| Description | Tal "...had no plans to attend college."Our own Tal Ben Shahar has enjoyed some fame these past months in print and on TV; in fact if you google him, his name has two + pages of references on multiple websites, talking about his Harvard course on Positive Psychology, the largest at the University with 850 students. He also teaches the third largest course on The Psychology of Leadership with 550 students. So who is this favorite Harvard Lecturer? Tal hails from Israel by way of Squash. In his teens he was a world-class squash champion in Israel and had no plans to attend college. He was the Israel Olympic Athlete of the Year for 1988, 1989 and 1992. Instead, he figured on a long athletic career—until Life—in the form of military duty–got in the way. During his tour of duty he sustained an injury that prevented him from competing ever again on the world-class level... |