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		<title>Many Paths to (Un)Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This is a great piece of bittersweet creativity from lizstless. Just click on it once to expand it, then click on the &#8216;+ all sizes&#8217; link top LHS of the image to make it large enough to read.

Thanks to Hearistic for the link.
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		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/03/many-paths-to-unhappiness/</link>
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		<title>FREE Positive Psychology Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that you get something for nothing, particularly top quality scientific papers. However, you can now download ten Dec 2009 papers from some of the best-known Positive Psychology researchers including Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ed Diener, Antonella Della Fave and the UK&#8217;s Stephen Joseph. See the Table of Contents below. Thanks to Ingrid Brdar for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/03/free-positive-psychology-journal/</link>
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		<title>Which comes first, the inspiration or the well-being?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some fantastic new (2010) research from Todd Thrash and colleagues suggests that inspiration leads to well-being (but not the other way round), and that purpose in life and gratitude are mediators. For the full story see my Positive Psychology News Daily posting here.
As always, you can post your comments here and on the PPND website.


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		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/02/which-comes-first-the-inspiration-or-the-well-being/</link>
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		<title>How Coke spreads a little happiness&#8230;</title>
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Thanks to http://twitter.com/dannyfine for the link
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		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/02/how-coke-spreads-a-little-happiness/</link>
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		<title>The positive psychology of social networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Social Media In Enterprises Just Is
Some of you might be wondering what the connection is between social media (aka social networking), business and positive psychology. The answer (or at least one of them) as far as I am concerned is performance. Both individiual and organisational performance depend on employee engagement and well-being, both of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/02/the-positive-psychology-of-social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Science of Happiness &#8211; Short Documentary</title>
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Here&#8217;s a great 25 minute documentary about the science of happiness, featuring Harvard&#8217;s Dr Daniel Gilbert (&#8220;Stumbling on Happiness&#8221;), Dr Angela Clow from the University of Westminster and my favourite,  Newcastle University&#8217;s Dr Daniel Nettle (&#8220;Happiness &#8211; The Science behind your Smile&#8221;).
Thanks to CoachFu for the link
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		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/02/science-of-happiness-short-documentary/</link>
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		<title>Positive Psychology on BBC Radio 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Repeated at 11pm tonight BBC Radio 4:

Off the Page - Dominic  Arkwright interviews my colleague and fellow MAPP graduate,  Miriam Akhtar about what happiness is and how she found it, as well as Dr Phil Hammond (a potential convert to positive psychology) and Guardian journalist Lucy Mangan (a dyed-in-the-wool sceptic). Miriam gives a very personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/02/positive-psychology-on-bbc-radio-4-2/</link>
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		<title>Cash to spare? How you spend it affects your happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to my January contribution to Positive Psychology New Daily . Research just out suggests that how you spend your money affects your well-being, and that you&#8217;d be better off  (psychologically-speaking) by considering experiential purchases rather than material ones.  There are several reasons for this, for example, people tend to make unfavorable comparisons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2010/01/cash-to-spare-how-you-spend-it-affects-your-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Planning for 2010? How Daily Mental Time Travel Can Increase Happiness or Decrease Anxiety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to my December contribution to Positive Psychology New Daily &#8211; given that 2010 is nearly here, it seemed appropriate to write about &#8216;future mental time travel&#8217; (MTT). This particular research suggests that practising future MTT every day can increase your level of happiness if you focus on positive events.
If you can&#8217;t think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2009/12/planning-for-2010-how-daily-mental-time-travel-can-increase-happiness-or-decrease-anxiety/</link>
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		<title>Das große Glück für Anfänger: In 100 Schritten zum Happy End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to update you all &#8211; Ilona and I are delighted to see that The Happiness Equation has been published in German. According to my MAPP colleagues, Drs Marina Fiedler and Lars Fend, there are two books on the topic of happiness and well-being in the top ten at the moment &#8211; let&#8217;s hope The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workmad.co.uk/blog/2009/12/das-grose-gluck-fur-anfanger-in-100-schritten-zum-happy-end/</link>
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