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Psychologist

Robert Biswas-Diener is a psychologist born on July 27, 1972. He has conducted extensive research in the field of positive psychology, focusing on well-being and life satisfaction. His work spans multiple areas, including job satisfaction, quality of life, and happiness.

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Famous Robert Biswas-Diener Quotes

“Think of your moods as a thermometer that takes the temperature of your life, if you just want to be happy all the time, it's like wanting to break your thermometer.”

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Author:Robert Biswas-Diener

“I believe that living out loud and not letting fear hold you back is the key to the fullest, most rewarding life possible”

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Book:The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

Source: The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

“Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.”

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Book:The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

Source: The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

“Interestingly, the very experience of fear itself is the tip-off moment, the signal that a possibility for action is opening up and so a choice needs to be made.”

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Book:The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

Source: The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

“Of all our basic virtues, courage is the one that helps us to live exactly the way we want and provides the psychological fuel we need to create, take risks, help others, and face hard times... Courageous action is humanity at its finest.”

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Book:The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

Source: The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver

“The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.”

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Author:Robert Biswas-Diener

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Born: July 27, 1972
Known for: Psychologist
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