Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind & Your Life
Martin E.P. Seligman





Format: Paperback, 336pp.
ISBN: 9781400078394
Publisher: Vintage
Pub. Date: January 3, 2006

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From The Publisher:

ARE YOU HOLDING YOURSELF BACK?

Without knowing it, most of us impose limits on our achievement and our happiness by approaching life's problems and challenges with unnecessary pessimism. Now, Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer in cognitive psychology and motivational research, tells you how to identify your own self-defeating thought patterns — and how to harness the powers of your conscious mind to break those patterns.

The Science of Personal Control

Based on years of rigorous research, Learned Optimism examines the importance of "explanatory style" — the way in which we explain our problems and setbacks to ourselves — and offers a series of exercises that will help you target unhealthy habits of pessimistic thinking and bring them under your control. More powerful and pragmatic than a simple program of positive thinking, Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you:

• Attain maximum personal achievement
• Avoid feelings of helplessness and depression
• Develop a hopeful, healthy outlook

About the Author

Martin E.P. Seligman is Kogod Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and past president of the division of clinical psychology of the American Psychological Association. He lives in Wynnewood, PA.


Table of Contents

	Introduction	v
	Part One: The Quest	1
1	Two Ways of Looking at Life	3
2	Learning to Be Helpless	17
3	Explaining Misfortune	31
4	Ultimate Pessimism	54
5	How You Think, How You Feel	71
	Part Two: The Realms of Life	93
6	Success at Work	95
7	Children and Parents: The Origins of Optimism	116
8	School	136
9	Sports	155
10	Health	167
11	Politics, Religion, and Culture: A New Psychohistory	185
	Part Three: Changing: From Pessimism to Optimism	205
12	The Optimistic Life	207
13	Helping Your Child Escape Pessimism	235
14	The Optimistic Organization	254
15	Flexible Optimism	281
	Notes	293
	Acknowledgments	305
	Index	311

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