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Hope Keeps us Moving Forward

Hope Keeps us Moving Forward

Ever since being discharged from the hospital three days ago (Feb 20, 2023), my mind could not help but marvel at the wonderful capacity to hope and dream in times of great danger and suffering.             I am able to pen this article this morning (Feb 23, 2023)...

Ultimate Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

Ultimate Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

Employee engagement (Harter, 2021) and wellbeing (Bersin, 2022) remain the hottest topics during the post-pandemic era. The great resignation, “quiet quitting” (Harter, 2022), and the resistance to return to the office (Cutter & Bindley, 2022; Guilford &...

Finding Happiness through Suffering

Finding Happiness through Suffering

Happiness, how sweet the sound! It's an inalienable right, a worthy life goal, and the yearning of every soul, yet oftentimes it leads to pain and ruin. Like moths flinging themselves into a flaming fire, many have ruined their lives in hot pursuit of happiness. Just...

How can I be Free from my Struggles and Live a Happy Life?

How can I be Free from my Struggles and Live a Happy Life?

Abstract This paper invites you to consider a more adaptive view towards happiness and suffering which may change your life. It suggests that the old paradigm of seeking pleasure and avoiding pain is no longer adequate in the current digital age, and a new paradigm of...

President’s Column: Why do we Suffer?

President’s Column: Why do we Suffer?

This is perhaps the oldest and most urgent question. The proverbial Job raised the question. The wise man Solomon raised the same question. Countless philosophers and psychologists have wrestled with the mystery of suffering. After four decades of research, I still do...

A Festival to Celebrate the Human Spirit

A Festival to Celebrate the Human Spirit

It is the worst of times; it is the best of times. But we cannot celebrate the best without overcoming and transcending the worst. This fundamental principle of flourishing is what we want to covey at our forthcoming Meaning Conference. By all accounts, it is the most...

7 Reasons Why the New Normal May Be Good for You

7 Reasons Why the New Normal May Be Good for You

COVID-19 is a wakeup call. It will return in some form if we do not learn the lessons from it and make the necessary changes. COVID-19 has turned the world upside down and shaken the very foundation of our civilization. But it has also provided a rare opportunity for...

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