The idea that you could focus on people who were ‘normal’, and try to map out what was involved in optimal functioning, was intriguing, exciting and life changing. Nothing before had grabbed my attention in the same way.
Finally, there was a branch of psychology dealing with topics that felt real to me. It was rather like an instant recognition – it just ‘clicked’. I can’t say it was a thought-through decision, as I had never heard the term before. One of them suggested Positive Psychology.
Wondering what the main theme for the conference should be, I threw the question open to my colleagues. I was still an undergraduate and was trying to organise a conference for fellow students. My first encounter with Positive Psychology goes back to 1999. This brought me to think about my own “aha” moments. In this book, he shares some of the “aha” moments of his life, the instants of insight and realisation, like a famous Nikki story – the conversation with his 5 years old daughter that was responsible for the creation of the field of positive psychology in 1998. It is a bit of a biography, taking up through the ups and downs of this great man, on the journey of his doubts and extraordinary achievements. I am reading through the “Hope Circuit”, the latest book by Martin Seligman.
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