A Life Worth Living: Contributions to Positive Psychology (Series in Positive Psychology)
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A Life Worth Living: Contributions to Positive Psychology (Series in Positive Psychology)

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Author: Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiPublisher: Oxford University PressHardcover:ISBN 10: 0195176790ISBN 13: 978-0195176797A Life Worth Living brings together the latest thought on Positive Psychology from an international cast of scholars. It includes historical, philosophical, and empirical reviews of what psychologists have found to matter for personal happiness and well-being. The contributions to this volume agree on priciples of optimal development that start from purely material and selfish concerns, but then lead to ever broader circles of responsibility embracing the goals of others and the well-being of the environment; on the importance of spirituality; on the development of strengths specific to the individual. Rather than material success, popularity, or power, the investigations reported in this volume suggest that personally constructed goals, intrinsic motivation, and a sense of autonomy are much more important. The chapters indicate that hardship and suffering do not necess

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