Bonus BOTS: Flourish

Bonus Book on the Shelf

Title: Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Wellbeing
Author(s): Martin E.P. Seligman

Dimensions of Well-being: Emotional, Spiritual, Social

Take-aways: PERMA (Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment) is the updated formula for creating a purposeful, meaningful, happy life. Positive Psychology is proving it.

You'll LOVE this book if: you're looking for ways to intentionally create more opportunities in your life to be happy, engaged, and find meaning.

DON'T read if: You feel you already have a handle on your life, or don't feel that PERMA is important to you.

Reasons I love this book: I always appreciate systems and steps to creating a more purposeful, meaningful life. Dr. Seligman shows you the science, and gives you interesting, applicable evidence and stories to help you see how flourishing can make your life better.

When reading books, I often take one or two nuggets from them, absorb them into my preconceived knowledge of the world, and attempt to use what it shared with me to expand my horizons. I'm very rare occasions, the book will completely shift my perspective, and set me on a new path. This book has done just that.

While you may not completely change the trajectory of your life, this book will likely do two things:

1) give you both a sound understanding of why positivity, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishments can help you build a better life,

2) give you tactical, tangible means to begin creating that life.

The world will improve through the use of positive psychology. Because the world is directed by individuals, and the better the individuals, the better the direction.
Find it here on Amazon.

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