Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer who taught the most popular course at Harvard University on "Positive Psychology," and the university's third most popular course on "The Psychology of Leadership"-with a total of more than 1,400 students.

Ben-Shahar consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include leadership, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. He is the author of The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life and Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment.

An avid sportsman, Ben-Shahar won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.

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Marci Shimoff is the author of the new instant runaway bestseller, Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, which offers a revolutionary approach to experiencing deep and lasting happiness. It has immediately soared to #1 on many national bestseller lists including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com, and has debuted at #2 on The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Fedex/Kinkos selected Happy for No Reason as their featured book for April, May and June of 2008. In addition, she's a featured teacher in the international film and book sensation, The Secret.

Marci is also the woman's face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her six bestselling titles in the series, including Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, have met with stunning success, selling more than 13 million copies worldwide in 33 languages and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 108 weeks. Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time.

A celebrated transformational leader and one of the nation's leading experts on happiness, success, and the law of attraction, Marci has inspired millions of people around the world, sharing her breakthrough methods for personal fulfillment and professional success. President and co-founder of the Esteem Group, she delivers keynote addresses and seminars on self-esteem, self-empowerment, and peak performance to corporations, professional and non-profit organizations, and women's associations. She has been a top-rated trainer for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, GM, Sears, Kaiser Permanente, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

As an acclaimed authority on success and happiness, Marci is often approached by media for her insights and advice. She has been on more than 500 national and regional television and radio shows and has been interviewed for over 100 newspaper articles nationwide. Her writing has appeared in national women's magazines, including Ladies Home Journal and Woman's World.

Marci earned her MBA from UCLA and holds an advanced certificate as a stress management consultant. She is a founding member and on the board of directors of the Transformational Leadership Council, a group of 100 top leaders serving over ten million people in the self-development market. Through her books and her presentations, Marci's message has touched the hearts and rekindled the spirits of millions of people throughout the world. She is dedicated to fulfilling her life's purpose of helping people live more empowered and joy-filled lives.

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Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the "Indiana Jones of positive psychology" because his research on happiness and strengths have taken him to such far-flung destinations as Greenland, Israel, Kenya and India. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Happiness Studies and the Journal of Positive Psychology. Dr. Biswas-Diener is Program Director at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology, a UK based consultancy, and has trained professionals on four continents. He is author of Positive Psychology Coaching (2007) and Happiness: Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth (2008).

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He had also received widespread national and international recognition including the highest youth accolade the Singapore Youth Award; the Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award (Humanitarian/ Voluntary Leadership), USA in 1997; the Commonwealth Youth Award for Excellence in Youth Work; the ASEAN Youth Award and the Public Service Medal in 2000.

On 6th April 2007, Dr Tan became the first person in the world to accomplish a marathon in the North Pole and on 19th December 2007, Dr Tan became the fastest person in the world to complete 7 marathons across 7 continents. More stories of Dr William Tan's inspiring journey can be found at www.willpower.com.sg

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	Dr. William Tan contracted polio when he was two and became paralysed from the waist down. Despite his handicap, and a humble family background, he went on to become a neuroscientist and a medical doctor, winning scholarships to Harvard and Oxford. He also became Singapore's best-known Paralympic wheelchair athlete.
In the past twenty years he has participated in marathons and ultramarathons all over the world, and raised millions of dollars for a large number of charitable organizations both locally and internationally. This is his first book.
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Professor David Chan is Professor of Psychology and Deputy Provost at the Singapore Management University. He has published numerous journal articles, authored several Handbook chapters and Encyclopedia entries in the fields of measurement, data analysis, and organizational psychology, coauthored a textbook in personnel selection, and delivered several invited keynote speeches and presented numerous papers at international conferences. He has received several scholarly awards including the William Owens Scholarly Achievement Award and the Edwin Ghiselli Award for Innovative Research Design presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He was also the first non-American to receive the prestigious Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award from the Society. In 2000, he was ranked 9th world-wide in the list of Top 100 most published researchers of the 1990's in the field of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. As of early 2009, his works have been cited over 1000 times in international journals in the disciplines of psychology, management, and research methods and statistics.

Professor Chan is Editor or Editorial Board Member on several international journals in psychology, management sciences, and research methods. He was an elected Representative-at-Large Member of the Executive Committee of the Research Methods Division, Academy of Management. In Singapore, he is Consultant to the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore Police Force, and Singapore Prison Service. He has also worked with various public and private organizations in the United States on personnel selection projects and large-scale surveys.

Professor Chan is a member of the National Council on Problem Gambling and Chairman of the Council's Committee on Research, member of the National Youth Council's Advisory Panel on Youth Research, and Board member of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation. He is Chairman of the International Advisory Panel to the National Addictions Management Centre and National Council of Problem Gambling.

Professor Chan is on a 6-member international committee, which included Nobel Laureate Professor Daniel Kahneman, which recently submitted a report to the United Nations on measures and accounts of national well-being across countries. He is also scientific advisor to an international group of researchers working on a multiple-country research programme on culture and cognition funded by the United States Air Force.

psychology can drive well-being and results in the workplace and helps global organisations understand and deal with the impact to the bottom line of cross cultural and global issues. He aids people in recognising how culture and personality clashes can eat away at well-being and happiness of staff, is recognized as a specialist in this area and is sought after by many of the world's leading organizations. Committed to Corporate Social responsibility - Philip contributes to issues of rural development, equality, environment and women's empowerment by balancing his commercial work with work in the development sector. He is regularly asked by the United Nations to work with their senior country management teams in different parts of the world. In 2008 Philip also organised the 1st Asian Happiness and Well-Being Conference (www.simply-happy.com) and led the search for Singapore's happiest person - he is passionate about driving results in organizations by enhancing happiness and well-being.

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	With a number one airport and one of the busiest ports of the world Singapore tops the charts in various areas. But when it comes to happiness a recent survey found that 9 in 10 Singaporeans are stressed out. In 2008 two hundred and fifty Singaporeans participated in the search for Singapore's Happiest person as part of the
"New Science of Happiness and Well-Being Conference" organized by Philip Merry Consulting Group. From executives to waitresses to petrol pump attendants, the nominees came from all walks of life but they had one thing in common: they brought happiness and joy to others. Their stories act like a shot in the arm to the nation's self esteem - Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans alike will love them. They will touch your heart, make you laugh and brighten up your day. Take a look and be simply-happy now.
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past 9 years by giving inspirational talks to schools, organisations and private companies about the challenges the physically challenge faces and how the community can respond to their needs.

His talks are straightforward, witty and thought-provoking. He receives requests for talks from schools and has delivered 98 talks since he was engaged by Handicaps Welfare Association in 2001 to be one of their speakers. He is also the author of his autobiography, Beyond the Fall. Since its launch in 2005, it has sold over 2200 copies.

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government organizations for many years. She specializes in Leadership Development Coaching, Development of Women Leaders, Development of Asian Talent for International Assignment, Career and Life Coaching/Mentoring, Team Counselling and Coaching, and Cross Cultural Training - development of Asian Leaders.

(Counseling), a Master certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Sequential Mind Technology as well as being an NGH certified Hypnotherapist. She lends her skills to the development of her clients interpersonal, intercultural, and communication skills so that they may attain their fullest individual potential.

The Memory Training Company in Singapore. He is a World Record Holder and the only Grandmaster of Memory and International Master of Memory in Singapore.

Now, he's agreed to reveal how any business leader can confidently manage the media no matter what the circumstances.

Paul is also a voice coach and when he is not helping clients manage the media he is bringing out the best in their voice. Paul knows how to develop your voice so that it is more interesting and persuasive to listen to