Yoda on the secret to success

Do or do not. There is  no try                     Yoda

This is a key principle in Behavioural Activation and in Step-by-Step Planning.

Robert Sternberg on what makes for a fulfilling intimate loving relationship

Love has three components:

(a) intimacy, which encompasses the feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness one experiences in loving relationships;
(b) passion, which encompasses the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, and sexual consummation; and
(c) decision/commitment, which encompasses, in the short term, the decision that one loves another, and in the long term, the commitment to maintain that love

Robert Sternberg, The Triangular Theory of Love


I discuss how the Triangular Theory of Love can help you understand - and improve - relationships in  in Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology

P.G Wodehouse on how to get on in the world

That’s the way to get on in the world – by grabbing your opportunities. Why, what’s Big Ben but a wrist-watch that saw its chance and made good.

P.G Wodehouse  The Small Bachelor (Chapter 6)

See https://wantoncreation.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-p-g-wodehouse/ for more P.G. Wodehouse quotes

I chanced upon it using http://www.wodehouse.co.uk/quote_generator.asp

Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard's response to having his laptop stolen in India

"I didn't feel aggrieved at all," Ricard says, adding that his only regret was that he hadn't been able to send the thief the power lead.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/matthieu-ricard-meet-mr-happy-436652.html

Creative Thinking Author Michael LeBoeuf on the difference between goals and daydreams

Goals without deadlines are daydreams

Michael LeBoeuf Creative Thinking (p.41)

In Psychology, what is meant by Flow?

Flow  is

the enjoyable  and performance-enhancing experience of being totally absorbed in what you doing.

Flow is what Martin Luther King experienced when he had a dream...

It's what Usain Bolt experiences when he is "in the zone"

 It's what chess masters feel when totally absorbed in the game.

Flow is also, according to Martin Seligman, a key component of flourishing. 

Today's Personal Development Questions

Where or when do you most experience flow? 

Were there flow activities you used to experience which you could experience again?

What could you do today to experience some flow?

Read on: 

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow

Tim LeBon Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology (Chapter 7)