Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

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But three concepts that come out of the scientific study of positive emotion can help you increase the amount of momentary happiness in your life: habituation, savoring, and mindfulness.

Second, a strength is valued in its own right.

I assign you (as I do my students) to have a beautiful day. Set aside a free day this month to indulge in your favorite pleasures. Pamper yourself. Design, in writing, what you will do from hour to hour. Use as many of the techniques above as you can. Do not let the bustle of life interfere, and carry out the plan.

Consciousness and emotion are there to correct your trajectory; when what you are doing is seamlessly perfect, you don’t need them.

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a person gives up for—with permanent explanations for bad events producing long-lasting helplessness, and temporary explanations producing resilience. The pervasiveness dimension determines whether helplessness cuts across many situations or is limited to the original arena.

The actions of medications do not depend at all on will; “no discipline required” is one of the main justifications of drugs.

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