Quotes

"Not only is happiness an important goal in its own right, but it is also part of our adaptive evolutionary nature – helping us respond to any challenges we face."Nic Marks The Happiness Manifesto

"Next comes meaning and purpose, which require connecting our individual passion to a cause much greater than ourselves."Steven Kotler The Art of Impossible

"Make a note of something you learned through conversing with a colleague, reading an article, or listening during a meeting. In your note, include a brief explanation of why what you learned matters, as well as how this knowledge can be applied."Erin Lawn Your Strengths Blueprint

"Optimists tend to experience less distress during adversity than pessimists,"Kate Hefferon Positive Psychology

"Knowing the strengths of our significant others, and sharing our strengths with them, can help us avoid some of the frictions and frustrations that can arise from differences in our personalities, and it can help make the relationship itself greater than the sum of its parts."Suzann and James Pawelski Happy Together

"Being social is the most successful form of higher adaptation known."Martin E.P. Seligman Flourish

"Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, avarice, hostility, worry, and irritation."Sonja Lyubomirsky The How of Happiness

"Agreeableness The value an individual places on cooperation with others. It is characterised by warmth and sympathy towards others." (John Perry, Sport Psychology)John Perry Sport Psychology

"finding something meaningful in the bleakest of human conditions allowed Frankl and others to survive."Tom Rath

"Is there someone in your life whom you would feel comfortable phoning at four in the morning to tell your troubles to? If your answer is yes, you will likely live longer than someone whose answer is no."Martin E. P. Seligman Flourish

"Walking is the most trivial physical activity imaginable, yet it can be profoundly enjoyable if a person sets goals and takes control of the process."Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow

"Hopelessness is the root of anxiety, mental illness, and depression. It is the source of all misery and the cause of all addiction."Mark Manson Everything Is F*cked

"If you exercise today, you are more than twice as likely to feel physically attractive tomorrow. Feeling attractive is not just important for our self-confidence. Researchers at Columbia University found that our psychological perceptions of our body image could be as important as objective measures like body mass index (BMI)."Tom Rath Wellbeing

High-quality interpersonal relationships provide a source of joy and meaning across the lifespan, and they have been identified as one of the most reliable indicators of happiness, health, longevity, and life satisfaction for all ages.Investing in Valued Relationships Diener & Seligman, 2002; Pillemer & Rothbard, 2018 PERMA-Pak, Positive Psychology Toolkit, PositivePsychology.com

"Most of the time when we are blocked in an area of our life, it is because we feel safer that way. We may not be happy, but at least we know what we are—unhappy."Julia Cameron The Artist's Way

"Even engaging in pleasant activities does not guarantee positive emotions, because they depend on our interpretations."Ilona Boniwell Positive Psychology in a Nutshell

The glory days are not behind you, you architect them into your future, by levelling up. Create each day of glory. It’s a choice! Write a new chapter of glory in your life. Make every day a glorious glory dayBrendan Burchard GrowthDay Daily Fire (multiple dates)

"Happiness never comes from outside of us. He was happy because of the love coming out of him; she was happy because of the love coming out of her. But as soon as he made her responsible for his happiness, she broke the star because she could not be responsible for his happiness."Don Miguel Ruiz The Mastery of Love

"So what is my definition of happiness? It’s intangible. It can’t be attained or achieved. You don’t chase it. It’s sequential. It comes after you work on building up traits like hope, efficacy, resilience, optimism, gratitude and empathy. Then, when those upstream habits are formed, you get a chance to see happiness when it’s in front of you. You get the chance to stop missing it when it flies by."Jennifer Moss Unlocking Happiness at Work

"Transcendence is related to dedication and commitment to something or somebody other than oneself."Ilona Boniwell Positive Psychology in a Nutshell

"One idea is to procure a gratitude partner with whom you can share your blessings list and who prompts and encourages you if you lose motivation or simply forget."Sonya Lyubomirsky The How of Happiness

"Your program should include these two categories: personal development and professional development. Under each category, commit to learning material that will yield both present benefit and future benefit. Put aside regular times each day for your education."Tal Ben-Shahar Even Happier

"Living at a time when our society is beleaguered by materialism, generosity is an essential medicine to combat the striving for more."Dave Toycen he Power of Generosity

"Happiness accumulates a bit like compound interest – a little effort today will go a long way tomorrow."Timothy Sharp 100 Ways to Happiness

"We need to ask ourselves: what makes life worthwhile? what makes us happy, inside? what do we value most about life?"Mark Anielski The Economics of Happiness

...couples who make an effort to express fondness and admiration have been shown to experience a ‘build-up’ of positivity over time, leading to a longevity bonus of about 10 years (Fredrickson, 2009).Relationships and longevity Barbara Fredrickson PERMA-Pak, Positive Psychology Toolkit, PositivePsychology.com

"This emotional uplift is elevation, and we humans are designed to feel it when we see a morally beautiful act."Robert Biswas-Diener The Courage Quotient

"Grief over a loving attachment is in some ways still a positive emotion that in time helps us to broaden and build."Shonnon Poly et al. Character Strengths Matter

"Realized strengths are the strengths of which you are aware already and use, which in turn enable you to perform at your best."Kate Hefferon Positive Psychology

Life’s challenges can lead us to profound moments of growth and inspire us to make a positive impact in the world.Unknown

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