Biografía / Speaker Info
Lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar is recognized as the professor who taught the most popular course at the prestigious Harvard University on "Positive Psychology" and the third most popular course at the university on "The Psychology of Leadership", with a total of more than 1,400 students (approximately 20% of the year's undergraduate students). He is also the author of the bestseller Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment (The Pursuit of Happiness: Why You Won't Be Happy Until You Stop Chasing Perfection).
Currently, Ben-Shahar consults and lectures around the world, both for executives of multinational companies, as well as for the general public and for populations at risk of exclusion. The topics on which he speaks and offers his expertise include leadership, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting and mindfulness, among others.
He also highlights Tal Ben-Shahar's talent as a serial entrepreneur, being the co-founder and learning director of the Happiness Studies Academy (HSA), Potentialife, Maytiv and Happier.TV. He defines his personal mission as "making the world a better place through holistic education". That's why he strongly collaborates to develop curricula based on positive psychology for schools and universities.
