Learned Optimism

Published USA, 1990. This edition 2006
Learned Optimism shows us how to stop automatically assuming guilt, how to get out of the habit of seeing the direst possible implications in every setback - how to be optimistic! Martin Seligman documents the effects of optimism on the quality of life, provides tests to determine the degree of our negative and positive orientation, and offers a program of specific exercises to help break the habit of pessimism and learn the habit of optimism for both ourselves and our children. With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behaviour at school, at work, and in children, this book is both profound and practical.

Martin Seligman is past president of the American Psychological Association.
Paperback. 319 pages
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