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    Being Happy: Part 4 Cultivating Virtue
    Being Happy: Part 4 Cultivating Virtue
    Being Happy: Part 4 Cultivating Virtue
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    Being Happy: Part 4 Cultivating Virtue

    By David Tuffley

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    Being Happy: Cultivating Virtue is a short, practical how to guide for people wanting to cultivate a happier state of mind using the principles outlined in the pioneering work of Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman whose 2004 book Character Strengths and Virtues is considered a classic.

    Peterson and Seligman did a broad-based cross-cultural review of what constitutes human virtue. They drew on a range of academic disciplines – education, management, consulting, psychology, coaching, and others. They also consider the major religious and philosophical traditions of the past 2,500 years. In this way, the authors were able to identify the core underlying virtues that have always been there, albeit described in different terms according to the culture and the times.

    Peterson and Seligman’s approach does not prescribe behaviour, it simply describes what the behaviour looks like, leaving an individual scope to devise their own interpretation.

    Being Happy: Cultivating Virtue paints a portrait of what each of the virtues looks like. It explains what they are and how they can apply in your life.
    Use this word portrait to model your own thinking and behaviour. Over a period of time, months and years, if you persist with your modelling, you will gradually transform yourself into the person you have been imagining.

    It is important to be patient and persistent. Nothing is accomplished overnight. But as you practice the virtues, you will perhaps notice a steady transformation into a happier state of mind, one that is not dependent on fleeting pleasures, but one that is founded upon something much more substantial.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAltiora Publications
    Release dateMay 4, 2015
    ISBN9781310465185
    Being Happy: Part 4 Cultivating Virtue
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    David Tuffley

    David Tuffley (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & Socio-Technical Studies at Griffith University in Australia.David writes on a broad range of interests; from Comparative Religion, Anthropology, Psychology, Ancient and Modern History, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Architectural History, Environments and Ecosystems.

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      Being Happy - David Tuffley

      Being Happy: Part 4

      Cultivating Virtue

      David Tuffley

      Altiora Publications

      © Copyright 2015 David Tuffley

      The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. Marcus Aurelius.

      Published in 2015 by Altiora Publications at Smashwords

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the work of this author.

      About the Author

      David Tuffley PhD is a Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies at Griffith University in Australia.

      Disclaimer

      This book has been written with all due care and attention, giving guidance on how to cultivate virtue in your everyday life. If followed it has the potential to greatly help you. By itself the book cannot guarantee success. That will depend on factors beyond the control of the author and the publisher.

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      Contents

      Positive Psychology

      Wisdom

      Courage

      Love

      Justice

      Temperance

      Transcendence

      About The Author

      POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

      Being Happy: Cultivating Virtue is a short, practical how to guide for people wanting to cultivate a happier state of mind using the principles outlined in the pioneering work of Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman whose 2004 book Character Strengths and Virtues is considered

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