Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman - How to Change Your Mind and Your Life - Positive Psychology Paperback - New

Details Condition: New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781473684317 Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing (John Murray Press) Audience: General Adult Overview Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life is Martin E.P. Seligman's landmark work on positive psychology, exploring how optimism can be learned rather than being a fixed personality trait. Drawing on over twenty years of clinical research, this brand-new paperback edition explains how our explanatory style shapes resilience, mood, and even physical health. It offers practical, evidence-based exercises for readers wanting a more hopeful, constructive outlook on everyday setbacks and challenges. About the Book First published in the early 1990s and revised for a new generation of readers, Learned Optimism remains one of the defining texts in the field of positive psychology. Seligman's central argument is simple but powerful: pessimism is a habit of thinking, built from the way we explain misfortunes to ourselves, and like any habit it can be unlearned and replaced. The book walks readers through the ABC model of adversity, belief and consequence, showing how catching and challenging negative self-talk can break cycles of helplessness and low mood. Seligman draws on decades of research, including studies on depression, sales performance, sport and parenting, to demonstrate that a more optimistic explanatory style correlates with better health, stronger relationships and greater achievement. This paperback edition is designed to be read cover to cover or dipped into as a practical manual, with self-assessment tests that let readers measure their own level of optimism before and after applying the techniques. Chapters address optimism in children, in the workplace and in long-term health, making the book relevant well beyond an individual reader's own mindset. It is frequently recommended by therapists, coaches and educators as an accessible entry point into evidence-based psychology, free from jargon and