| Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Martin E. P. Seligman
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 3308
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1400078393
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.232
EAN: 9781400078394
ASIN: 1400078393
Publication Date: January 3, 2006
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Product Description
Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I—give-up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier..
With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life.
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 Optimism is good, we can all agree November 28, 2008
Also try this, Tao Cycle Therapy: Natural Happiness via Self Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression [Updated 2008 3nd Edition]
It is what it claims to be November 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I also suggest, Tao Cycle Therapy: Natural Happiness via Self Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression [Updated 2008 3nd Edition]
Not bad November 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tao Cycle Therapy: Natural Happiness via Self Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression [Updated 2008 3nd Edition]
 Interesting read! November 22, 2008
I'm not a person who reads self help books. A professor who i respect mentioned the book in a social psych class. I like the idea of positive psychology, so I decided to look at the book more. I almost didn't get it because it was listed as self help, lol. But I did, and I loved the book. Everything is based on research, which sets it apart from the vast majority of self help books. I'd say that my optimism was a healthy level before beginning the book, and it was even more so afterward, and I was skeptical about applying it to myself.
It's a learning experience, and I enjoyed it.
Plus it's an easy and pleasant read.
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Powerful, Informative and Accessible November 17, 2008
After reading this book, I can't NOT hear the 3 Ps that mark a pessimistic reaction to misfortune. And once you can hear them, you can change them. This has helped me reverse my own reactions to bad events as well as helped me shift the thinking of others at critical times.
As a management consultant, I appreciate every new tool that I can use to help others improve their performance. This book's concrete, specific steps are so much more valuable than all the sweet talking platitude preaching that quickly melts away like cotton candy when it rains.
This book also discusses the benefits of optimism, the important role of pessimism even for eternal optimists, and more. Informative, fascinating and accessible - I highly recommend Learned Optimism to anyone interested in helping themselves or others have more control over their reactions to the vicissitudes of life.
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