Recognizing good things can better our lives: inducing gratitude can increase positive emotion (Watkins),
focusing on the positive in a 3 - to - 1 ratio to the negative can create more successful business
teams (Fredrickson and Losada), couples that respond in a 5 - to - 1 ratio of positive to negative have happier and longer marriages (Gottman), and couples that respond
enthusiastically to each other report more satisfaction (Gable).