The One Game

Posted by on Nov 13, 2009 in training | 2 comments

Do you remember a short drama series in the 80s called The One Game? The plot centred on a battle of wits between an arrogant businessman and a eccentric games developer within a ‘reality game’ named after the title of the show.  I loved it and had a chance to watch it again recently.  Like all quality entertainment, it has aged very well. It got me thinking about other attempts to...

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Books are Power!

Posted by on Feb 16, 2009 in news and events | 0 comments

As a lover of books,  I often think I’m a member of a dying breed.  Everything’s computers, computers, computers.  But now it seems I’m not alone.  There is one other who looks to books for inspiration, and he happens to be the most powerful man in the world.  So that’s all right then. BBC reporter  Razia Iqbal has written an excellent article called The power of...

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A Positively Brilliant Workshop

Posted by on Dec 17, 2008 in news and events, personal development, positive psychology | 0 comments

On Saturday 6th December I delivered a 1-day workshop at Queen’s University called The Psychology of Happiness: How to Grow Your Happy Skills.  Its purpose was to introduce the students to the new positive psychology movement, and to the thoughts of Martin Seligman and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi in particular.  Those who read the blog will know that I’ve reviewed Seligman’s...

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The Sultans of Happiness

Posted by on May 7, 2008 in learning | 0 comments

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I came across a little nugget of gold in the otherwise dross-filled YouTube recently. It’s a live discussion between Mihály Csíkszentmihályi and Martin Seligman on the Charlie Rose show on the subject of happiness. This is a little like overhearing a conversation between Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler talk about playing...

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