Personal Project Pursuit : Goals, Action, and Human Flourishing

Personal Project Pursuit is the first book to feature Brian Little's highly respected personal projects analysis (PPA), one of the pioneering theories in contemporary personality and motivational psychology. The book examines both the internal and external dynamics of personal goals and projects and clearly demonstrates that human flourishing is enhanced when individuals are engaged in the sustainable pursuit of core projects.

Brian R. Little received his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and has taught at Oxford, Carleton, and Harvard Universities. He has received numerous awards for both teaching and research and is currently Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton where he continues his extensive research program on personal projects and personality science.Katariina Salmela-Aro is a Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She was a post-doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, Berlin, and a Fellow of the Helsinki University Collegium for Advanced Studies, where she has studied motivational personal projects and well-being during life transitions.Susan D. Phillips is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University and Senior Academic Fellow with the Canada School of Public Service. She has published extensively on public policy, social movements and urban governance, including adapting Personal Projects Analysis to study public sector management and volunteerism.