Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Tal Ben-Shahar

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Tal Ben-Shahar.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Tal Ben-Shahar, also known as Tal David Ben-Shachar, is an American and Israeli teacher, and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. As a lecturer at Harvard University, Ben-Shahar created the most popular course in Harvard's history. He has subsequently written several best-selling books and in 2011 co-founded Potentialife with Angus Ridgway, a company that provides leadership programs based on the science of behavioral change to organisations, schools and sports organisations globally.

American - Writer | Born: 1970

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Incremental change is better than ambitious failure. . . .Success feeds on itself.

Tal Ben-Shahar

When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves.

Tal Ben-Shahar

There are some people who always feel happy. They're called psychopaths

Tal Ben-Shahar

Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about making it to the peak of the mountain nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain; happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Learn to fail or fail to learn

Tal Ben-Shahar

Perfectionism and optimalism are not distinct ways of being, an either-or choice, but rather they coexist in each person. And while we can move from perfectionism toward optimalism, we never fully leave perfectionism behind and never fully reach optimalism ahead. The optimalism ideal is not a distant shore to be reached but a distant star that guides us and can never be reached. As Carl Rogers pointed out, ‘The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination

Tal Ben-Shahar

Failure is an inescapable part of life and a critically important part of any successful life. We learn to walk by falling, to talk by babbling, to shoot a basket by missing, and to color the inside of a square by scribbling outside the box. Those who intensely fear failing end up falling short of their potential. We either learn to fail or we fail to learn.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning

Tal Ben-Shahar

We can only learn to deal with failure by actually experiencing failure, by living through it. The earlier we face difficulties and drawbacks, the better prepared we are to deal with the inevitable obstacles along our path.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Tal Ben-Shahar

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