You can significantly improve your life — startingtoday– 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 Optimismshows 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
