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Dear friends     In this inspirational talk Prof Marshall Goldsmith author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There discusses the importance of managing your emotions and communication at work and in the context of leadership. Based on his research, Goldsmith explains how being successful – is often detrimental for our future success. [...]

Dear friends,   The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less  is a  book published recently by Prof  Barry Schwartz. In this book, Schwartz argues that eliminating  some types of choices from our lives can not only ease and simplify decision processes but also reduce post-decision regret, which leads to higher satisfaction from the [...]

Dear friends   In the following talk given to Google’s staff, Michael Carroll author of The Mindful Leader dicusses  – Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others discusses the benefits of mindfulness in the context of leadership.       In this talk he argues that there is a new generation [...]

Dear friends   In the following talk given to Google’s staff, UCLA professor and author, Dario Nardi, discusses his discoveries into personality. Essentially Nardi argues that people with different personalities use use their brains in fundamentally different ways. In this talk he shares key insights from his lab. This talk is based on renowned Myers-Briggs [...]

Dear friends   The ideas behind authentic leadership are very simple, and yet they seem new to the leadership work. In this Google talk Prof Bill George discusses how you can follow your internal compass to become an authentic leader. His leadership philosophy is grounded in research that he and his colleagues have conducted with [...]

Dear friends   Here is Prof Steven Pinker speaking about his book “The Stuff of Thought.”, and the intriguing link between language and thought.   Enjoy! To your success!   Rona Dr Rona Hart Director Heart Enterprises Ltd London UK Tel 020 – 8931-3333 mob 07980-709821 Email: rona@hart2heart.co.uk www.positivepsychology4u.com

Dear friends   Wisdom is defined as “a deep understanding and realizing of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to choose or act or inspire to consistently produce the optimum results with a minimum of time, energy or thought. It is the ability to optimally (effectively and efficiently) apply perceptions and knowledge [...]

Pupils ‘need happiness lessons’   BBC news Thursday, 3 May 2007 Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6618431.stm   Teachers should give pupils lessons in how to cope with life and be happy, a government adviser says. Professor Lord Richard Layard, from the London School of Economics, believes the central purpose of schools should be to teach “the secrets of [...]

Dear friends   Here is an inspiring discussion about … the psychology of complaints…. why we compain, how we complain, what responses we get, and how we can complain in a ways that is going to get much better results…. all this in this engaging talk by Guy Winch.   Enjoy!     To your [...]

Dear friends   Social intelligence is the human capacity to navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments.  Here is Prof Daniel Goleman discussing the importance of Social intelligence in our lives and for our relationships.   Enjoy,     // // ]]> Amazon.co.uk Widgets  To your success!   Rona   Dr Rona Hart Director [...]

Dear friends     In this inspirational talk Annie Mckee discusses the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership. Based on decades of psychology research, McKee explores the concept of resonant leaders, who build resonant organisational cultures, and explains how and why they do that.   Enjoy!     Amazon.co.uk Widgets   To your success!   [...]

Dear friends   Emotional intelligence (EI) is an ability, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. Salovey and Mayer’s who first coined the term, perceive emotions as useful sources of information that help one to [...]

Dear friends,   In this google talk author and executive trainer Stan Slap speaks about The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers. in this talk he arues that the leader’s values matter. They matter in the workplace as well as at home, and the difference between leaders and others, is in their self awareness – [...]

Dear friends,   In the following video clip renowned mindfulness meditation professor Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about  “Coming to Our Senses – Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. As a pioneer into the research and the application of  Buddhist practices, Prof Kabat-Zinn explains what mindfulness is and discusses the value of mindfulness medidation for our [...]

Dear friends,   The concept of mindfulness is one of the simplest in positive psychology, and yet one of the most fleeting.   Mindfulness is about being attentive – shutting down the automatic pilot for a while and giving something your full and undivided attention. Being mindful is the opposite of being mindless, and I [...]

Dear friends,   Imagine that your organisation’s has a high turnover rates – new employees are leaving during a time when the directors have discovered a new market for the company’s products and are desperate to expand the business.   One approach here is to focus on the things that aren’t working, and think about [...]

Dear friends   Propspect theory claims that we are not so rational when it comes to decision making…. In the following clip we can see just how irrational we can become: watch and learn how something as small as the way we are presented with an offer (framing), dramatically changes the decisions we make.   [...]

Dear friends,   Can happiness be used as a defining factor of people’s quality of life? Economists today seem to think so.   The following clip explains why economists around the world are beginning to use happiness as an economic indicator.   Intertesting idea! what do you think?   To your well-being!   Rona   [...]

Dear friends,   In the following video clip Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Prof Daniel Kahneman explains why interest well-being is exploding worldwide these days, and why economists are interested in well-being. Kahneman also explains why the study of emotions may be the future of well-being research.   Intriguing ideas! Enjoy! Rona Dr Rona Hart Director Heart [...]

Philip Zimbardo: The Time Paradox   What if your attitudes toward time could explain why you are chronically late, why you’re likely to fight for rainforest preservation, or why you might be predisposed to addictions? In the following lecture Prof Philip Zimbardo discusses how our internal time perspectives determines every single one of our thoughts, [...]

Dear friends,   In the following video clip Dr Ronald D. Siegel, discusses what it takes to be happy, and summarises some of the surprising findings about what makes us happy.   Fascinating! Watch with delight!     Amazon.co.uk Widgets   To your happiness!     Rona   Dr Rona Hart Director Heart Enterprises Ltd [...]

Dear friends,   Here is Cheryl Richardson talking with women on Good Morning America on how to set boundries and say “no,” while practicing self-care!     Illuminating!   Here are two exercises written by Cheryl Richardson that can really help you find the key to your energy.   The first exercise will help you [...]

Dear friends,   Today many of us are going through an inner energy crisis, claims psychotherapists and author Mira Kirshenbaum  in her book The Emotional Energy Factor. We keep looking, she argues, for the keys to our wellbeing – success, happiness and peace of mind, and end up feeling emotionally drained and physically tired in [...]

Applying the Tetris Effect to Change Your Life     Dear friends,   For those of you who are not familiar with Tetris, let me explain first that Tetris is a computer game where block shapes fall from the top of the screen in different combinations and the player has to turn them around to [...]

Dear friends,   In my Positive Psychology workshops and courses, when we discuss Positivity and positive thinking, I often warn participants not to beat themselves over their past thinking patterns or if they find it difficult to control their thinking and stop thinking negatively. The problem is that when we beat ourselves – we are [...]