Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy?

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Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that well be miserable if we dont get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things dont go as planned.
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Positive Psychology: 11th reason to become optimistic

This is a TED (Technology. Entertainment & Design) seminar talk given by Professor Martin Seligman, the author of Learned Optimism and the primary catalyst for the ‘Positive Psychology’ scientific movement. In this talk Martin covers the movement in psychology from its traditional ‘Disease Model’ – a model with the aim to increase the standards of [...]

Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

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Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that motivate everyone’s actions — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.
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