The song discusses promoting love, unity, and positivity between people instead of fighting, cheating, scandalizing, and hating. It suggests that if everyone comes together with love, the world could be in a better state. The document discusses the benefits of being a positive person, including faster recovery from setbacks, less stress and associated health issues, stronger immune system, closer relationships, increased longevity, and better brain chemistry. Being positive involves how one reacts to and interprets negative events or perceptions in life.

1. Eh---yeah
wonderful world
beautiful people.
You and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Take a look
at the world
and the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree.
We all could make it a better way.
With our love put together.
Everybody learn to love each other.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a…
.

2. Why
the
Jimmy Cliff
Song?

3. Were you a positive person?

5. According to the short article, why
would you want to be?

6. Is it really about being positive?
Or is it something else?

8. Martin Seligman, one of the
fathers of positive psychology.
Author of many books including
authentic happiness and learned
optimism.

9.  Optimism is partially defined by how you react
to setbacks
 Setbacks are any negative event or perception in
your life.
 All kinds of setbacks, social, personal, physical,
environmental, family, etc.
Optimism, more than just a state of mind…
it is a state of “being!”

11. Being a Positive Person
The Benefits
 Faster recovery from setbacks that do occur.
 Less stress and associated stress related illnesses, including
significantly less clinical depression.
 Stronger immune system.
 Closer to friends, family, people want to be around you.
 Increased longevity.
 Feelings of being in control, less anxiety.
 More success in business, especially sales.
 Better brain chemistry: endorphins

12. Flexibility
Attention Memory
Problem
Solving
Speed Working memory
Spatial recall
Facial/Name recall