Category — Applications of Positive Psychology

Sometimes I find my curiosity to be the death of me.  In the VIA strengths questionnaire, my second highest strength is curiosity and interest in the world.

A few weeks back, I remembered having a burning curiosity about the timing gadget used in a meeting. [Read more →]

My beloved friends,

Shanshine’s M&Ms of playfulness was unanimously an award-winning inspirational! In my next talk on Shanshine’s ka-ching! and Ha ha ha!!!, ka-ching! is the sound of money, and Ha ha ha!!!, the sound of happiness! In this affluent consumer age, is money really the ultimate determinant of happiness? Can we create happiness with or without money? I will address these questions and share the secret of having BOTH money and happiness!

I invite you to the seventh of my Positive Psychology series tomorrow afternoon in Singapore. Details as follows:

• Topic: Shanshine’s ka-ching! and Ha ha ha!!!
• Venue: Grassroots Toastmasters Club, Grassroots Club, Singapore
• Date: 3 May 2008
• Time: 2-5pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

In my award-winning speech on Shan’s cockscrew of hope, I expounded on the importance of surrounding ourselves with optimistic people.  Based on the saying that “like begets like”, when you are with optimistic people, you will be influenced by their optimism, and hence, become optimistic as well!

In the following, I would like to pose a hypothetical situation to illustrate certain interesting revelations.

For example, while conversing with people, my developed sense of self-awareness signals to me what I am feeling and thinking at a particular point in time.  While talking with person A who intrigued me, I got to the crux of my signals.  The crux was that the most intriguing aspect of person A was a blend of positivity and negativity.

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My beloved friends,

Following the sweet successes of Tenacious tenacity!!! and Shan’s cockscrew of hope out of others, the sixth in a series of ten talks is entitled Shanshine’s M&Ms of playfulness! What is Shanshine’s M&Ms of playfulness? Two clues for you, ka-ching! and ka-bom! Living up to the chinese phonetics of Shan, which is san, meaning three in Chinese, three suggestions will also be offered to stoke the fires of your playfulness!

Let’s have fun!! I invite you to the sixth of my Positive Psychology series this evening in Singapore. Details as follows:

• Topic: Shanshine’s M&Ms of playfulness
• Venue: Bishan Toastmasters Club, Bishan Community Centre, Singapore
• Date: 29 April 2008
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

For the fun of it, I took the Grit survey!  This survey measures the VIA character strength of perseverance.

Guess what my score was?

3 out of 5!  I scored as high or higher than 8 in 10 test takers grouped under age, gender, education and occupation!

What is yours?