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TAL BEN-SHAHAR, Psychologist | Topic: Happiness & resilience
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Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is an internationally renowned teacher (he taught two of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history) and author in the fields of happiness and leadership.
Antifragility is the idea of putting pressure on a system, or human, the system or human actually grows bigger and stronger. From a psychological perspective, antifragility comes in the form of PTG, or post-traumatic growth. After we experience a stressful event, we learn and grow to become more resilient.
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