Thursday, March 15, 2012

We’re Naming Our Choice for the Poster Person of Positive Psychology, and We’re Pushing Her Hard! Care to Name Your Choice?

Skylar Diggins is very likely the best basketball player in women’s college basketball. Maybe the best ever. She plays for Notre Dame.

Diggins was an All-American High School player. So was LeBron James. Diggins was a high school phenom, just like James. James is now a multi-millionaire. Diggins will get to play for the WNBA. The top salary in the WNBA is $105,000 a year.

How do you become a star player – or a star anything? You have to arrange to have parents who eliminate the word “can’t” from the family vocabulary. In fact, Diggins admits in a New York Times Magazine interview that her mother permanently banned her from using the word “can’t.” In other words, Diggins’ mother may be an advocate for Positive Psychology.

So, anyone care to name someone to compete with Diggins (with or without her mother) as the personification of Positive Psychology? We don’t think anyone comes close, but we are willing to consider your choice. We’ll share it with others, too.

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