Sing the harvard tune March 13, 2006
It is either the easiest course at Harvard, or the most difficult.
The Boston.com News talks about the most popular course at Harvard this semester. The course is about The Psychology of Happiness. I heartily agree with the idea and content, though it is way too late.
Let me explain. If I want to teach a new skier how to ski a black run, I start on a flat piece of snow and build up, not at the top of the black run. Being taught these things will help those that take the class and learn from it, and yet they are already in the box they hope to avoid.
A little while ago I coached a sales manager deal with the stress of his job. He has been in sales for about 25 years, the last 10 as a top level sales manager. The process took some time as we taught him many methods that were only slightly useful. It was not until he learned to apply these tools before becoming stressed did he make progress. He was applying these tools too late, when he was already caught in the situation. He has, after all, at least 10 years of habituated response to overcome. Changing a habit is easy hard, forgetting a habit is the hard way – finding a habit that is better to replacement it with is the easy way.
- Posted in : Mind, Psychology, Stress
- Author : Michael
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