Category — Positive psychology

Achievement is good, pursuit is greater - Yip Pei Shan

This nugget of wisdom was born from a day out with Xin at Sentosa. Photographing the sun, the wind, the skies, nature and people around us, we had a delightful conversation over achievement and pursuit.

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Is authenticity vital today?

Yes, and if so, even more important in today’s context.

What is authenticity? Authenticity, one of the VIA’s strengths, is defined as “owning one’s personal experiences, be they thoughts, emotions, needs, preferences, or beliefs, processes captured by the injunction to know oneself” and “behaving in accordance with the true self” (Harter, 2002, p. 382). In essence, authenticity is being real and true to yourself.

Definitely, authenticity is vital in the extrapersonal (dealing with groups of individuals), interpersonal (dealing on a one-on-one basis) and intrapersonal (dealing with yourself) domains. However, the crux of the issue lies not in being authentic, but in daring to be authentic.

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My beloved friends,

Following SHAN, no matter what in my highly successful free Positive Psychology series, I invite you to my next speech series - Stories Alive!

Be enchanted and transported into my world of stories to enrich your soul and lighten your heart!

I invite you to the first of my Stories-Alive! series in Singapore. Details as follows:

• Title: Shan’s sharing! The three sillies!
• Venue: Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters, Braddell Heights Community Club, Singapore
• Date: 23 June 2008
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

PS. My apologies for posting this a day late. Shan’s sharing! The three sillies! was resoundingly received! It could not have been done without my wonderful audience!

The moral of Shan’s sharing! The three sillies! is to take comfort that no matter what we do, there are always others who fare worse off than us. In short, let us look on the bright side of things and enjoy each and every of life’s passing moments!

The tentative schedule for Stories-Alive! is once every two months.

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Two weekends ago, I accompanied my beloved mum for a shopping expedition.  On this particular Saturday, the car park that we ventured to park at was packed with cars.  Cars in the car park lots, cars looking for car park lots.  Now, the thing about Mum is she looks on the dark side of things.  Throw a scenario to her, and the probability of Armageddon becomes a certainty.

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On 20 February 2008, I wrote on What is the secret to a meaningful life? I was, and still is, enamoured with Seligman’s (2002) idea of what comprises meaning in our lives. Meaning is created when there is furtherance in knowledge, power and goodness.

I believe there is an abundance of knowledge and power, and ever increasing goodness as well. The crux lies in using our signature strengths, and in particular, how well we use our signature strengths. The flow diagram below details the stages of signature strengths.

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