Being Good Part 2: Practice of Using Positive Emotions to Lead an Authentic Life

Vikram Murthy and Aasha Murthy

Chapter 11 in Being!:Five Ways of Leading Authentically in an iConnected World, 2019, pp 221-256 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:What Freud Missed is Worth a LaughSegment 1: Negative Emotions and Evolutionary AdvantageIntroduction: Negative versus Positive EmotionsEmotions: Heritable Neural AdvantageNegative Emotions: Known Survival FunctionNegativity Bias: Open All Hours to Bad NewsHeightened Threat-Awareness: Bad is Stronger Than GoodSegment 2: Power of Positive EmotionsPositive Emotions: Ambiguous Utility to SurvivalPositivity: Listing its Many FormsDistinct Phenomena: Emotions, Feelings and MoodsInseparable Triad: Mood-Cognition-ActionBeyond Evolution: Broaden and Build SpiralPositivity Ratio: Tipping Point Between Flourishers and LanguishersScientific Reprieve: Higher Positivity Ratios Correlated to FlourishingConclusionTask to Embed Learning

Keywords: Leadership; Strategy; Paradigm; Adaptiveness; Mindfulness; Strengths Based Perspectives; VUCA; Post-Truth World; Mindsets; Collaborative Spirit; Collective Wisdom; Extended Personality; Motivation; Progress Principle; Flow; Gamification; Resilience; Positive Psychology; Experiential Learning; Neuroscience; Intercultural Learning; Scenarios (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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