Positive psychology
GI Joe Fallacy
The fallacy is knowing the idea is half the battle, but it is not true. Just knowing something is not enough to think about it. For instance, there are some visual illusions that we cannot be unseen even if we know the visual trick. To change our behaviour, we need more than just knowing things.
PERMA
Acronym for Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment— the basic dimensions of psychological flourishing.
Savoring: stepping out your experience, review it, and really appreciate it while it's happening.
Gratitude:
Experiencing gratitude has a lot of benefits:
- increase mood
- lower your stress level
- strengthen the immune system
Make an habit of writing down what your are grateful for.
Resources
| https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology |