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Could Positive Psychology Be Your Best Ally Yet?
The science of flourishing needs to be part of your creative model
Four weeks after the pandemic hit in 2020, my employer let me go. It was unexpected, yet so was my sense of overwhelming relief.
I’d been a misfit for too long, so I saw this as an opportunity…
Two years of freelancing and more than 200 psychology articles later, I can truly say that it turned out to be a pivotal moment.
So, what are my take-aways from researching and writing about what goes on in our heads?
When Martin Seligman ushered in the era of Positive Psychology in 1999, it led to a whole new area of research that has spanned the last two decades.
Positive psychology focuses on what’s right with us rather than what is wrong — our strengths rather than our weaknesses. It seems obvious and yet is a vital shift in mindset. Rather than dwelling on how we’ve failed, we focus on what we value and how we achieve meaningful goals.
And why not. Shouldn’t learning to flourish be at the center of a freelancer and creator’s outlook? Yes!
