Oct 5
2008

Is Career Happiness Up to You?

By Sherri Fisher Sherri Fisher's website Sherri Fisher's email

How much of your happiness is up to you? Three-and-a-half slices worth. You are probably familiar with Ken Sheldon, David Schkade and Sonja Lyubomirsky’s pie chart depicting where our happiness comes from. If the pie has eight slices, it’s four slices of heredity, half a slice of life circumstances and three-and-a-half slices of intentional choices that you make. So the answer to the question in the title of this piece is that to a very great extent, your happiness, or well-being (a more chronic level of happiness) is in your hands […]

Topics: All, Exercises, Goals, Habits, Optimism and Positive Thinking, Positive Emotions (Positive Affect) 4 comments 4

Mar 3
2007

Positive Psychology, Party of Two

By Amy Donovan Amy Donovan's website Amy Donovan's email

As research within positive psychology has grown considerably over the last few years, so have the data confirming the substantial control that people have over their happiness, satisfaction, and well being, and that these are malleable and not inherent setpoints [1].  Knowing that we can affect our own happiness, the next logical question is, how do we do so?  And […]

Topics: All, Exercises, Pathway 1 "Pleasure", Savoring / In-the-Moment, _1 Positive Experiences 6 comments 6

Jan 1
2007

Amy Donovan’s Bio

By Amy Donovan Amy Donovan's website Amy Donovan's email

 
Amy Donovan, MAPP ‘07, is the founder of a consulting company that advises potential sorority members about Greek Life and recruitment using positive psychology concepts.  She also works in the admissions department for Vanderbilt University’s classical music college, the Blair School of Music.   Further, she has studied yoga for six years and currently teaches yoga to middle school […]

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