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Positive Psychology?
* Positive Psychology is:• as much concerned with
strength as with weakness• as interested in building the
best things in life as in repairing the worst
• as concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling as with the healing of pathology
* © Martin E.P. Seligman 2004. Used with permission
Three Pillars of Positive Psychology *
• Positive Emotion– The Pleasant Life
• Positive Character (Traits)– The Good Life
• Positive Institutions– The Meaningful Life
* © Martin Seligman 2004. Used with permission
The Pleasant Life & How to Enhance It *
• Past – satisfaction, gratitude, pride,
forgiveness, contentment
• Future – optimism, hope, trust, confidence
• Present– Pleasures (bodily senses)
• “savouring”, “mindfulness”– Gratification (absorbing activities,
flow, use of “signature strengths”)
* © Martin Seligman 2002 & 2004. Used with permission
The Good Life & How to Build It *
• Flow – deep, effortless involvement;
intellectual, social or physical engagement or absorption
– time stops, “self” vanishes
• Eudaimonia– contentment, flourishing– activities of noble purpose
• Signature Strengths & Virtues• No short cuts
* © Martin Seligman 2002 & 2004. Used with permission
The Meaningful Life & How to Attain It *
• Use of Signature Strengths in the service of what is larger than ourselves
• Positive Institutions
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* © Martin Seligman 2004. Used with permission
Relevance
“Authentic happiness comes from identifying & cultivating your most fundamental strengths & using them every day in work,
love, play & parenting”. Seligman (2002)
Applications?• Organisational (selection, team work,
leadership, conflict resolution, E. l. …)
• Vocational (career decisions, job satisfaction, job search resilience… )
• Educational (learning, resilience, optimism, social intelligence, …)
• Relationships (satisfaction, resolutions)
• and more
The 24 Character Strengths
WISDOM - KNOWLEDGE • creativity • curiosity • open-mindedness • love of learning • perspective
COURAGE • bravery • persistence • integrity • vitality
HUMANITY • love • kindness • social intelligence
JUSTICE • citizenship • fairness • leadership
TEMPERANCE • forgiveness & mercy • humility • prudence • self-regulation
TRANSCENDENCE • appreciation of
beauty/excellence • gratitude • hope • humour • spirituality/purpose