by jmalouff | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
We all follow behavioral scripts. When we see someone we know, we look at the person and say hello. When we enter a building, we walk in frontwards. When we go to a class as a student, we sit at a desk. In Australia, we never go into a classroom and squat, kneel, or...
by jmalouff | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
By design or by chance, I have read four books this year about hugely successful individuals: Arnold Schwarzenegger (‘Total Recall”) Steve Jobs (‘Steve Jobs”), Richard Branson (“Losing My Virginity”), and Valerie Browning...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Would you like to feel happier? There are studies showing that individuals can feel happier if they take certain actions. Nicola Schutte and I just completed a set of studies aimed at creating a measure of these actions. We found that two types of actions, engaging in...
by jmalouff | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Years ago I gave my last exam before leaving a university to take another position (on a different continent!). A student handed me her exam and gave me a huge, dazzling smile. I felt amazed and wondered where that came from. Part of the dazzling aspect of the smile...
by jmalouff | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
To tell which countries have the most generous people, charities created the World Giving Index, which combines responses to samples of people about whether they gave money to a charity, did some free work for a community organization, or helped a stranger in the past...