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Learned Optimism

Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
By Martin E. P. Seligman
Read by: Martin E. P. Seligman
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You can significantly improve your life -- starting today -- with the power of

Learned Optimism

In this groundbreaking national bestseller, Martin E.P. Seligman shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Drawing from more than twenty years of clinical research, Dr. Seligman outlines easy-to-follow techniques that have helped thousands of people rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts and build a life of rewards and lasting happiness. Learned Optimism shows you how to:

  • recognize your "explanatory style" -- what to say to yourself when you experience set-backs -- and how it influences your life
  • boost your mood and your immune system -- with healthful thoughts
  • help your children to practice the thought patterns that encourage optimism
  • break the "I-give-up" habit with Dr. Seligman's ABC techniques
  • change your interior dialogue and experience the astonishing positive results

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Dr. Robert H. Schuller author of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do One of the most important books of the century
-- an absolute must-read for all persons interested in genuinely understanding and helping our fellow human beings.
Ogunmupe: Take Charge Of Your Destiny
Nigeria Guardian, September 23, 2011
...that there are two major mental blocks that hold people back from success. The first is what Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania, in his book, Learned Optimism (Knopf, 1990) called “learned helplessness.” According to ...
15 Years of Cutting-Edge Thinking on Understanding the Mind [Book Review]
Io9, September 15, 2011
...a small sampling of the treasure chest between The Mind's covers: In "Eudaemonia: The Good Life" (2004), Martin Seligman, father of positive psychology whom you might recall as the author of Flourish and Learned Optimism, one of our 7 ...
Book review: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Citywire, January 28, 2011
...similar vein Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking (1952) Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within (1991) Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism (1991) About Susan Jeffers Jeffers was a young mother of two when she gained a ...
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