"Future shock" is a concept proposed by Toffler in the 1960s, which refers to the fact that under the social upheaval, transient information constantly disturbs human feelings, novel things constantly impact human cognitive ability, and diversified choices continue to disturb human judgment. And when these three forces come together, it leads to the "impact of the future.".
We are now in an era full of "future shocks", accompanied by anxiety, low materialism, mourning culture or irrational shopping. But negativity only takes us farther and farther away from happiness, is there a scientific and proven way to help us regain hope and keep our minds in the best state? The answer is yes, and that is positive psychology.
"True Happiness"
"True Happiness" was written by Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, and recommended by Professor Peng Kaiping, dean of the School of Social Sciences and head of the Department of Psychology of Tsinghua University. The book has been a global bestseller for nearly 20 years, with sales of more than 2 million copies. It tells us in a popular and unscientific way what true happiness is and how we can become happier. The book contains more than 20 happiness index test questions and 32 life puzzle solutions, which can help you better recognize yourself and improve your happiness.
Seligman said that personality traits are positive and negative, and they appear repeatedly at different times and on different occasions. The optimistic man tends to interpret the present difficulties as temporary, in control, and only in this context; the pessimistic man thinks that his difficulties cannot be escaped in a lifetime, and that bad luck is one after another, and that he cannot control them. Obviously, the life changes brought about by the psychology of the latter are more likely to fall into a vicious circle, but they are not hopeless. Because positive emotions are cultivated. It doesn't allow us to focus our body's resources on fighting off imminent threats like negative emotions, positive emotions help us grow. Therefore, Seligman believes that we should not spend too much time correcting our weaknesses; instead, we should actively build on and play to our strengths.
"Reading Positive Psychology Every Day"
"Reading Positive Psychology Every Day" is a spiritual soothing agent, and the author starts from examples in life and provides targeted guidance for the problems we often encounter.
Mark Twain once said, "The strangest thing in the world is a small annoyance, which, at the beginning, will gradually become an annoyance that is innumerable times more powerful than the original." "For those who are accustomed to living a depressed and pessimistic life, the slightest annoyance can swallow us up like a cancer. Author Liu Bo believes that for everyone, pessimism and depression are dark clouds floating in the sky, and all small troubles deserve our attention and solution. Embracing everything actively can really be easy to live.
Method of Happiness 2: The Minimum Distance to Happiness
Method of Happiness 2: The Smallest Distance from Happiness is a new book by Taylor Ben-Shahar, which continues his quest for the question of how to attain inner happiness in The Method to Happiness and can be seen as a practical version of The Method of Happiness.
The author condenses the illuminating conversations he and his barber Avey had at the barbershop during two years into 40 short chapters. Through their brief conversations, we will join them in thinking about our relationships with ourselves, our lovers, our children, our neighbors, and our strangers, and each chapter reminds us of truths that have long existed but have long been ignored, and that we are prompting ways to attain happiness.
Taylor Ben-Shahar, who holds a master's degree in psychology and a ph.D. in philosophy and organizational behavior from Harvard University, has been selected as "Most Popular" by Harvard students for his courses "Positive Psychology" and "Psychology of Leadership," and he himself has been named "Most Popular Harvard Mentor." His courses are both practical and actionable, and have been hailed by many entrepreneurs and executives as "tangible happiness." Following him, we can discover together the minimum distance to reach happiness.
Reinventing Yourself: How to Be a Happy Person
Reinventing Yourself: How to Be a Happy Person is a book by Neil Pas richard, who studied at Harvard University, is a Walmart executive, one of the TED speakers, an expert in motivation and leadership training, and a happiness training for Fortune 500 companies such as Google.
This book is the work of him after reviewing the results of more than three hundred positive psychology experiments and summarizing his own experiences with successful people. It condenses the lifelong mental journey of all powerful CEOs, successful people and active leaders into one, forming a happiness formula and nine happiness secrets, making it easier for everyone to meet their future happy and beautiful selves.
In this regard, Howard Biha, former president of Starbucks, once said: "As soon as Neil opens his mouth, all leaders — no matter what level or background — will stop everything at hand... Listen to your ears". Jim Thompson, Walmart's chief operating officer for China, also said, "Neil Pas richard took us on a magical journey of self-discovery. Easy to read + practical = the best happiness cheats. ”
Re-tempered under the influence of positive psychology, let us peel off the old skin and become a better and happier version of ourselves.
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