Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Martin Seligman - Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Published: 1998-03-01 | ISBN: 0671019112, 0394579151 | PDF | 336 pages | 18 MB
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