One thing that you can never focus enough on is doing what you are passionate about. Thats the true energy drive behind poeple who succeed. Its important to really take the time to step back and take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself, am I having a blast right now? Oppertunities are there, businesses are changing and there is the possibility for everyone who tries hard enough to get out there and really do what they want.
Good News For kids!
If we take man as he is we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
Here is an Idea that has been running through my head. In an article in Psychology Today called « why we love bad news » researchers have shown that the human brain has a negativity bias. This means that we are particularly sensitive to bad news, so much that we must compensate our good news bad news to a 5:1 ratio to maintain an optimistic mental health. I would like to put forward this idea: By prensenting good news to students at the beginning of each day, can we increase their potential?
What does it mean to be an optimist in 2010? When i look at the state of the world its pretty easy to become discouraged with some things. The economy, political instability, social injustices are all present and constitute a challenge for us. Here is my take on how to be optimistc in the midst of a financial crisis.
OK … so you have a sappy, supposedly inspirational quote. It’s just an old wives’ tale — just a silly quip. It doesn’t really mean anything. Right? Maybe … maybe not. Doug Horton says, “Smile, it’s free therapy.” There just may be something to this!
In psychology, there is a theory entitled the “facial feedback” hypothesis. This hypothesis states that “involuntary facial movements provide sufficient peripheral information to drive emotional experience” (Bernstein, et al., 2000). Davis and Palladino explain that “feedback from facial expression affects emotional expression and behavior” (2000). In simple terms, you may actually be able to improve your mood by simply smiling!
SMILE!
You have a very powerful tool of persuasion. This tool can make others feel liked, and can disarm others in times of conflict. Continue reading to learn how to better use this tool—your SMILE!
Philip has a very big problem. Whenever he enters a room, everyone ignores him! Every time he gets on the bus to go to school, the bus driver simply nods and looks away. Most of Philip’s peers almost never have conversations with him, and the impression around school is that he is a grump who gets mad at just about anything. Even his teachers are edgy with him, and tell him that he has a “chip on his shoulder.”
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