Friday Feature: Projecting Positivity

This semester, I'm teaching a course in positive psychology. As you can imagine, it's a lot of fun. What's not to like about going to work and focusing on ways to make ourselves happier and to make life better? It also helps to have a class made up of students who want to be there and who, every class, raise excellent questions and insights.

Curious about what those life-improving things might be? Check out this quick read from Happify on "13 Proven Ways to Project Positive Energy."

Happy Friday!

Friday Freebie: Optimism

Are you naturally a glass-half-full person? Do you look at the world through rose-colored glasses? Or, are you someone who wants to dump the first glass and toss out the rose-colored glasses while delivering a lecture on the real world?

"According to [happiness researcher, Martin] Seligman, much of the difference between attitudes comes down to the conversation people have with themselves." (Big Think Editors in their article, "Optimism is a Skill that Can be Learned"). If we change our thoughts, we can not only change our view of that partially full glass, we can develop a more positive outlook on life. And, as a bonus, we might just feel better about ourselves as well.

While we certainly can't eradicate all negativity (and even positive psychology researchers would argue that we shouldn't), making things a little rosier might not be such a bad thing. After all, what have we got to lose?