Unconditional positive regard

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…

1. What assignments would you most like to practice in the future (review the list of assignments and list at least three)? After reviewing the list of assignments, I’ve decided that the three assignments I would most like to practice in the future are Finding Flow, Savoring, and Gratitude Expression. • I chose the Finding Flow assignment because it 's important to become fully immersed in an activity to control my stress levels. I can incorporate this into my self-care routine. • I chose the…

Analytical or planned approach is suitable for stable environment that is completely controllable and predictable. This approach has certain requirements that include development of formal plans, centralized leadership and precise intentions. The planned approach is characterized with a specific mission, shared organizational intentions and realization of these intentions. This approach neglects the consideration of external factors such as changes in government policy, customer preferences, and…

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…

If I am able to change my sleep habit, I will be able to be healthier, more concentrated in school and, as a result, I will have better grades. On the other hand, I will spend less time with my family, I will have less time to go out to the movies, for example, and I will be absent when I can help others. In my chart, I present to have more importance in my pros than in my con, according to my scores from 1 to 5, because at the moment being healthier and do better in school is more important…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes in “Happiness Revisited” that the best moments in a person’s life are the ones in which they push themselves to accomplish something that poses a challenge. Csikszentmihalyi insists that happiness does not simply happen, but rather, it must be created by each individual by setting goals that are neither too simple nor difficult to achieve. As Csikszentmihalyi stated, "Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance…But…

Imagine you re having the worst morning of you 're life. Everything that could go wrong has, and to top it off, you have five minute until you are tardy for school. After a while of slow driving in the rain and hurried persistence on your part, your parent(s) finally pull(s) up to the school; you are late. You receive a tardy and now have detention even though being late wasn 't your fault. This is an unfair punishment for someone that is not responsible for when they arrive. Unfortunately,…

Implementing Positive Psychology Interventions in cases of adversity; The benefits of increasing Optimism, Resilience, Meditation, Hope and Social support in alleviating depressive symptoms. “Depression is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or excessive sleeping, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt and recurrent thoughts of…