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Positive Psychology for Coaches: how to use the science of well-being to help your clients flourish.TRANSCRIPT
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Posi%ve Psychology for Coaches
How to use the science of well-‐being to help your clients flourish
Kurt D. Shuster, MAPP ([email protected])
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About Me
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Start With a Bang
To watch the video, go to YouTube and search for
“Chris%an the lion”
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Q: What do you want to get out of
this talk?
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What is Posi%ve Psychology?
Defini%on: Posi%ve Psychology is the scien%fic study of human flourishing
a. k. a. “The Science of Happiness”
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Why science? Approx. 150 exercises
But which ones work?
…and how would we know?
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Human flourishing in a nutshell:
For someone to flourish, it is not enough to fix what’s wrong. You also need to
focus on what’s right.
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Two Strategies
Avoid this area!
Aim here!
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The Bowling Study
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Results
Follow-‐up game: 11 point difference
“Think about what you did right”
“Avoid what you did wrong”
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Elliot & McGregor (2001) Study
• I will be on %me for class
• I want to finish my assignments on %me
• I want to be more asser%ve
Approach Goals Avoidance Goals
• I will not be late for class
• I want to stop procras%na%ng
• I want to stop being so shy
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Approach Oriented Students
• More class engagement
• Fewer visits to the student health center
• Higher test scores with less exam stress
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“We already knew that”
Knowing the mechanism mabers!
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Coaching Takeaways
Corporate Coaches: Ask “what does your organiza%on do well?” rather than “what’s your biggest problem?”
Personal Coaches: Ask “what went well since our last coaching session?” rather than “what problems came up?”
All Coaches: Ac%vity: get your clients to re-‐write all their avoidance goals as approach goals
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Posi%ve Emo%ons
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Exercise: Posi%ve Emo%ons
Unhappy memory – Where are you?
– What happened? – How do you feel?
Happy memory – Where are you?
– What happened? – How do you feel?
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Exercise: Posi%ve Emo%ons
What did you no%ce about the two memories?
What was the same?
What was different?
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Posi%ve emo%ons: the “old” story
Deliberate effort Posi%ve outcome Posi%ve emo%on
Posi%ve emo%ons result from things we do: “epiphenomenal”
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Increased Psychological Resources
Increased efforts
Increased outcomes
Posi%ve emo%ons
Broaden and Build Theory
Crea%vity Op%mism Resilience
Virtuous spiral
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A virtuous spiral… but ONLY above the 3:1 Ra%o
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Across Domains
Individuals Business Teams
Couples
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What Good are Posi%ve Emo%ons?
Barb Frederickson “Broaden and Build” theory
Nega%ve emo%ons restrict op%ons,
e.g. “fight or flight”
Posi%ve emo%ons promote growth, crea%vity, and explora%on
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Coaching Takeaways
Start sessions by pu6ng clients in a posi8ve mood – it’s easy! • Gra%tude exercise • Tell a joke • Posi%ve visualiza%on • Watch a funny video • Savoring exercise • Use your imagina%on!
• Get your clients to increase their posi8vity ra8os! www.posi8vityra8o.com
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Strengths
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VIA Strengths: History
The “Un-‐DSM” DSM-‐IV
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Why focus on strengths?
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24 VIA Strengths • Crea%vity
• Curiosity
• Judgment & Open-‐Mindedness
• Love of Learning • Perspec%ve
• Bravery
• Perseverance
• Honesty
• Zest • Capacity to Love and Be Loved
• Kindness
• Social Intelligence
• Teamwork
• Fairness
• Leadership
• Forgiveness & Mercy • Modesty & Humility
• Prudence
• Self-‐Regula%on
• Apprecia%on of Beauty and Excellence
• Gra%tude • Hope & Op%mism
• Humor
• Religiousness & Spirituality
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Exercise: Find you partner’s strengths!
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What does the research say? Q: Which 5 are most associated with well-‐being?
Curiosity
Gra%tude
Zest
Capacity to love and be loved
Hope
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What about work sa%sfac%on?
• Of 24 VIA strengths, only TWO are posi%vely correlated with workplace sa%sfac%on!
Zest
Hope
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“But my clients want to work on their weaknesses!”
“The task of leadership is to Create an alignment of strengths, Making a system’s weaknesses Irrelevant.” -‐Peter Drucker
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Exercise: Use your strengths to make your weakness irrelevant
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Coaching Takeaways
Coach to your client’s strengths! • Ask clients to do the VIA survey: www.viastrengths.org • Prac%ce using signature strengths in a different way each week • Focus on the “top 5” for well-‐being • Career coaches: focus on the “top 2” for workplace sa%sfac%on
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Posi%ve Rela%onships
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Framingham Heart Study
• 4729 people in Framingham, Massachusebs • 1983 to 2003
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Framingham Heart Study
In other words, happiness is contagious!
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Pro-‐social Spending
Dunn et. al. 2008
It is beber to give than to receive!
(but only in person)
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Coaching Takeaways
• Rela%onships maber! • Do it in person!
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Cri%cism of Posi%ve Psychology
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Aren’t you Denying the Nega%ve?
“It’s not a good time to be positive when you’re being chased by a bear!”
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This Presenta%on
Savoring
Eleva%on
Posi%ve Health
Posi%ve Educa%on
Apprecia%ve Inquiry
More…
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Resources
• MAPP program at U. Penn – hbp://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mapp
• Posi%ve Psychology News Daily – hbp://pos-‐psych.com
• Interna%onal Posi%ve Psychology Associa%on – hbp://www.ippanetwork.org
• Me! – [email protected]
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Recommended Books
• Posi1vity – Barbara Fredrickson • The How Of Happiness -‐ Sonja Lyubomirsky
• Stumbling on Happiness -‐ Daniel Gilbert
• Learned Op1mism-‐ Mar%n E. P. Seligman
• Prac1cing Posi1ve Psychology Coaching – Robert Biswas-‐Diener
• Flourish -‐ Mar%n E. P. Seligman
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To watch the video, go to YouTube and search for
“Everything is amazing”
End on a high note
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Ques%ons?