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Psychological Capital, Your Best Investment Yet

4 min readApr 22, 2021

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We are all at times overwhelmed by life and lacking in what is needed to take on something new. But according to new research in the field of positive psychology, building psychological capital can help.

PsyCap, as it’s typically shortened to, can help you manage who you are now and who you want to be.

And unlike other forms of investment, it has no financial risk and is almost always guaranteed to pay great dividends.

What is PsyCap?

PsyCap is about building the mental resources required for doing what you want and realizing your potential. After all, according to research, when your psychological capital is high, you can become a master in what you are doing while experiencing a positive, more complete outlook on life.

Not only that, building PsyCap improves your physical and mental health while increasing your life and job satisfaction.

PsyCap at Work

While initially developed by management professor Fred Luthans to understand organizational growth, it has since become a powerful tool for mental health.

“PsyCap is concerned with who you

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Jeremy Sutton, PhD
Jeremy Sutton, PhD

Written by Jeremy Sutton, PhD

Positive & performance psychologist, University of Liverpool lecturer, Owner/Coach FlourishingMinds.xyz