Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy - a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one's own emotions and the emotions of others.

Attention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.