Learned Optimism. How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Authentic Happiness

Known as the father of the science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enhances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, 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. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier.

With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behaviour at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical, making it highly 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