Point Three of my seven-point Positive Sociology Manifesto.
Other points are here: 1, 2.
Positive Psychology has done a generation of fine research and practical
applications to identify what makes individuals and small groups happy.
In essence, when people have basic security in their finances and
health, what makes them happy is to build good relations with their families,
co-workers, and neighbors, to engage in meaningful work, and to work with
others to serve a cause larger than themselves.
There are many exercises that help people develop the habits of
gratitude for what they have, and the desire to work with others for the common
good.
Positive sociology can embrace these findings and practices
wholesale. This is the part that most
people care about in their daily lives.
Building positive individual and small-group practices helps build the
happy society incrementally.
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