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Welcome to Dr Rona Hart’s The Success-Happiness Equation Workshop     Most people believe that once they become successful, then they’ll be happy. They believe that only when they achieve certain goals that they set for themselves, or desires that they wish to have – they will finally experience the joy that comes from fulfillment [...]

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   “People say, gee, your are so successful, and that is why you manage your time well… but I can assure you it’s the other way around. If you manage your time well – you will be successful!”.   This is an inspiring talk about a tedious topic – time management. In this [...]

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     In this talk Prof Tony Scwartz  author of The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to Performance, Health and Happiness discusses his research and his ideas on self management. His main argument is that demand on our time and on our performance is constantly rising. Problem [...]

Welcome to Dr Rona Hart’s Mind Power: Change Your Thinking – Change Your Life! Workshop Join us For the most exciting journey of your life: The journey to fulfill your dreams! Success, happiness and even wealth are not a matter of luck. They don’t just happen to some people and not to others – they [...]

Dear Friends,   In the following clip Prof Barbara Fredrickson, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses her new book, “Positivity”. The book explains on what positivity is, and why it is so important to us to be positive. She also discusses her Broaden and Build theory of positive emotions which explains how [...]

Dear Friends   In 1972 psychologist Prof Walter Mischel of Stanford University conducted one of the best known psychological experiments on delayed gratification. It was named the  The Marshmallow Experiment, and in this video you will see why.       As you will see, in the research, a marshmallow was offered to the children [...]

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 inspirational talk Robin Sharma discusses the foundations of leadership – that is: self leadership. He also shares an inspirational story of real leader – about how small actions make all the difference.   Enjoy!!   // // ]]> Amazon.co.uk Widgets  To your success! Rona   Dr Rona Hart Director Heart [...]

Dear friends   This clip is a beatiful and relaxing Vipassana – Mindfulness meditation. Close your eyes, open your mind and give it a try… Relax and enjoy!!       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,   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 [...]

Welcome to Dr Rona Hart’s Lecture: Introduction to Positive Psychology   Positive psychology is a fairly new branch of psychology. It was established in 1998 by Prof Martin Seligman, and today it is taught at a degree level only in few universities.   Positive psychology has two main strands of research. One can be generally [...]

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 [...]