Positive emotions include feelings of joy, happiness, love, and surprise. Positive emotions are beneficial as they help people make better decisions, focus attention on new opportunities, and reduce health risks. However, focusing too much on positive emotions can also have disadvantages. When people are too happy, they may jump to conclusions and disregard important details. Emphasizing happiness can also increase expectations and lead to greater disappointment when reality does not match high expectations. Pursuing happiness as a primary goal can paradoxically make people feel more lonely.

1. Positive
emotions

2. Question # 1
What are
positive emotions?

3. Enjoyment
http://atlasofemotions.com/

4. Emotions related to
feeling joy / happiness / love
https://hbr.org/2016/11/3-ways-to-better-understand-your-emotions

5. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132
Surprise is also
a positive emotion.

6. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572

7. Question # 2
Why are positive emotions
good for us?

8. Positive emotions are consistently associated with
better performance, quality, and customer service.
This holds true across roles and industries and at
various organizational levels.
https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

9. When students feel secure, happy, and
excited, they learn and perform better.
http://www.learner.org/courses/learningclassroom/support/05_emotions_learning.pdf

10. Positive emotions help us
 make better decisions,
 direct our attention to new information / opportunities, and
 reduce the risk of diseases / illnesses.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132 location 700.

11. Happy faces trigger an approach
response.
http://www.your-brain-at-work.com/files/NLJ_SCARFUS.pdf

12. If you walk into a room smiling, you’re more
likely to create a culture of joy than if you wear
a neutral expression.
People will smile back and start to mean it.
https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

13. Question # 3
What disadvantages are
there of putting too much
focus on positive emotions?

14. When we are in an “everything is awesome” mood,
we are far more likely to jump to conclusions.
Happy people often place disproportionate emphasis
on early information and disregard later details.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750:

15. Placing too high value on happiness increase
people's expectations for how things should be
- and thereby set people up for disappointment.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750:

16. The more people have happiness as a goal,
the more they describe themselves as lonely.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 750: