#Techsauce knowledge sharing — Positive Psychology
Positive psychology is “the scientific study of what makes life most worth living”,[1] or “the scientific study of positive human functioning and flourishing on multiple levels that include the biological, personal, relational, institutional, cultural, and global dimensions of life”.[2] Positive psychology is concerned with eudaimonia, “the good life”, reflection about what holds the greatest value in life — the factors that contribute the most to a well-lived and fulfilling life. (Source)
Escaping the cult of average
Creating the cult of the average with science
Being Normal — just merely average
We should move all together at once
Medical School Syndrome
Medical students’ disease (also known as second year syndrome or intern’s syndrome) is a condition frequently reported in medical students, who perceive themselves to be experiencing the symptoms of a disease that they are studying. The condition is associated with the fear of contracting the disease in question. (Source)
The absence of disease is not health
Health is not just absence of disease but a state of overall wellbeing. … “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (Source)
Every time your brain has a success, you just change the goalpost of what success looked like. (Source)
Happiness advantage
Reverse the formula of happiness and success
When you think positive, you will be happy, see the world in the different way.
- 3 gratitude — write 3 new things everyday (positive things)
- journaling — 1 positive moment diary
- exercise and meditation
- random acts of kindness
