An amazing learning experience. Attend a full day workshop on Habits of Mind with world leader in education theory and practice, Arthur Costa, or explore what constitutes a purposeful life with acclaimed positive psychology lecturer, Tal Ben Shahar.

Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer. He taught the largest course at Harvard University on "Positive Psychology" and the third largest on "The Psychology of Leadership" - with a total of over 1,400 students. He currently teaches at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, where he co-founded The Institute for Positive Psychology in Education. Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, mindfulness, and leadership. An avid sportsman, Tal won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He obtained his PhD in Organizational Behavior and BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.

What You'll Learn

In the 1950s, Viktor Frankl referred to an existential vacuum, a sense of emptiness that haunts so many people. This loss of interest in what life has to offer, this inability to experience life as meaningful, is even more prevalent today, and it is impacting our schools, our businesses, our everyday lives. What can we do to find more meaning in our own lives? How can we help our own children, our employees, and students of all ages find a deeper sense of purpose? In this workshop Tal Ben Shahar will address the current situation and then provide practical tools that can help in coming up with a purpose in life, and then living it.

Relying on research and practice from Appreciative Inquiry, Self Determination Theory, and Positive Psychology, Tal will outline a four step process that includes:

1. Remembering our Positive Past
2. Imagining a Fantastic Future
3. Grounding with Concrete Commitments
4. Realizing with Authentic Action

In the workshop, participants will generate self-concordant goals, identify their core values and personal strengths, as well as come up with a list of rituals that can help them lead more meaningful lives.