[FTZ]∎ PDF Gratis Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin E P Seligman 8601400332726 Books

Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin E P Seligman 8601400332726 Books

Download As PDF : Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin E P Seligman 8601400332726 Books

Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin E P Seligman 8601400332726 Books

I was introduced to Martin Seligman during a University class called "Positive Psychology". To those that are unfamiliar with the sub-field, positive psychology is an offshoot of traditional psychology. It focuses on different aspects of psychology, like how we can live happier, healthier, more productive, and more fulfilled lives.

Learned Optimism sets out on a quest to change a fundamental aspect of human personality. While we have all been asked the question, "Is the glass half empty or half full?", who knew a book could help change your answer? Is that an overstatement? Absolutely not.

Seligman explains that people have different ways of explaining events. When an event happens, it can be seen as neutral. The milk spilled; WE are the ones who say that is a 'good' or 'bad' thing. While many self help books try to address the issue of positivity, they advocate blindly holding an optimistic attitude. I have read many pop psychology and self help books, ranging from "The Power of Positive Thinking" to "How to Win Friends and Influence People", to "Think and Grow Rich" (I'm still trying this one - no luck so far). Some of these self-help books advocate an almost faith-based approach to changing one's behavior. Simply will something, and if you desire it enough, you can manifest it! Allow your inner thoughts and desires to carve out your external world! Think positive and you can do anything!

I believe Zig Ziglar said that no matter how positive somebody was, if they aren't a certified cardiovascular surgeon, he wouldn't trust them to give him open heart surgery! I agree, and I think positive thinking without realism, prudence, and planning is pointless. In Learned Optimism, this problem is addressed. Seligman points out that being positive isn't something you turn on and keep on 24/7. When a bad thing happens, an optimistic person doesn't paint over it, declaring "It will be totally fine, I'm happy!". The difference is that an innate optimist would say that negative events are external and temporary.

This distinction is an incredible revelation, and we all do this to an extent! When treated rudely, perhaps by a clerk, a pessimist might declare that "People are rude, this is the way things are.", and that the clerk "Was a jerk". They might be upset or offended, taking the clerk's actions as an attack toward them. An optimist, according to Seligman, THINKS differently. They might say "THIS (particular) Clerk is acting rude." He or she "must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed."

This difference in explanatory style was the key concept I took away from this book. While events simply occur, one's interpretation can be positive or negative. So if it's a choice, then how do we change from being pessimistic to being optimistic?

You'll have to read the book to find out. Either way, just know that while positive psychology is a new field, I gained more from this scientifically accredited book than I did reading 5 self-help books. Apply the concepts and principles within, and you might just surprise yourself! :)


Tags : Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life [Martin E. P. Seligman] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <b>National Bestseller</b> The father of the new science of positive psychology and author of Authentic Happiness</i> draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life,Martin E. P. Seligman,Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life,Vintage,1400078393,Personal Growth - Happiness,Personality,Optimism,Optimism.,Self-realization,Self-realization.,APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY,Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem,BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Inspiration & Personal Growth,GENERAL,General Adult,Non-Fiction,PERSONAL GUIDANCE,PSYCHOLOGY Personality,Personal Growth - General,Psychology General,SELF-HELP Personal Growth General,SELF-HELP Personal Growth Happiness,Self Help,Self-Help,United States,positivity books;martin seligman;self help books;self help;self esteem;happiness books;positive psychology;optimism;psychology;emotions;business;personal growth;leadership;motivation;personality;inspirational;positivity;self development;productivity;health;wisdom;relationships;neuroscience;social psychology;management;inspiration;mindfulness;sociology;habits;anxiety;creativity;anger;motivational;education;meditation;brain;stress;work;career;decision making;organization;happiness;spirituality,self help; self esteem; self help books; happiness books; psychology; emotions; business; personal growth; optimism; leadership; motivation; personality; inspirational; positivity; self development; productivity; health; wisdom; relationships; neuroscience; social psychology; management; inspiration; mindfulness; sociology; habits; anxiety; creativity; anger; motivational; education; meditation; brain; stress; work; career; decision making; organization; martin seligman; positive psychology; positivity books; happiness; spirituality,BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Inspiration & Personal Growth,PSYCHOLOGY Personality,Personal Growth - General,Psychology General,SELF-HELP Personal Growth General,SELF-HELP Personal Growth Happiness,Applied Psychology,Personal Guidance,Self-Help,Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin E P Seligman 8601400332726 Books Reviews

Everyone at risk of pessimism or depression, every parent should read this book. It makes perfect sense to me as a father of a teenage boy struggling with depression. The key take-way is optimism is a choice, a learnable skill and attitude. It does not change facts. But it does change how you feel about and deal with them.
It's a little early to say, but I have just started applying the thought framework this book suggests and I'm seeing positive change on the first day. I've felt very stuck in various aspects of my life for about five years now, and I've tried life coaching, counseling, reading other self help books etc with little change. This book is helping me realize that across all the spheres of my life I feel stuck in, I've developed really negative beliefs. I have a hard time accomplishing work goals, and believe myself lazy. I often forget to call my loved ones, and believe myself selfish. What I'm seeing now is that these negative thoughts have consequences--they're causing an immobility, depression spiral. I believe myself to be lazy, and I have a harder time working because of it. I think of myself as selfish, assume my friends will be angry with me when I do call them, and so avoid making the calls.

Maybe I'm not lazy, selfish, or depressed--I just have a system of negative thoughts that are making me feel disempowered and helpless. It's becoming clear that my thinking is VERY cyclically pessimistic; I even feel a clenching in my chest every time I return to one of my negative beliefs. But even today, the first day I've consulted with this book, I've used some of its technique to challenge my negative thinking, with positive results. I'd been putting off returning a friend's text because I thought he might be upset with me, but just examining that belief made me realize how knee-jerk and baseless it is. Having reoriented myself, I texted him back.

It's one small step but that felt VERY powerful. I already did feel compelled to reattribute much of my depression as pessimism, and if I do that there will be ways to positively change every thought I have. All we are is the set of assumptions we make about the world, and I'm amazed at how little I've been examining my own assumptions.

I am so happy I bought this book. Take a look at the preview and see if it resonates with you; it did with me because it's so research-based, not airy or cheerful at all. Just useful and powerful. If you struggle with any sort of depression or ineffectiveness, I recommend you give those first few pages a read. It really might give us all a way to get better.
I was introduced to Martin Seligman during a University class called "Positive Psychology". To those that are unfamiliar with the sub-field, positive psychology is an offshoot of traditional psychology. It focuses on different aspects of psychology, like how we can live happier, healthier, more productive, and more fulfilled lives.

Learned Optimism sets out on a quest to change a fundamental aspect of human personality. While we have all been asked the question, "Is the glass half empty or half full?", who knew a book could help change your answer? Is that an overstatement? Absolutely not.

Seligman explains that people have different ways of explaining events. When an event happens, it can be seen as neutral. The milk spilled; WE are the ones who say that is a 'good' or 'bad' thing. While many self help books try to address the issue of positivity, they advocate blindly holding an optimistic attitude. I have read many pop psychology and self help books, ranging from "The Power of Positive Thinking" to "How to Win Friends and Influence People", to "Think and Grow Rich" (I'm still trying this one - no luck so far). Some of these self-help books advocate an almost faith-based approach to changing one's behavior. Simply will something, and if you desire it enough, you can manifest it! Allow your inner thoughts and desires to carve out your external world! Think positive and you can do anything!

I believe Zig Ziglar said that no matter how positive somebody was, if they aren't a certified cardiovascular surgeon, he wouldn't trust them to give him open heart surgery! I agree, and I think positive thinking without realism, prudence, and planning is pointless. In Learned Optimism, this problem is addressed. Seligman points out that being positive isn't something you turn on and keep on 24/7. When a bad thing happens, an optimistic person doesn't paint over it, declaring "It will be totally fine, I'm happy!". The difference is that an innate optimist would say that negative events are external and temporary.

This distinction is an incredible revelation, and we all do this to an extent! When treated rudely, perhaps by a clerk, a pessimist might declare that "People are rude, this is the way things are.", and that the clerk "Was a jerk". They might be upset or offended, taking the clerk's actions as an attack toward them. An optimist, according to Seligman, THINKS differently. They might say "THIS (particular) Clerk is acting rude." He or she "must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed."

This difference in explanatory style was the key concept I took away from this book. While events simply occur, one's interpretation can be positive or negative. So if it's a choice, then how do we change from being pessimistic to being optimistic?

You'll have to read the book to find out. Either way, just know that while positive psychology is a new field, I gained more from this scientifically accredited book than I did reading 5 self-help books. Apply the concepts and principles within, and you might just surprise yourself! )