Posts from — April 2008

Silence is golden.  Silence, with a smile, is platinum - Yip Pei Shan

This proverb was inspired by Juhairil, the waiter at Delifrance, Junction 8, who swept the women off their feet with his Mona Lisa smile and meticulous service.

Service with a silent smile indeed.  I salute you!

Blogs are now an increasingly simple and easy method of obtaining information up close and personal! That, indeed, makes me tingle with happiness!

On the theme of happiness, I had the privilege of being at the Simply Happy conference (with the compliments of John, Philip and Normala. Thank you!) organised in Singapore by Philip’s Global Leadership Academy. It was a conference with a mitochondria of knowledge-infused speakers! It was indeed a power-packed two days of sharing ideas and research in this field of Psychology.

It was an impressive start with Marty Seligman’s keynote speech on “Positive Psychology: The pursuit of happiness at work, at school, and at home”. [Read more →]

I am looking forward to the world premiere of Simply Happy: The new science of happiness and well-being, held in Singapore from the 16-17 April at the Singapore Expo and Convention Centre!!! Programme highlights include speeches by Martin Seligman, Sonja Lyubomirsky, George Vaillant, Catherine Lim, Ilona Boniwell, Judy Willis, Paul Rozin, Philip Merry, and David Chan.

Happiness is simply being happy (^.^)

My beloved friends,

My previous talks in the Positive Psychology series were excellent! As requested, I will write up free articles highlighting the aspects of my talk on Shan’s 3 “B”s of happiness as well as the first in the series entitled Shanshine.com … Smile! Are you shining yet? in due time.

What does it entail to be tenacious? Do you have what it takes to be tenacious in things that matter to you? I will share my experience with tenacious tenacity and how tenacity empowers you to stay true to your dreams.

I invite you to the third talk of my Positive Psychology series tomorrow evening in Singapore. Details as follows:

• Topic: Tenacious tenacity!!!
• Venue: Bishan Toastmasters Club, Bishan Community Centre, Singapore
• Date: 8 April 2008
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

I was reading Pollay’s (2008) Let positive triggers turn on your best self, and his response to his second question, Where do you look when you’re feeling good? caused a tickle in my heart which burst into a huge grin onto my face!

“You look up!” (Pollay, 2008).

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