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Positive psychology is the study of what's right with people and how to enhance their well-being and happiness. It focuses on exploring and understanding the positive aspects of human life and how to cultivate and apply them to improve overall quality of life. It emphasizes the importance of optimism and positive thinking, and aims to promote happiness and fulfillment through the application of its principles. So, to answer your question, positive psychology is not necessarily like a switch that can be turned on and off, but rather a set of principles and practices that can be learned and applied in everyday life to cultivate greater levels of happiness and positivity.

How to Work Toward True Happiness - With Robert Mack

So most psychology , historically like business as usual psychology was really focused on what's wrong with people . So applied positive psychology is really the study in science of what's right with people and how to make it even sort of better , how to make your life even better . And so it's a science that grew out of the University of Pennsylvania .

How to Work Toward True Happiness - With Robert Mack

It's not something that you're just gonna pick up . But what is applied positive psychology . Yeah .

How to Work Toward True Happiness - With Robert Mack

For most of us , even those of us who don't consider ourselves very resilient . And lots of what we learned , you know , through the science of positive psychology is that you can learn to be more optimistic . It's an optimistic explanatory style .

How to Work Toward True Happiness - With Robert Mack

It's extraordinarily helpful . The other thing I'd say is that positive thinking is very helpful , although it can be very challenging . And so sometimes if you can't be positive , try to be quiet , you know , you can just simply be quiet .

How to Work Toward True Happiness - With Robert Mack

In short , it's the study of uh in science of happiness , you know . So most psychology , historically like business as usual psychology was really focused on what's wrong with people . So applied positive psychology is really the study in science of what's right with people and how to make it even sort of better , how to make your life even better .