Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.

When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.

The greatest competitive advantage in our modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.

The absence of disease is not health.

You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work without improving their job performance. If all you strive for is diminishing the bad, you'll only attain the average and you'll miss out entirely on the opportunity to exceed the average.

For two minutes a day, think of one positive experience that's occurred during the past 24 hours. Bullet point each detail you can remember. It works, because the brain can't tell the difference between visualization and actual experience. So you've just doubled the most meaningful experience in your brain.

When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people around us and not let go.