Holding on to happiness

摘要

The premise of positive psychology -that it is as important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery - has reached the mainstream. Discussed routinely by politicians, educators and mental-health professionals, the field's influence has grown rapidly. Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the scholar, educator and charismatic leader who has championed these ideas passionately for more than a decade. In Flourish, his most personal and boldest book so far he argues that we should set aside "happiness" as a goal, and embrace a broader measure of well-being, which he calls "flourishing".