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by Roy Baumeister, 2014
• How do self-control and willpower function?
• How do we learn self-control as children?
• What bolsters willpower? What undermines it?
• Why do we so often fail to break bad habits?
• How can we increase our willpower and make it work for us?
Professor Roy Baumeister, USA, respected social psychologist exploring self-control, self-regulation, meaning and happiness and author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
by Angela Duckworth 2013
Research Psychologist Angela Duckworth was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. The Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.
by Angela Duckworth, 2014
Presentation by Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania; MacArthur Fellow
In conversation with:
Sheila Durant, P.S. 69X Journey Prep, Bronx, NY
Bryan Carter, GESU School, Philadelphia, PA
Moderator: Shannah Varon, Boston Collegiate Charter School, Boston, MA
Filmed at the STC 2014 National Forum: Harlem // NYC
May 15th, 2014
by Angela Duckworth, 2013
Watch Angela Duckworth talk about her research on grit and inter-disciplinary research in human capital. She is the co-leader of the Identity and Personality Network.
Angela Duckworth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies individual differences that predict achievement. Her research centers on self-control (the ability to regulate emotions, thoughts, and feelings in the service of valued goals) and grit (perseverance and sustained interest in long-term goals). In prospective, longitudinal studies, she documents the relationships among self-control, grit, and intelligence, and their prediction of academic and professional achievement.
by Angela Duckworth, 2013
Angela Lee Duckworth, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, shared highly regarded work on the psychology of success and why effort is as important as talent.
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 2011
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world's leading researchers in positive psychology. As the director of the Quality of Life Research Center, he specializes in research on psychological strengths of the human brain. He is known as the creator of the concept of 'flow', a satisfactory
state of being in which people feel completely absorbed in activity while losing their sense of time.
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 2014
• What really makes us glad to be alive?
• What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile?
• When do we experience ‘flow’ – a state of joy, creativity and total involvement?
• What does the research show about the beneficial effects of ‘flow’ on our happiness and wellbeing?
• How can we actively bring ‘flow’ into our lives at work, at play and in our relationships?
• Learning to live in harmony with ourselves, our society and the greater universe.
Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, USA, one of the greatest psychologists of our time, pioneering researcher into optimal experience or ‘flow’ and best-selling author of Flow: The classic work on how to achieve happiness
by Ed Diener, 2014
Produced and Conducted by Michael B. Frisch
Ed Diener
World Authority on Happiness Research
Senior Research Scientist in the Gallup Institute for Global Well-Being
by Ed Diener, 2012
by Ed Diener, 2014