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The Upside of Your Dark Side by Dr. Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener | Episode 079


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In this episode Todd Kashdan takes a deep dive into his book, The Upside of Your Dark Side where he reveals over 15 years of research on the science of happiness, love, creativity, and relationships.In his book Kashdan provides the simple tools that will help you get through the negative emotions and launch you to the highest peak in your life. The goal of the book show you how you can truly maximize your potential in any situation.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who need help turning simple negative emotions such as anger, guilt, and self-doubt into powerful actions that improve your effectiveness. About Todd Kashdan:“I am a professor psychology at George Mason University, a Senior Scientist at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and an author of four different books. The four books are Curious?, Designing Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Positive Psychology, and The Upside of Your Dark Side.My Co-author and I have been studying the science of happiness, love, creativity and relationships for about 15 years. Both of us have read numbers of books that our colleagues have written about how to integrate this in the workplace and we have always been dissatisfied with it. We wrote this book to rectify what you need to do to flourish and function optimally in a world where we are overwhelmed. This is 15-20 years of science pulled together in one book.” – Todd KashdanFor a detailed summary of The Upside of Your Dark Side according to Todd Kashdan CLICK HERERelated Books:The Greatness Zone by Jay ForteThe Experiment by R. Michael AndersonUnstoppable by Pete WilkinsonFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.Category Tags: strengths, weaknesses, negative emotions, positive thoughts, better person, happy life, how to be positive, being yourself, happy, self help, self doubt

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