunity to take a simple mindset assessment, suggestions for change, and tips for teachers, coaches, parents, and business leaders to use the material. She also has some commentary on various topics based on the [...]
Carol Dweck has a new website that promotes her book, Mindset. The site offers the opportunity to take a simple mindset assessment, suggestions for change, and tips for teachers, coaches, parents, and business leaders to use the material. She also has some commentary on various topics based on the [...]
Today's Wall Street Journal has a Science Journal column by Rober Lee Hotz reporting on new discoveries about mirror neurons -- the brain structures that appear to enable empathy. Experiments at UCLA on exposed brain tissue of patients undergoing neurosurgery have, for the first time, identified the individual mirror [...]
Today's Wall Street Journal has a Science Journal column by Rober Lee Hotz reporting on new discoveries about mirror neurons -- the brain structures that appear to enable empathy. Experiments at UCLA on exposed brain tissue of patients undergoing neurosurgery have, for the first time, identified the individual mirror [...]
Recently, I have asked the following question of a number of attorneys in CLE programs and at a meeting of MCLE regulators from around the country. Each time, I've gotten similar responses. Overwhelmingly, lawyers, and those who regulate CLE, recognize that it is NOT lack [...]
Recently, I have asked the following question of a number of attorneys in CLE programs and at a meeting of MCLE regulators from around the country. Each time, I've gotten similar responses. Overwhelmingly, lawyers, and those who regulate CLE, recognize that it is NOT lack [...]
Elona, asked in a comment: "Why are some kids able to succeed despite everything while other kids can't?" You suggested that a caring adult makes a difference, and research on factors in the child's world does show that such relationships are important.
The Penn Resiliency Program, however, focuses on [...]
Elona, asked in a comment: "Why are some kids able to succeed despite everything while other kids can't?" You suggested that a caring adult makes a difference, and research on factors in the child's world does show that such relationships are important.
The Penn Resiliency Program, however, focuses on [...]
I heard Barry Schwartz again a week ago at the "Positive Psychology and Education" conference at the Lawrenceville School, NJ. Dr. Schwartz is the author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. In it, he talks about how too many choices can lead to unhappiness, regret, lack [...]
I heard Barry Schwartz again a week ago at the "Positive Psychology and Education" conference at the Lawrenceville School, NJ. Dr. Schwartz is the author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. In it, he talks about how too many choices can lead to unhappiness, regret, lack [...]
A Google News Alert I have set for MCLE matters brought this Law.com article to my attention.
From Moral Partners to a Moral Firm
Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Special to Law.com
May 2, 2007
Here’s the link:
The article deals with what law firms can learn from the struggles of accounting firms to [...]
A Google News Alert I have set for MCLE matters brought this Law.com article to my attention.
From Moral Partners to a Moral Firm
Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Special to Law.com
May 2, 2007
Here’s the link:
The article deals with what law firms can learn from the struggles of accounting firms to [...]
Last Tuesday, the 10th, I participated in a CLE program that was the exception to the rule that "war stories" are not good CLE. "War stories" are anecdotes about a trial or other experience in representing a client. Often, these stories, while entertaining, primarily serve to [...]
Last Tuesday, the 10th, I participated in a CLE program that was the exception to the rule that "war stories" are not good CLE. "War stories" are anecdotes about a trial or other experience in representing a client. Often, these stories, while entertaining, primarily serve to [...]
