Full-Color Friday

Howdy! Welcome to a new feature on my blog, called Full–Color Friday!

I’m going to share some of my favorite positive-minded links from my browsing this week (not all were published this week. Maybe someday I’ll catch up and be posting only from the current week, but then again, maybe not).

A really interesting collection from research in the past year about how people work – from “High Status Brings Low Ethics” – not much of a surprise, but here’s research that backs that up; and “Gratitude Sustains Relationships Through Tough Times,” from one of my favorite websites on the research behind positive psychology – U. C. Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.

This New York Times magazine article not only outlines the traits, besides IQ, that determine success in life, it also makes the case against standardized testing. I love that they have a “Grit Scale,” to measure one’s grit. I’m going to have to look into that one more.

Turns out that Norman Vincent Peale, who published “The Power of Positive Thinking,” in 1952, had some pretty good ideas.

Dude’s being a little overly dramatic in stating his case, but he’s absolutely right about one thing: Envisioning your goal without envisioning how you’re going to handle setbacks is useless.

Have a great weekend! We’re looking forward to saying goodbye to 5th grade basketball and hello to Little League this weekend! We’re bundling up because all the games are outside and slightly less comfortable from now on.