

It’s awesome to see those stats changing with more and more brilliant psychologists studying the science behind living a wonderful life and we have Csikszentmihalyi and Seligman to thank for playing such significant roles. Did you know that, in the 20th century, for every one hundred articles written on “negative” stuff like depression, schizophrenia, etc, there was only ONE article written on the “positive” stuff like gratitude, goal setting, etc.? Yepperz.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, time to get to work! :)Ĭsikszentmihalyi and Martin Seligman are kinda the Godfathers of the Positive Psychology movement. According to Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness ( see Notes), it’s “mee-high” “cheeks-SENT-me-high.” Let’s start by learning how to pronounce his name.
