159: Ignite Your Character Strengths with Ryan Niemiec and Robert McGrath

159: Ignite Your Character Strengths with Ryan Niemiec and Robert McGrath

Today it’s an honor to have Ryan Niemiec and Robert McGrath on the podcast. Ryan is an author or co-author of nine books, an award-winning psychologist, international keynoter, and education director of the VIA Institute on Character. Robert is Professor of Psychology at Farleigh Dickinson University, senior scientist at the VIA Institute, and has published extensively on the topic of character and virtue. Together, they are author of the new book, The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality. Find our your character strengths at viacharacter.org. In this episode, we discuss the following: What is a positive personality? The measurement of character strengths Why are so many people interested in learning about their character strengths? How self-knowledge can impact people positively in their lives The difference between virtue and character The three main sources of a good character Is it possible to have a perfect character? Does the perfectly virtuous person exist? Is enlightenment actually possible? The developmental trajectory of character strengths Is the development of character strengths for everybody, including those experiencing adversity?

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206: Chloé Valdary on Love & Race

206: Chloé Valdary on Love & Race

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205: Robert Sutton on Good Leaders vs. Bad Leaders

205: Robert Sutton on Good Leaders vs. Bad Leaders

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204: Chip Conley on Wisdom, Midlife, and Peak Experience

204: Chip Conley on Wisdom, Midlife, and Peak Experience

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203: Creating a Living Masterpiece with Michael Gervais

203: Creating a Living Masterpiece with Michael Gervais

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202: Uncancellable with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

202: Uncancellable with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

Today it’s great to have Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal on the podcast. Herzog’s writing has appeared in an array of publications, and she’s a former staff writer at the Seattle Alt. Weekly: The Strang...

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201: Keeping it Real with Ayishat Akanbi

201: Keeping it Real with Ayishat Akanbi

I’m really excited to have Ayishat Akanbi on the podcast today. Ayishat is a writer and fashion stylist based in London. Personal reflection has guided her approach of reminding us of our commonalitie...

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200: Richard Haier on the Nature of Human Intelligence

200: Richard Haier on the Nature of Human Intelligence

Today it’s great to have Dr. Richard Haier on the podcast. Dr. Haier is Professor Emeritus in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. His research investigates structural and f...

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199: How Politics Became Our Identity with Lilliana Mason

199: How Politics Became Our Identity with Lilliana Mason

Today it’s great to have the political psychologist Lilianna Mason on the podcast. Dr. Mason is associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author o...

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