http://www.senia.com Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:50:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I coached Bill O'Connor on This Emotional Life, we spent about 80% of our time on job-related coaching, and 20% of our time on assessments like you saw on TV. As PBS writes: With the help of [an executive] coach specializing in positive psychology Bill was able to refocus ... http://www.senia.com/2010/01/07/ive-seen-this-emotional-life-now-what/ SUBJECT: e-intro: Joyce and Richard Hi Joyce and Richard, It's a pleasure to introduce you two, and given that you go to so many of hte same conferences, I'm surprised you don't already know each other. You may be interested in working together on some projects down the road together ... http://www.senia.com/2009/12/16/how-to-write-a-great-e-intro/ Funny situation. I was part of a team that was consulting to a large group. We each had responsibility for a section of the large group. I had grown to like the people in my section a lot. The people were visiting our town and were ... http://www.senia.com/2009/12/15/how-give-recommendations-places-people/ I used to have a big mouth when I was a kid. A huge mouth. When people would tell me secrets, I used to tell them to other people right away. I was a jerk. And when I was a teen, one specific person told me ... http://www.senia.com/2009/12/14/how-to-not-tell-peoples-secrets/ On PPND, we're having a discussion this month of what additional strengths may be worth pursuing. Here are the nominations so far: Get-it-out-the-Door - good examples of people who have this, including Asimov and da Vinci Thinking "critically" - great quote in this article by Oliver Wendell Holmes about "simplicity on the other ... http://www.senia.com/2009/07/14/some-recent-proposed-strengths/ I don't know the answer. I'm wondering if you might. Or might have heard of any research about this. http://www.senia.com/2009/07/14/why-are-we-less-hungry-when-its-hot-outside/ I'm reading the Handbook of Social Psychology, and came across Dan Gilbert's chapter on "ordinary personology." This is the study of the characteristics of individuals. However, Dan writes how one of the phrases used to describe this area of research was not such a good name for it: "Calling ... http://www.senia.com/2009/07/12/a-rose-by-any-other-name-is-not-always-a-rose/ Sometimes I forget. I get caught up in "This is the most important project I should be working on!" And I forget. And then things go downhill: my mood changes (I feel rotten, don't want to be around people, get sad more often), my attitude changes ("everything sticnks"), my drive ... http://www.senia.com/2009/07/11/nothing-nothing-nothing-nothing-nothing-nothing-nothing-nothing-is-as-important-as-exercise/ Lisa has a question: How do you consciously create happiness when you are in a bad mood? People seem in bad moods lately, a lot. I'll be talking about: The APE Method for How to Get Out of a Bad Mood The Three Sentences of the APE Method I am on the program Live! with ... http://www.senia.com/2009/05/21/talking-about-how-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/ This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen (no audio in there so don't worry about checking your speakers): Here's an article that describes this. BTW, this past week, the NYT wrote an article about twitter as a rallying or gathering mechanism, and - most interesting to me ... http://www.senia.com/2009/04/23/your-brain-writes-twitter/