The team at, a company that helps track the mood of teams for greater, more satisfying productivity, recentlyabout Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman, a noted author and expert in the field of positive psychology. We are great fans of Seligman's work and were delighted to re-post this guest contribution. Note: the links are other highly relevant articles we suggest you bookmark if you don't have time to read them now!

One of the concepts Seligman has introduced and analyzed is the idea of

. In his theory, happiness is actually a mix of three different elements: positive emotion, engagement, and meaning. However, he also takes the analysis further in introducing happiness as a component of well-being. That is how we arrive at the PERMA construct.