Positive social engagement, according to Anita Woolfolk (1998), which of course, also includes education, is enhanced when students understand that choices have consequences (Purje, 2014). One of the keys to achieving this goal, of positive engagement, according to Woolfolk, is through the consistent application of self- management. Woolfolk highlights that psychologists became interested in self-management behaviors because studies found that students subjected to externally imposed behavioral regimes, who were compelled to conform to a set of behavioral norms, too often refused to behave appropriately.
Happiness is really all about the business of life. Your life is like a startup business, and you should manage it as such. You're the founder, and you need to be able to take risks and know what the currency is of the fortune you're trying to accumulate. The Happiness Files shows how to become more successful in getting what you truly want by seeing your life in this way.