The Magic Moment of Hope
Thought of the Day: What have been your magic moments of hope? A football team marches down the field, time running out and the Quarterback slings one last long pass toward the end zone. It’s [...]
The Dark Side of Hope
Thought of the Day: Over-Optimism can lead to Procrastination Like everything good, Hope has a side that’s not so shiny. Like love that devolves into co-dependence. Gratitude that deteriorates [...]
Other People Are Awesome
Thought of the Day: Hopeful People Are Awesome Bonding with people who have lots of hope is even awesome-r (and did you know that Apple doesn’t like the word awesome-r so I had to put a stupid [...]
What’s Your Hope narrative?
Thought of the day: Imagine what you wanted to achieve was achieved. What would be your story? What would your first step have been? Now let’s take a little jump to the future. (You may need [...]
Test Yourself Before You Rest Yourself
Thought of the Day: What’s your test run? Nearly every goal worth achieving comes at some cost. Time or energy or resources that we have to pay in order to get what we want. Setting up a test run [...]
Agency and Hope
Thought of the day: In your past successes – as well as in the present tense – what are the positive characteristics that you did and can rely on? (I am starting with a shameless plug [...]
Hope – A Plan
Thought of the Day: Hope increases with a plan. From a layperson’s point-of-view, hope is something that you have when you don’t have much. It’s not like we think, “Yes! We’ve got a ton of money [...]
Past Behavior is a Predictor of Future Results
True or False: Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. True. Well, mostly true. Well, unless it’s false. Thought of the Day: Seek to know what worked in your past behavior. Being [...]
What Did You Think Could Do?
Today’s Thought: I celebrate what I thought I could. Don’t you love it when psychology catches up and proves what pop-psychology has known for decades (if not longer)? It’s like the underdog [...]
Your Biggest Hope for 2014
Happy January and Happy New Year! Welcome to the first full week in 2014. 2014 kicks off our Positive Psychology 52-week project where Academic Life Coaching looks at each of the 27 chapters of [...]
