The Mind Gym award an academic prize for the best research on positive psychology. You can look at short videos prepared by this years short list entrants and post your vote here.
My vote went to the Happiness research. If there is one thing that almost everyone wants on my development programmes its to be happier. I'm delighted to see that the research backs up my gut feeling - that having more things doesn't make you happy. When I look around at the people I know the ones that have always seemed the happiest are the ones having more experiences, doing more things, interacting with more and different people, travelling, doing new things and trying out new ideas, expanding their experiences.
Its great cos it now shows that you can do things to make you happy. As the guy says " The take-home message: to become happier, start doing something new. If you do it well, and also vary how, when, and where you do it, then you can gain lasting benefits."
What new things can you do this week that will make you happier. How can you vary the new things you did last week to keep this new state of happiness?









