Positive psychology

Pursuit of Happiness What is happiness and how do we measure it? We mostly know when we are happy and when we are not happy. But, is there a way to achieve happiness if we are not? People define happiness in so many different ways and also prescribe variety ways to achieve happiness (Taber). Are there some specific ways that make human in general happy or the way might work not depends on the individual? Different individuals pursued happiness in different paths in these movies Groundhog Day,…

Philosophy of leadership is different between person to person, based on personal values, experience and what is required and needed to accomplish their mission. Leadership ideology and expectation is also influenced by the environment one is made a leader, this causes there to be similar but different principles one values as a leadership aspect. I am yet to believe and feel like a leader that, but I have certain leadership philosophy that I feel strongly about and value and hope to keep as an…

We all like to think of ourselves as being good people. However, we quite often we are selfish. A person can be begging for help to save their way of life, and we won’t bat an eye. We will often think that the person begging needs to get with the times or that they are just whining over nothing. However when we ourselves need help, we become shocked and outraged when we receive no such thing. This is what Tom Law attempts to convey in his article “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language”, where he…

“Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.” Great words from Tom Landry. In reality leadership is one of the most important aspects of being a military member of any kind. We think that because we are Chiefs or higher we have accomplished the pinnacle of individual accomplishment. I choose to take a different outlook, I believe that true leadership is taking what the military gives you and making better people out of them. Resulting…

Leadership has concerned an amount of people on deducting its theories. It is the ability that people, only a few, have to motivate and inspire them to achieve goals in life and find a purpose to go on, flee and face their problems. Leaders have their own ways of thinking and dealing with the group they work with. The basic theories that are common used by them to lead people are the Great Man, the Trait, the Behavioral, the Participative, the Situational, the Contingency, the Transactional and…

After completing the leadership self-assessment and bar graph I identified the dominant leadership behaviors included providing direction, leading courageously, championing change, coaching and developing people and acting with integrity. The least used leadership behaviors included fostering teamwork and motivating others. The first leadership behavior I’m going to review is to provide direction. In order to provide direction to team members the leader must understand the mission and goals of…

Love has been constantly defined as a beautiful, optimistic, and hopeful emotion. It fills people with joy and delight, leading their hearts to never-ending laughter. However, in the performed poem "Unrequited Love", Sierra DeMulder sees loving another to be gut-wrenching and mentally agonizing. In the poem, the speaker talks about watching someone her listener loves have feelings for another woman. When the person that she is speaking to first find out that there is another woman, that person…

• Mindfulness stops you from slipping into a life that distracts you from your values. • with mindfulness, you make everyone in your team feel respected and recognized, producing a more positive and productive work environment. • Mindful leadership will help you achieve clarity about what is important to you and give you a deeper understanding of the world around you. • Mindfulness will help you clear away the unnecessary doubts about insignificant…

“Enough fine weather and money and a few memorable meals makes any place desirable”(McCracken). In The Giver by Lois Lowry there is a community that is like the perfect world. It makes it try to seem that everything is perfect and that nothing is wrong. In the article “Haiti in crisis” by Bryan Brown and Patricia Smith they are telling us all the things that are going not very well. The Giver was about how the citizens needed a perfect world to live in and so they created one. They had rules in…

Courage can't just be said it has to be shown. In the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Mr. L.T. Morrision is the most brave, loyal, and kind person you will meet. Mr. Morrison showed courage by standing to the wallaces, he moved Kaleb Wallace's car off the road, and when he stayed with the Logans even though he could get hurt Mr. Morrison’s actions proved that he knows what is right and he is going to stand up for that no matter what. Even though his parents were killed by…