泰勒·本-沙哈爾博士（Tal Ben-Shahar，Ph.D.），泰勒博士畢業於哈佛大學，他擁有心理學碩士、哲學和組織行為學博士學位。他所開設的“積極心理學”和“領袖心理學”，被哈佛學生們推選為最受歡迎率排名第一和第三的課程。選修這兩門課程的哈佛學生超過瞭總人數的20%，其中23%的聽課者嚮學校教學委員會反映：這兩門課程“改變瞭他們的一生”。泰勒博士在哈佛學生中享有很高的聲譽，受到學生們的愛戴與敬仰，被譽為“最受歡迎講師”和“人生導師”。

由於他的課程在哈佛大學引起瞭前所未有的轟動，美國公共廣播電颱（NPR）、美國有限新聞網（CNN）、美國哥倫比亞廣播公司（CBS）、《紐約時報》和《波士頓環球報》等全球數十傢著名媒體對他進行瞭專訪和追蹤報道。10年來泰勒博士專門從事個人和組織機構的優勢開發、自信心，以及領袖力提升的研究。除瞭教授哈佛大學的課程外，他還受聘為多傢著名跨國公司的心理谘詢顧問和培訓師，他的課程因兼具實用性和可操作性，被企業傢和高管們譽為“摸得著幸福”的心理課程。

泰勒博士在中國唯一閤作機構為亞洲積極心理研究院（www.mindhhh.com），2007年他已開始在中國親自講授“積極心理學”和“領袖心理學”。

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