24 MAR 2013 by ideonexus
Enthusiasm Improves Productivity
When we are engaged in what we are doing, all sorts of things happen. We persist longer at difficult problems—and become more likely to solve them. We experience something that psychologist Tory Higgins refers to as flow, a presence of mind that not only allows us to extract more from whatever it is we are doing but also makes us feel better and happier: we derive actual, measurable hedonic value from the strength of our active involvement in and attention to an activity, even if the activity...And it creates a cycle of enthusiasm as our accomplishments increase our positive outlook on the task, increasing our focus.
30 AUG 2012 by ideonexus
An Exercise for Cultivating a Positive Outlook on Life
It's possible to change your cognitive bias by training the brain to focus more on the positive than on the negative. In the lab, Dr. Fox showed subjects pairs of images, one negative (the aftermath of a bomb blast, say) and one either positive (a cute child) or neutral (an office). Participants were asked to point out, as quickly as possible, a small target that appeared immediately after each positive or neutral image—subliminally requiring them to pay less attention to the negative images,...Folksonomies: cognitive behavioral therapy cbt
Folksonomies: cognitive behavioral therapy cbt
Write down four positive things for each negative thing that happened to you at the end of each day.