Having worked in the corporate world I found it tedious and de-personalising. Play the game while you are there and then back to yourself when it’s done.

I got out of the corporati however because the mentality drains your soul, or I felt it was for me.

I like Hedges. My thoughts on Positive Psychology are that it is a secular attempt to accomplish the same thing religions are aimed at, essentially, obtaining some kind of durable peace of mind.

And while, just as with PosPsych’s sacred counterpart, the intent is noble, the execution is equally plagued by the human tendency to grasp at the benefits, without much enthusiasm for embracing the costs.

Psychologist, Kirk Schneider said it well: “perhaps genuine happiness is not something you aim at, but is a by-product of a life well lived – and a life well lived does not settle on the programmed or neatly calibrated."

Positive psychology was never about making people happy, it was always about improving the trust relationship between employee, employer, and client.

Anyone gullible enough to belive it will probably make excellent employees, because they will turn off higher logic and do what the employer asks, becoming a slave to their own emotions. They are like a dog trained to work for treats.

On the client side, the customers have a pleasant experience when dealing with the company which has a tendency to bring them for future business. The effects are subconscious, but they have been proven to work.

The employer who monitors and maintains corporate culture has the most to gain. By convincing their employees that they themselves are not evil because they just want their employees to be happy, and slowly singling out not just talent but also trustworthiness and compatibility with the other employees.