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Although his 2002 book, “The Question of Happiness,” was initially not very popular, Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96 told his student Saviz Sepah ’06 that if it were truly a good book, its time would eventually come and more people would read...
While the College and the UC struggle with the details of social programming, they would do well to consider some of the principles espoused in this semester’s popular Positive Psychology course. Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96 speaks directly to the incapacitating perfectionism on campus with simple, but powerful ideas like “learn to fail or fail to learn.” Over 800 Harvard undergrads are actively learning how to give themselves the “permission to be human,” how to pursue excellence amidst...
...question: are Positive Psych kids any happier? Students say they are flying high after spending a semester learning techniques for positive living—strategies for dealing with procrastination, for coping with stressful situations, and for stepping out of their comfort zones—with Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96, affectionately know to his students as “Tal.” “He says a lot of things that some people find cliché, or people thought that he was preaching to us a bit, but if you try them...
...itself, developing unhealthy, insular tendencies. It doesn’t have to be this way, and Harvard students do not want it to be this way. In its first year being offered, Psychology 1508, “The Psychology of Leadership,” taught by Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar, is the third most popular course at Harvard, drawing over 500 students (despite the fact that it competes with Harvard’s most popular course, Psychology 1504, “Positive Psychology,” also taught by Ben-Shahar). The lessons taught and initiatives called...
...Church on Friday to celebrate the life of Professor of Psychology Philip J. Stone, who passed away earlier this year. Stone made his mark on the Harvard community as the first professor of the popular course Psychology 1504 “Positive Psychology,” now taught by Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96. With 856 enrollees, “Positive Psych” is Harvard’s largest course this spring. In his eulogy, a grateful Ben-Shahar described the tremendous impact that his “casually brilliant” mentor...