positive psychologist, author, speaker, and author of The Pursuit of Perfect.
We had a wonderful interview with Tal Ben Shahar, Ph.D. on November 19, 2009.
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ABOUT TAL BEN SHAHAR, Ph.D.
See Tal Ben Shahar on The Daily Show here.
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. In the past he was a lecturer at Harvard University where he taught the largest course at Harvard on “Positive Psychology” and the third largest on “The Psychology of Leadership”–with a total of over 1,400 students.
He is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces and is the Scholar-in-Residence at the The David Project a non-profit, educational organization on Israel
Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporation, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, mindfulness, and leadership.
Ben-Shahar has published several books in addition to The Pursuit of Perfect:
An avid sportsman, Tal won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He obtained his PhD in Organizational Behavior and BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.
