Accomplishment - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/accomplishment/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:45:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Accomplishment - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/accomplishment/ 32 32 Grit – Passion and Perseverance https://allpsych.com/grit-passion-and-perseverance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grit-passion-and-perseverance Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:18:41 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=88815 What makes someone successful? Is it intellect? Education? Physical health? Talent? Maybe luck? According to Dr. Angela Duckworth from the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, it is none of those things. In her 2016 bestselling book - Grit - she interviewed successful people in a wide variety of professions - business, sports,…

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]]> Well-Being and the Five ‘Happy’ Lives https://allpsych.com/well-being-and-the-five-happy-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-being-and-the-five-happy-lives Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:39:36 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=88242 Well-Being and The PERMA Model Seligman (2011) argues that well-being is enhanced through thriving in one or more pillars of well-being. His model, often referred to as the PERMA Model, consists of Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (or Achievement). The more we thrive in each of these, the higher our well-being, according to…

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]]> Why Trying to Find Your Passion Might Backfire https://allpsych.com/why-trying-to-find-your-passion-might-backfire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-trying-to-find-your-passion-might-backfire Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:29:17 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1721 Find your passion. It seems like such self-evidently good life advice. But it’s worth stopping to think about what it means to “find” your passion. The implication behind this phrase is that your passion already exists somewhere, and you just have to uncover it. What if passion is something that develops over time, though? What…

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