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Tag: Kindness
Tag: Kindness
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Articles: Kindness Makes You Happy… and Happiness Makes You Kind
By Alex Dixon | September 6, 2011New research suggests that once you start doing nice things for other people, you might not want to stop.
Articles: A Simple Bully Buster: Cooperative Learning
By Bernie Wong | August 31, 2011A recent study suggests how teachers can promote kindness in the classroom, not competition.
Articles: The Ancient Heart of Forgiveness
By Jack Kornfield | August 23, 2011Jack Kornfield shares extraordinary stories of forgiveness--and explains how the next story could be yours.
Videos and Podcasts: Paul Bloom on Sex, George Clooney, and Other Pleasures
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | August 10, 2011The author of How Pleasure Works explains why we do good and how to find true happiness.
Articles: Sex, George Clooney, and the Meaning of Life
By Michael Bergeisen | August 10, 2011Paul Bloom discusses how the psychology of pleasure can explain what we like and why we do good--part of Greater Good's podcast series.
Raising Happiness: Comfortable with Discomfort
By Christine Carter | June 29, 2011When we make it worse by trying to make it better
Raising Happiness: Podcast: What I Wish I Had Known
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | June 20, 2011Three things I know now that I wish I'd known about happiness when I was graduating from college.
Articles: The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence
By Jason Marsh | June 9, 2011A new study suggests EI can be used for evil as well as good.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Be Kind
By Christine Carter | May 31, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Articles: Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem
By Kristin Neff | May 27, 2011Researcher Kristin Neff reveals the benefits of going easy on yourself: less anxiety, less conflict, and more peace of mind.
Raising Happiness: My UC Berkeley Commencement Speech
By Christine Carter | May 18, 2011Brief advice for a life well-lived
Articles: Just One Thing: Tune into Others
By Rick Hanson | May 17, 2011Empathy is the bedrock of our relationships with others, says Rick Hanson. Here's how to practice it.
Articles: Have You Helped Someone Today?
By Jason Marsh | March 15, 2011Tell us how--and enjoy a helper's high.
Articles: Six Ways to Boost Your “Habits of Helping”
By Stephen G. Post | March 15, 2011Want to live a longer, healthier life? Stephen G. Post explains how to reap the benefits of practicing altruism.
Articles: 5 Ways Giving Is Good for You
By Jill Suttie, Jason Marsh | December 13, 2010Jason Marsh and Jill Suttie offer added incentives to get into the holiday spirit.
Articles: 10 Ways to Become More Grateful
By Robert Emmons | November 17, 2010Robert Emmons offers everyday tips for living a life of gratitude.
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
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Here’s How Much You Love Humanity
May 21, 2013Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
May 21, 2013A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
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Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
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This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
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The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
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Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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