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Learned Optimism

How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Martin Seligman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Murray Press

Published:19th Apr '18

Should be back in stock very soon

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In this international bestseller, the father of positive psychology draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to show you how to overcome depression, boost your immune system, and make yourself happier.

"Vaulted me out of my funk.... So, fellow moderate pessimists, go buy this book." The New York Times Book Review

Sharing simple techniques anyone can practice, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an "I-give-up" habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behaviour, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue.

With 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.

An optimistic case for optimism: you can learn it, you can measure it, you can teach it and you will be healthier and happier for it. -- Aaron T. Beck MD, founder of Cognitive Therapy
Vaulted me out of my funk . . . fellow moderate pessimists, go buy this book. -- Marian Sandmaier, New York Times Book Review
One of the most important books of the century. -- Dr Robert H Schuller, author of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do
A powerful blueprint for reforming your deepest pessimistic tendencies. -- Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

ISBN: 9781473684317

Dimensions: 214mm x 134mm x 30mm

Weight: 320g

336 pages