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Selected Positive Psychology Books

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

By Angela Duckworth

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Dr. Angela Duckworth shows parents, students, educators, athletes, and business people that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls "grit."

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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney

By Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney

Drawing on cutting-edge research and the wisdom of real-life experts, Willpower shares lessons on how to focus our strength, resist temptation, and redirect our lives. It shows readers how to be realistic when setting goals, monitor their progress, and how to keep faith when they falter. By blending practical wisdom with the best of recent research science, Willpower makes it clear that whatever we seek—from happiness to good health to financial security—we won’t reach our goals without first learning to harness self-control.

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The Science of Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener (Social Indicators Research Series)

By Ed Diener

The Collected Works of Ed Diener, in 3 volumes, present the major works of the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. The first volume presents the major theory and review papers of Ed Diener, giving a broad overview of findings in the field, and the theories of well-being. The second volume focuses on culture, citing findings that are mostly all derived from the Diener laboratory and his students. The third volume on measurement is the most applied and practical one because it discusses all the measures used, and presents new measures.

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Energize Your Workplace: How to create and sustain high-quality connections at work by Jane Dutton

By Jane Dutton

Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow up energy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-quality relationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to do work and do it well. Grounded in solid research, this book uses energy as a measurement to describe the power of positive and negative connections in people's experience at work. Author Jane Dutton provides three pathways for turning negative connections into positive ones that create and sustain employee resilience and flexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, and build individual commitment and cooperation. Through compelling and illustrative stories, Energize Your Workplace offers managers, executives, and human resource professionals the resources they need to build high-quality connections in the workplace.

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Experience Psychology by Laura King

By Laura King

Experience Psychology introduces function before dysfunction, building student awareness and understanding by looking first at typical, everyday behavior before delving into the less common—and likely less personally experienced—rare and abnormal. Experience Psychology helps students to perform to their maximum potential in and out of the classroom, fully engaging them in the content and experiences that comprise the world’s most popular undergraduate major.

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Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney

By David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney

Written by the originators and leaders of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) movement itself, this short, practical guide offers an approach to organizational change based on the possibility of a more desirable future, experience with the whole system, and activities that signal ""something different is happening this time."" That difference systematically taps the potential of human beings to make themselves, their organizations, and their communities more adaptive and more effective. AI, a theory of collaborative change, erases the winner/loser paradigm in favor of coordinated actions and closer relationships that lead to solutions at once simpler and more effective.

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Positive Organizational Scholarship by Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn

By Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn

In helping establish a new field of study in the organizational sciences, POS, this book examines a variety of positive dynamics in businesses and organizations that give rise to extraordinary outcomes. Positive Organizational Scholarship does not adopt one particular theory or framework, but encompasses any phenomenon that leads to positive, nurturing results. This collection of essays, written by established senior scholars, explains why and how these commonsense prescriptions work.

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Positive Psychology in Practice

Editored by P. Alex Linley and Stephen Joseph
Forward by Martin Seligman

A thorough and up-to-date guide to putting positive psychology into practice From the Foreword: "This volume is the cutting edge of positive psychology and the emblem of its future." -Martin E. P. Seligman.

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Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier by Robert Emmons

By Robert Emmons

Robert Emmons examines what it means to think and feel gratefully in Thanks! and invites readers to learn how to put this powerful emotion into practice. Scientifically speaking, regular grateful thinking can increase happiness by as much as 25 percent, while keeping a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy. But there's more than science to embrace here: Emmons also bolsters the case for gratitude by weaving in writings of philosophers, novelists, and theologians that illustrate all the benefits grateful living brings.

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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing (Volume VI)

Editted by Felicia A. Huppert, Cary L. Cooper

Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing examines the most successful existing strategies to promote wellbeing and mental health. It discusses the results of the latest research in the science of wellbeing and their implications for improved learning, creativity, productivity, relationships, and health. It covers interventions for individuals across the lifespan, as well as those for organizations, communities, and entire populations.

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