Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman — Book Summary
In 1990 Martin Seligman released his ground breaking book, Learned Optimism. Since I have occasionally been accused of behaving Pollyannaish or overly optimistic, his work is of interest to me.
Martin Seligman
People Boost: How to Encourage Others’ Personal Strengths
First help your staff or volunteers to discover their strengths. Strengths are talents, skills and knowledge that enable us to effectively complete certain activities.
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and . . .
Book Summary of Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being, My favorite Positive Psychology book is Flourish by Dr. Martin Seligman. For many years I have been a fan of Seligman, a psychologist and founder of Positive Psychology. I was thrilled in 2009 to attend the first World Congress on Positive Psychology in Philadelphia. […]
How to Challenge your ‘Not Good Enough’ Thoughts
Too many of us suffer with as sense that we are not good enough. Recently, three different women friends have prompted me to ponder the subject of believing in our not enoughness or of not doing enough, giving enough or being enough. The Silent Questions of I Am Not Enough The silent questions, aligned with […]
Discover Your Strengths: Amaze the World with Your Best Three
Resilience is considered a strength based concept. Kowing and finding ways and means to use your strengthen will improve you well-being in many ways.
A List of 30 Uplifting and Optimistic Thoughts
There is always the inside of you that you can manage.
So! You Want to Find True Happiness!
Resilient people know that you can not feel happy all the time. Feeling happy is but one emotion that comes and goes. Feeling happy gives us the information, in that moment, we have what we want.