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Dr. Frank Bonkowski - ArticlesDr. Frank Bonkowski is an author, teacher and educational consultant. He is co-founder of http://www.happiness-after-midlife.com in collaboration with Dr. Fred Horowitz. The site is devoted to adult transition and reinvention.
Three Things you Should Know about Developing CreativityThis article is based on the research of Dr. Sylvie Labelle. It looks at the roots and sources of creativity among top Canadian business people. It lists 20 strategies they suggested for developing their own creativity. The article reflects on how it influenced me as a Third Ager. What can We learn from Business Leaders about Creativity?The article is based on the research of Dr. Sylvie Labelle with top Canadian business leaders. First, it points to a clear link between developing creativity and having a joyful, enriching midlife and beyond. It argues that creativity can in fact be developed by using and nurturing it. Finally, it presents some descriptions of what creativity means to top business leaders. The article reflects on how it has influenced me as a Third Ager. Why Attaining Happiness Is So Elusive, Part 3This is the third part of a five-part series exploring the ideas and suggestions for living a fulfilled and happy life in The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, positive psychologist. It describes the progress principle, the adaptation principle, the happiness formula, and the term "finding flow." It also distinguishes pleasure and gratification, do and have, and passionate love and companionate love. Why Attaining Happiness Is So Elusive, Part 2This is the second part of a five-part series presenting my take on the ideas and suggestions for achieving happiness in The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, positive psychologist. It describes briefly the importance of reciprocity as a social bond. It also looks at five very common mind games that people play: moral hypocrisy, "the inner lawyer," seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, naïve realism the myth of pure evil. It recommends three strategies for overcoming these mind Why Attaining Happiness Is So Elusive, Part 1This is the first part of a five-part series exploring the ideas and suggestions for achieving happiness in The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, positive psychologist. First, it discusses the importance of the unconscious mind or the elephant in his analogy in our ways of thinking and acting. It briefly explains important concepts such as "negativity bias" and "affective style." Finally, it suggests three ways of influencing affective style: mediation, cognitive therapy and prozac. Starting You Own Internet Business: Advice for Third AgersIt is easier than you think to develop an Internet business. You need to come up with an idea, research your options, ask yourself the right questions, take small steps and use the right business-building tools. Breaking Barriers to Creativity: Five Strategies for Third AgersHere are five new ways of thinking, speaking and acting that I have discovered in working with Dr. Sylvie Labelle and Dr. Fred Horowitz, executive coaches. They involve overcoming self-defeating beliefs, believing in your ability to be creative, attempting to live the "created" life, trying new ways of thinking and acting, and having fun. I've used them myself to break the barriers to creativity and to be more effective, productive and fulfilled in my own life.
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