Product Details
Free Press, August 2002
Hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0743222970
ISBN-13: 9780743222976
Description
In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess -- including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity.
Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life -- health, relationships, career -- you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.
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Caroline MyssAuthor of Sacred ContractsAuthentic Happiness is delightful and richly insightful. Martin Seligman has written a very practical book, guiding readers to make positive choices in life.
Steven PinkerAuthor of The Language InstinctA highly insightful scientific and personal reflection on the nature of happiness, from one of the most creative and influential psychologists of our time.
ElleA bold new plan for taking control of your life and finding lasting happiness.
Joan Oliver Goldsmithauthor of How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate LifeTo read this book is to walk with your head floating in clouds of possibility while your feet tread firmly on the ground of scientific research. Dr. Seligman gives us the tools to tap into our greatest strengths, so that we can live more joyously while making a greater contribution to loved ones, work and community.
Daniel Golemanauthor of Emotional IntelligenceAt last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift
-- a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.
Mary Pipherauthor of Reviving OpheliaSeligman takes the best, most recent science in psychology and applies it to our oldest, most basic human questions
-- how can we be happy? And how can we be good? His book is ground-breaking, heart-lifting and, most importantly, deeply useful. With pun intended, I'm optimistic about its success.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyiauthor of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceA revolutionary perspective on psychology, Seligman's Authentic Happiness is a beacon for human behavior in the new century. Laypersons and professionals alike will find this book enormously enriching. It summarizes a huge literature, it provides concrete self-assessment tools, and it speaks with a joyful voice about what it means to be fully alive.
Dr. Stephen R. Coveyauthor of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleAn amazing book! Absolutely full of practical wisdom and its authentic sources. What depth of understanding! Seligman affirms our power of choice with a perspective on old and new psychology I found compelling and fascinating. This book will help restore the Character Ethic.
Diane Ackermanauthor of A Natural History of the SensesThe Constitution may guarantee the right to pursue happiness, but it doesn't offer clear paths to follow through the wilderness. Seligman does. By turns smart, funny, irreverent, and insightful, he is the perfect guide, someone who can make such a difference in life, and lives. A world hungry for happiness will love his new book.
Cheryl Richardsonauthor of Stand Up for Your LifeAuthentic Happiness is one of the most important books of our time. It offers a powerful message of hope for millions who long for a deeply satisfying life. Highly accessible and filled with practical advice, if you read it and use it, it will change your life.
Andrew Weil, M.D.Martin Seligman is the leading spokesman for the new movement of positive psychology, which focuses on mental health rather than mental illness. In this most helpful book he identifies characteristics and strategies of people with positive outlooks and explains how you can cultivate and experience authentic happiness and other desirable emotional states more of the time. Professor Seligman makes me optimistic and authentically happy about the future of psychology.
Don Cliftonco-author of Now, Discover Your StrengthsAuthentic Happiness is a must read for two groups of people: anyone interested in a deeper, sophisticated, more integrated treatment of the Positive Psychology movement; and those people who struggle for greater contentment in their daily lives. This book can make the world a better place for all human beings. I intend to buy it for all of my friends who have visions of a better world.
Howard GardnerHarvard University, author of Multiple IntelligencesAn impressive achievement. This book will change how people view psychology and how all of us view ourselves.
George VaillantDirector of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and author of Aging WellAuthentic Happiness is written with grace, power, eminent intelligence, incisive scholarship and-equally important-kindness. Seligman has provided readers from every walk of life with one of the very few authentic self-improvement books in existence.
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