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Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology

Last updated: March 18, 2025

    The best books on Optimism, recommended by Elaine Fox

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    The best books on Optimism - The Glass Half-Full by Suzanne C Segerstrom

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    The Glass Half-Full
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    The best books on Optimism - The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot

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    The Optimism Bias
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    The best books on Optimism - The Optimist by Laurence Shorter

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    The Optimist
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    The best books on Optimism - Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    Smile or Die
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    The best books on Optimism - Always Looking Up by Michael J Fox

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    Always Looking Up
    by Michael J Fox

  • The psychologist and professor of cognitive neuroscience, Elaine Fox, reveals the benefits of positive thinking—if grounded in realism. Some of us may be genetically predisposed towards pessimism, but can overcome it.

  • The best books on Optimism - The Glass Half-Full by Suzanne C Segerstrom
  • The best books on Optimism - The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot
  • The best books on Optimism - The Optimist by Laurence Shorter
  • The best books on Optimism - Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • The best books on Optimism - Always Looking Up by Michael J Fox

The best books on Optimism, recommended by Elaine Fox

The psychologist and professor of cognitive neuroscience, Elaine Fox, reveals the benefits of positive thinking—if grounded in realism. Some of us may be genetically predisposed towards pessimism, but can overcome it.

The best books on Optimism, recommended by Elaine Fox

    The best books on Happiness, recommended by Jonathan Haidt

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    The best books on Happiness - Dhammapada

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    Dhammapada

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    The best books on Happiness - Ambition by Gilbert Brim

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    Ambition
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    The best books on Happiness - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

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    Stumbling on Happiness
    by Daniel Gilbert

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    The best books on Happiness - The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The How of Happiness
    by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The best books on Happiness - Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    Dancing in the Streets
    by Barbara Ehrenreich

  • Most of us want to be happy, and yet it's hard to achieve. Jonathan Haidt, psychologist and author of  the classic The Happiness Hypothesis, talks us through five books, old and new, to better understand happiness.

  • The best books on Happiness - Dhammapada
  • The best books on Happiness - Ambition by Gilbert Brim
  • The best books on Happiness - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
  • The best books on Happiness - The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
  • The best books on Happiness - Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

The best books on Happiness, recommended by Jonathan Haidt

Most of us want to be happy, and yet it’s hard to achieve. Jonathan Haidt, psychologist and author of  the classic The Happiness Hypothesis, talks us through five books, old and new, to better understand happiness.

The best books on Happiness, recommended by Jonathan Haidt

    The best books on Happiness at Work, recommended by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - First, Break All the Rules by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    First, Break All the Rules
    by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Authentic Happiness by Martin E P Seligman

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    Authentic Happiness
    by Martin E P Seligman

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard

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    Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
    by Richard Layard

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

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    Stumbling on Happiness
    by Daniel Gilbert

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - The No Asshole Rule by Robert I Sutton

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    The No Asshole Rule
    by Robert I Sutton

  • The CEO of iOpener, a human asset management consultancy, explains how you can increase happiness and thus productivity in the workplace. She picks five essential reads for bosses and employees.

  • The best books on Happiness at Work - First, Break All the Rules by Jessica Pryce-Jones
  • The best books on Happiness at Work - Authentic Happiness by Martin E P Seligman
  • The best books on Happiness at Work - Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard
  • The best books on Happiness at Work - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
  • The best books on Happiness at Work - The No Asshole Rule by Robert I Sutton

The best books on Happiness at Work, recommended by Jessica Pryce-Jones

The CEO of iOpener, a human asset management consultancy, explains how you can increase happiness and thus productivity in the workplace. She picks five essential reads for bosses and employees.

The best books on Happiness at Work, recommended by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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