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Informationen zum Autor Averil Leimon is a leadership psychologist and international business coach who uses positive psychology on a daily basis. She is a founder member of the Association for Coaching and is one of the top ten coaches in the UK. Gladeana McMahon is a leading transformational and personal development coach and Vice President and Life Fellow of the Association for Coaching. She was named as one of the UK's top ten coaches by the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Observer. Klappentext Why do some people achieve greater success and happiness than others? The key is positive psychology.For most of its history, psychology has focused mainly on the darker side of human behaviour - depression, anxiety, psychosis and psychopathic behaviour. In 1998, Martin Seligman became president of the American Psychological Association and inspired a movement to focus on the positives in human behaviour.Positive Psychology For Dummies:* Taps into the burgeoning media focus on happiness and positive mental attitude* Provides key information on the origins, theory, methods, practitioners and results of positive psychology* Demonstrates how to understand what makes you tick, how to hone positive emotions and how to use positive philosophy for success in both your personal and working lives.* Is perfect for a wide audience, from those wanting to get more out of their life, to psychology students or counsellorsAbout the authorGladeana McMahon is co-author of Performance Coaching For Dummies. She is regarded as one of the UK's top ten coaches.Averil Leimon is co-author of Performance Coaching For Dummies. She is a business psychologist and a leading UK leadership coach. Zusammenfassung Why do some people achieve greater success and happiness than others? The key is positive psychology. For most of its history, psychology has focused mainly on the darker side of human behaviour - depression, anxiety, psychosis and psychopathic behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organised 3 Part I: Getting to Grips: Introducing Positive Psychology 3 Part II: Doing the Time Warp: Past, Present and Future 3 Part III: What Positive Psychology Can Do For You 4 Part IV: Positive Psychology in the Real World 4 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: Getting to Grips: Introducing Positive Psychology 7 Chapter 1: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life 9 Putting the Positive in Psychology 9 Looking for a message 9 Being authentically happy 10 Building an evidence-based case 10 Measuring the good, the bad and the ugly 12 Living a positive life 12 Studying positive psychology 13 Having positive experiences 13 Recognising positive traits 15 Building positive relationships 16 Constructing positive institutions 16 Making It Worth Your While 19 Benefiting from positivity 19 Chapter 2: Why Being Healthy, Well and Happy is a Really Good Idea 21 Reaping the Health Benefits 21 A happy heart 22 Living the positive life 23 Building immunity 24 Assisting angry Andrew 26 Creating healthy habits 27 Living with Satisfaction 28 Becoming a well individual 28 Building societies with wellbeing 28 AIMing for Happiness 32 Attending to the good stuff 33 Interpreting for the best 34 Memorising effectively 35 Part II: Doing the Time Warp: Past, Present and Future 37 Chapter 3: Tackling the Past 39 Dealing with the Past 39 Mapping old issues 40 Letting go - forgiving if not forgetting 41 Knowing How to be Grateful 46 Givin...
