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Index
Acker, Kathy, 21
Addams, Jane, 81
AIDS/HIV, 21, 26, 35, 39
Alarm One, 103
Albanese, Catherine, 63
Allen, Woody, 101
Alzheimer’s disease, 161
American Cancer Society, 27, 30
American Management Association, 113
American Psychological Association (APA), 147, 170
“America the Boastful” (Krugman), 7
Amway, 104–5, 142
Anker, Roy M., 85
Armstrong, Lance, 28
Assaraf, John, 64
Association of Private Enterprise Education, 168
AT&T, 112, 115, 120
“Authentic Happiness Inventory,” 155–6, 159
Authentic Happiness (Seligman), 149–50, 152–3, 159, 161, 163
Bad Money (Phillips), 183
Bait and Switch (Ehrenreich), 178
Baker, Dean, 183
Baldwin, James, 1
Balmer, Randall, 138
Barnum, P. T., 50
Beard, Charles M., 81–84
Bear Stearns, 185
Become a Better You (Osteen), 126
Beecher, Catharine, 81–82
Beecher, George, 77, 81–82
Beecher, Lyman, 82
“Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect, The” (Diener), 159
Bernstein, Jared, 178
Bezaire, Bruce, 139
Big Squeeze, The (Greenhouse), 178
Black, Jonathan, 106
Blunt, Ed, 193
Boniwell, Ilona, 173–74
Bosom Buds message board, 27
Bowen, Rev. Will, 56–57, 134
brain, “catastrophic,” 151
Braley, Judy, 57–59
breast cancer, 15–44, 84, 88, 162
Breast Cancer Action, 25n Breast Friends Web site, 26
Brinker, Nancy, 22, 28
Brinker, Susan, 22
Brodsky, Joseph, 1
Brody, Jane, 28
Brookings Institution, 180
Brown, Michael, 11
Buddhism, 112
Burnet, McFarlane, 38
Burton, Robert, 77, 82
Bush, George W., 9–11, 167, 192
Business Roundtable, 109
Business Week, 110–11
Butler, Anthea, 182
Byrne, Rhonda, 60–62, 67–69, 72, 183, 191, 205
Calvinism, 8, 74–79, 82–96, 123, 128, 153–54, 159, 204, 206
cancer, 15–44, 160, 162
Canfield, Jack, 61
Carnegie, Dale, 52–53
Caywood, Clarke, 107
Cerulo, Karen, 10
Challenge to America (film), 94
Champy, James, 106
Cherry, Cindy, 28
Chicken Soup for the Soul (Canfield), 61
Chopra, Deepak, 41–42
Christian right, 7, 123–24
Christian Science, 86–90, 133, 136
chronic fatigue syndrome, 80
Church Marketing Sucks Web site, 137
civil rights movement, 135
Clinton, Bill, 9–10, 192
coaching, 9, 46–47, 50, 61–72, 86, 98, 99n, 100, 115–17, 149–50, 185, 188–89, 205
Communism, 7, 202–3
“complaint free” church, 56–57
Complaint Free World, A (Bowen), 134
Copeland, Gloria, 125
Copeland, Kenneth, 125
corporate managers (CEOs), 12, 106–13, 141–45, 180, 184–85, 188–89
Cosby, Bill, 98
Countrywide Mortgage, 185–86
Covey, Stephen, 94, 142
Coyne, James, 37–38
Creighton, James L., 35
crisis managers, 184–85, 190
critical thinking, 199–200
Crunch (Bernstein), 178
Daisy Awareness Necklace, 23
Dare to Be Great, 94
Darrah, Charles N., 114
Death of a Salesman (Miller), 102
depression, 2, 58, 169
antidepressants and, 3–4
Calvinism and, 74–78
healthier lifestyle and, 162–63
invalidism and, 84–86
motivation industry and, 149–51
Depression, Great, 179, 192, 194
[http://despair.com] despair.com, 121–22
Dezenhall, Eric, 184–85, 189
Diener, Ed, 151, 155, 158, 170, 175–76
Discovering the Laws of Life (Templeton), 167
“Does Positive Affect Influence Health” (Pressman and Cohen), 164–65
Dollar, Creflo, 125, 135, 177, 182–83
dot-com bust, 10, 181
Douglas, Ann, 74, 83
Dow 36,000 (Glassman), 181
downsizing, 100, 108, 113–22, 145, 178, 180
Doyle, Bob, 65
Dresser, Annetta, 87
Drucker, Peter, 142, 144
economic inequality, 7, 46, 170, 178–81, 189–90
Economist, 141, 144
Eddy, Mary Baker, 79–89, 136, 192, 200–201
Eirkerenkoetter, Frederick “Reverend Ike,” 135
Eisman, Steve, 187, 190–91
Eker, T. Harv, 55, 62, 93–94
Eliade, Mircea, 29
Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV program), 60
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 78–80, 88–89, 95
“End of Wall Street’s Boom, The” (Lewis), 187
Esalen, 112
evolution, 40, 151, 166, 196
Falcon, Armando, 188
Falwell, Jerry, 123
Fannie Mae, 188
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 11
Federalist Society, 168
Federal Reserve, 191
“Final Frontier, The” (workshop), 70
financial meltdown, 8–9, 11–12, 180–94, 206
First Year of the Rest of Your Life, The (Honea), 28, 31–32
Fitzgerald, Frances, 139
Ford, Betty, 21
Fortune, 112–13
Four Pillars of Prosperity, The (Gaines), 134
Frank, Robert, 189
Fraser, Jill Andresky, 119
Freddie Mac, 181, 188
Freedom’s Watch, 167
Friedman, Milton, 168
Fuld, Richard, 187–90
Gaines, Edwene, 134
Gardner, Chris, 185
Gawande, Atul, 200
Gelband, Mike, 187–88
Gell-Mann, Murray, 68
General Electric (GE), 108, 113, 189
“Get Motivated!” rallies, 98, 100, 192
Getting Well Again (Simonton, Matthews-Simonton, and Creighton), 35
Gift of Cancer, The (McNerney), 29
Gilbert, Daniel, 170
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 81
Gitomer, Jeffrey, 55, 57–58, 94–95
Gladwell, Malcolm, 141–42
Glassman, James, 181
Glengarry Glen Ross (Mamet), 102
Goodhart, Sue, 98–100
Good News Blog, 58
Gosselin, Peter, 178
Grassley, Chuck, 125
Great Risk Shift, The (Hacker), 178
Greenhouse, Steven, 178
Greenspan, Alan, 191
Greenwald, Bruce C.N., 186
Gregory, Joe, 184, 190
group think, 196–97
Hacker, Jacob, 178
Hagin, Kenneth, 127, 134–35
Haidt, Jonathan, 169
Handbook of Positive Psychology (Snyder and Lopez), 163–64
Happiness 101 courses, 174
“Happiness and Its Causes” (conference), 1
93
happiness equation, 156–58, 171–72, 205
Happy News Web site, 58, 173
Happy Planet Index, 4
Harrison, Milmon, 135
health insurance, 32, 114, 150, 178, 192
heart disease, 20–21, 35, 162
Held, Barbara, 158, 162
Heritage Foundation, 168
Hernacki, Mike, 62, 65
High Wire (Gosselin), 178
Hill, Napoleon, 91, 94, 104–5, 127, 192
Himmelfarb, Gertrude, 168
Hinn, Benny, 125
Hirsch, Michael, 10
Hochschild, Arlie, 53
Hodgson, Godfrey, 7
Holland, Jimmie, 42–43
Holmes, Ernest, 92
Home Depot, 54
Horton, Michael, 133
How Full Is Your Bucket? (Raft and Clift on), 54, 173
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie), 52–53
Hybels, Bill, 137, 141–42
immune system, 19, 34–40, 165
inferiority complex, 92–93
In Search of Excellence (Peters), 112–13
International Coach Federation, 99n International Positive Psychology Summits, 158, 172–75
Iran, 201–2
Iraq war, 11, 38, 47, 58, 167
Isikoff , Michael, 10
Jackson, Rev. John, 142
Jakes, T. D., 183
James, Alice, 81, 84
James, Henry, 1, 81
James, William, 81, 84, 87–89
Jesse Helms Center Foundation, 168
Joke, The (Kundera), 202–3
Journal of Happiness Studies, 148
Kapuscinski, Ryszard, 201–2
Katrina, Hurricane, 11
Kennedy, John F., 168
Kenyon, E. W., 134
Kersten, E. L., 121
Khurana, Rakesh, 108, 110
King, Larry, 11, 60, 65, 72, 185, 192
Knight, J. Z., 62
Komen, Susan G., Foundation, 22, 28, 32, 34
Krugman, Paul, 7, 181
Kundera, Milan, 202–3
Kushner, Rose, 21
Lane, Carrie, 119
LaRosa, John, 98
law of attraction, 59–73, 80, 148, 177, 185, 205
Law of Attraction (Losier), 62
Laying Hold of Your Inheritance (videotape series), 135–36
Learned Optimism (Seligman), 156
Lehman Brothers, 184, 187–88, 190
Leidner, Robin, 104
Leonhardt, David, 179
Let Freedom Ring, 167
Lewis, Michael, 187
Libby Ross Foundation, 23–24
Liberation Management (Peters), 113
“Life Is Good” products, 97–98
Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude (Gitomer), 95
Lodhia, Primalde, 118–19
“Look good . . . Feel Better” program, 30
Losier, Michael J., 62, 66
Love, Dr. Susan, 20
Love, Medicine, and Miracles (Siegel), 36
Lyubomirsky, Sonja, 148
Mackay, Harvey, 180
magic, 63–65, 72
Mamet, David, 102
Mamm magazine, 21, 26, 30–31
management science, 107–8, 111
Manhattan Institute, 168
Marketdata Enterprises, 98, 99n
market economy, 8–9, 22–23, 203–4
market fundamentalism, 191–92
Maroney, J. P., 55
Mary Kay cosmetics, 103
Matlin, Marlee, 62
Matthews-Simonton, Stephanie, 35
McCain, John, 167
McConnell, D. R., 134
McGee, Micki, 90
McKinsey firm, 112
megachurches, 123–46
Merrill Lynch, 185
Meyer, Donald, 93, 204
Meyer, Joyce, 125, 133, 140
Michael Clayton (film), 189–90
Michaelson, Adam, 186
Michigan Psychological Association, 150
middle class, 9, 82–83, 96, 106, 114–16, 119–22, 178, 189–90
Miller, Arthur, 102
Mills, Chuck, 185
Mills College study, 161
Moody’s, 191
Morter, Sue, 49, 67, 69, 86
motivation industry, 9, 37, 97–106, 149, 192–93
financial corporations and, 185–87
conventions and summits and, 48–52
pastor as CEO and, 142–45
The Secret (Byrne) and, 60–61
unemployment and, 115–22
Mozilo, Angelo, 186
Murdoch, Rupert, 141–42
Nagy, Rebecca, 70
National Association of Realtors, 181
National Association of Scholars, 168
National Speakers Association Convention (2007), 48–52, 58–59, 61, 67, 69–70, 116, 172
Native Americans, 78, 111–12
negative people, 52–59
negative thinking (pessimism), 5, 47, 74, 90–91, 127–28
health and, 160–63
political repression of, 10, 202–3
positive psychologists and, 150–51, 155–56
realism and, 195–200, 204–5
workplace and, 45, 54, 105, 187–88, 193–94
neurasthenia, 80–88, 160
Never Saw It Coming (Cerulo), 10
New Thought movement, 79, 85–93, 95–96, 123, 133–36
1984 (Orwell), 203
Norem, Julie, 198
North Korea, 202
Nothaft, Frank, 181
Novo Nordisk, 193
NYNEX, 119, 121
Obama, Barack, 180
“optimism training,” 152, 156, 172
Orsi, Robert, 78
Orwell, George, 203
Osteen, Joel, 125–34, 136, 143, 145, 177, 182–83, 191–93, 204