The experiencing self lives its life continuously. It has moments of experience, one after the other.

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.

We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

That's one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence.