When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism.

You go into flow when your highest strengths are deployed to meet the highest challenges that come your way.

By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue.

The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life.

People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.