Positive psychology

In my family, we try not worry about whether money will affect our ability to do something that is important to us and that is reasonable. We took this approach around the time I entered high school. We were choosing between a $16,000 dollar a year private school and your standard free public high school. Our main dilemma was my family was going to be sending two of us to high school so if we were to go private all the costs would double. My family couldn’t afford to pay $32,000 dollars a year…

.” To examine answers to the question, ‘What techniques do people adopt that make them functional and happy in their jobs, family roles, community roles, etc.’, this research focuses on athletes who play or played team sports during high school and college. Within a wealth of literature on the topic, evidence shows that athletes find success and happiness in life when the skills the athletes learned while playing team sports transfer to life-skills. Examples gathered in this research describe…

What is giving? Giving means to freely offer or provide a gift to someone. Whether it’s for a celebration or out of the kindness of your heart. There are many reasons out there why giving can be healthy for you. Yes, I said healthy. You might think it’s just an act of kindness but in reality there are many health benefits to giving and I’m here to tell you what kind of benefits they are. As you read keep in mind that these are just a few reasons why giving is healthy, there are plenty others to…

believe that we make our own choices and our lives are not already predetermined. I do believe also believe we can make any situation a positive or negative thing. The way we look at any situation problem or blessing is what makes us who we are it’s impossible to say witch one these two philosophical theories’ is right or wrong because both can be used in positive…

Leadership In Nursing Leadership is defined as “a process of influence in which the leader influences others toward goal achievement” (Kelly, 2012). Leadership is a vital aspect of any industry, but especially in nursing. It is also important to understand that along with influencing others toward goal achievement, leadership is based on relationships with others. Kelly explains that a minimum there are three qualities that leaders must have, guiding vision, passion and integrity. Guided vision…

Would you consider yourself successful? This is the question that we all strive for but never truly think about. Success is defined as “a favorable or desired outcome” by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. A vague and quite bland answer. What happen to the passion that the story books once told us was possible. What happened to our ability to believe that anything was possible? I believe that that type of compassion and open-mindedness can be found in two places. The first being in your school, and the…

took place, and the pet-time with my dog back home distracted me and brought me great joy. This activity taught me new, more effective coping strategies. Next, we kept a gratitude and random acts of kindness log. Doing this, I definitely noticed a positive feeling or sensation after each, especially the gratitude list. I 'm going to try to do this more often, because I take a lot of things for granted. Lastly, for the final activity of this assignment, we listed six things that bring meaning…

Happiness is very essential in life. If you lead a happy life, you will live for many years. Happiness is that elusive thing we are all striving for and hoping to find. Everyone seeks to be happy and live a more fulfilling life. Happiness is mostly an attitude, a feeling of satisfaction with yourself and your place in the world. You should avoid stress and depression so that you can lead a happy life. There are many things that you should not compromise if you want to be happy. They include the…

entire industry. Frankly, engaging in the process of being a transformational leader exists within a reality that is largely defined by high risk and high reward decision-making. The decisions that end up panning out, however, can literally cause positive organizational transformation or lead to organizational sustainability within an ever-changing economic and political landscape. At the end of the day, transformational leaders’ primary responsibility is to formulate and sustain a vision…

Morrie is an old man, who could not move on his final days. At this stage, all he had was his voice which can express his wisdom. He was depending on others, which might make some people that he should be ashamed. Instead of being ashamed, he had chosen to live until his last breath. Besides, life in Morrie’s mind means being happy. Morrie’ story was a unique lesson, which inspire me to change the way I think and live with. This movie led me to understand the real meaning of life. Simply, it…