Harvard Prof Teaches Happiness
July 7, 2008 – 8:05 am
For the past three years, Harvard’s most popular class has been Psych 1504: Positive Psychology taught by Professor Tal Ben-Shahar. Just like any others, this course requires research, paper-writing, and exams, but what draws students is their ability to immediately apply what they’ve learned by becoming happier in their own lives and contributing to the happiness of others.
The idea behind the concept of Positive Psychology is based on the idea of prevention rather than treatment. Its about learning the tools you must use to positively work through challenges as they come rather than just repairing the damage after they crush you. In addition to the Positive Psych class Ben-Shahar also teaches Positive Leadership and has published several books including his latest, Happier, in which he outlines six important keys to happiness.
Hopefully just reading MajorityMag has made you happier, but as Prof. Ben-Shahar would want us to remember there are no quick fixes, our happiness is determined by the choices we make everyday, so keep up the good work.
-JH
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