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That are very accessible. We have speakers who are very outgoing, very charismatic and tall, Attracting the masses into these workshops, seminars and lectures. But, there is a very big but here. Many of these books, many of these workshops and seminars lack substance.

Very often, overpromising and under-delivering. So these are five things you need to know to be happy. The three things to be the great leader.

The one secret of success, happiness and a perfect love life. Overpromising. Under-delivering. On the other hand, we have academia.

What do we have in academia? We have a lot of rigor, a lot of substance. We have datas analyzed, reanalyzed and meta-analyzed.

Things that actually work, good stuff. But, and there is also a very big but here. Very few people read refereed academic journals.

I mean Think about it: how many people outside this room of course have read the last twelve issues of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology? Most people don't even know what that means.

The head of my PHD programs actually estimated the average academic journal article is read by seven people. You know. . .

And that includes the author's mother. So you know I say half in jest but it's actually really sad. Because. . . certainly sad for me, as an academic.

Because these things are good. They are important. These things make a difference, Can even make more of a difference. But not accessible to most people. And this is where positive psychology comes in.