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