Book Titles

…optimism about our own abilities not only makes us happier in the moment, it also increases our likelihood of success and feeling happier in the future.

…studies show that when we’re in an optimistic state of mind, we pay more attention, think more clearly, and learn faster. Hope primes our minds for real success.

…our tendency to set unrealistic goals, may be the cause of much of the current depression epidemic in the United States.

It’s depressing to spend our lives pursuing unrealistic goals. For anyone who wants to opt out of this culture of extreme dreaming, games help enormously.

Today’s best games help us realistically believe in our chances for success.

Success, as they say, means nothing alone. For all the positive feedback that a game can give us, we crave the praise and admiration of our friends and family even more.

Prosocial emotions – including love, compassion, admiration, and devotion – are feel-good emotions that are directed toward others. They’re crucial to our long-term happiness be cause they help create lasting social bonds.

Trash-talking, when it’s a playful way to insult your competition, is almost as important to our enjoyment of social network games as the actual core gameplay.

Teasing each other, recent scientific research has shown, is one of the fastest and most effective ways to intensify our positive feelings for each other.

…by allowing someone else to tease us, we confirm our willingness to be in a vulnerable position. We are actively demonstrating our trust in the other person’s regard for our emotional well-being.