| Description |
x, 319 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Two ways of looking at life -- Learning to be helpless -- Explaining misfortune -- Ultimate pessimism -- How you think, how you feel -- Success at work -- Children and parents -- School -- Sports -- Health -- Politics, religion, and culture -- The optimistic life -- Helping your child escape pessimism -- The optimistic organization -- Flexible optimism |
| Summary |
Compiles scientific evidence that optimism is vital to overcoming defeat and exhibits how readers can learn the habit of optimism necessary for a successful and happy life |
| Notes |
"With a new preface"--Cover |
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, c1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-303) and index |
| Subject |
Optimism.
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Self-realization.
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Adaptation, Psychological.
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Depression.
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Ethics.
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Stress, Psychological.
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| LC no. |
98155177 |
| ISBN |
0671019112 |
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