A positive psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky links old age and unhappiness to the lack

of acting on individual propensities of kindness and generosity. Because of

coaching, positive psychology and the construct of kindness and generosity have
received overwhelming interest as coaches continue to apply the two instruments of
psychology into professional coaching. Based on the study evidence about sports
coaching and development, the positive construct of kindness and generosity has
significantly increased engagement and the measured effects of happiness.

The measured effects of happiness and positive emotions induced by acts of kindness
and generosity have also directly related to an individual’s well-being in sports
coaching. Hence, the area of positive psychology in the relation to the positive
psychological constructs of kindness and generosity continues to expand and evolve
with everyday life, coaching effects (Lyubomirsky, 2001).Basing on the previous
studies on altruism, acts of kindness and generosity fall among the key
determinants of happiness and an individual’s satisfaction.

Subjective happiness remains a major area of concern in the study of positive

psychology, and therefore, psychologists have devised various interventions in
fostering its application. One of the applications displaying the experiences and
effect of the construct of kindness and generosity involves coaching. Various
psychologists have borrowed a few principles that claim that by doing small acts of
kindness the resultant effect increases an individual’s well-being (Dulin et al.,
2001).Research studies exist that explain the practical application of acts of
kindness, as an integral part of the coaching engagement.

The positive effects experienced by the volunteers who took part in the intentional
acts of kindness and generosity reveal the practicality and potential application
of the same aspect of a coaching engagement. In a practical application of the
construct of kindness and generosity, volunteers took part in controlled research
with one group undertaking acts of kindness in a coaching engagement, to create
personal resources.