Sublime

One study tracked more than six thousand young adults in the US at the beginning of their careers over the course of two decades, and found that those who believed that life’s outcomes are due to their own efforts as opposed to external factors became more successful in their careers and went on to attain higher earnings.25

It is better to reach one person who truly benefits from your work than a hundred who do not.

“One secret of happiness,” notes the economist Richard Layard in his book Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, “is to ignore comparisons with people who are more successful than you are: always compare downwards, not upwards.”

En 1998, Seligman est président de l’American Psychological Association. Il lance la « psychologie positive », dont le but est de faire progresser la psychologie au-delà de la maladie et de la pathologie, vers une étude de l’épanouissement humain. Au cœur de la psychologie positive se trouvent les techniques empruntées par Aaron Beck et Albert Elis

happens by helping them gain the skills and find the resources to make progress toward their goals.

Exercise should be the last thing to be abandoned when you’re feeling busy or overwhelmed, not the first. When tested head-to-head against multiple antidepressants, three days a week of moderate exercise was determined to be equally effective as the pharmaceuticals, with the pleasant side effect of having zero side effects!

The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga by Marvin Levine,