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

Finding permanent and universal causes of good events along with temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope;

finally to the peaks of lasting fulfillment: meaning and purpose.

Our third parenting principle is to take the positive emotions of your child just as seriously as the negative emotions, and his or her strengths as seriously as the weaknesses.

Positive emotion broadens and builds the intellectual, social, and physical resources that your children draw upon later in life. Augmenting positive emotions in your children can start an upward spiral of positive emotion. The positive traits that your child displays are just as real and authentic as his or her negative traits.

The task is challenging and requires skill We concentrate There are clear goals We get immediate feedback We have deep, effortless involvement There is a sense of control Our sense of self vanishes Time stops

Self-congratulation. Don’t be afraid of pride.

Sharpening perceptions. Focusing on certain elements and block out others. In

in twenty-first century America, self-esteem, good looks, assertiveness, autonomy, uniqueness, wealth, and competitiveness are highly desirable.

Wisdom and knowledge Courage Love and humanity Justice Temperance Spirituality and transcendence