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Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
by Martin Seligman

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In this national bestseller — Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date — the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess — including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity.

Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life — health, relationships, career — you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.

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Elle

A bold new plan for taking control of your life and finding lasting happiness.

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Steven Pinker

Author of The Language Instinct

A highly insightful scientific and personal reflection on the nature of happiness, from one of the most creative and influential psychologists of our time.

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A groundbreaking look at how readers can improve the world around them and achieve new and lasting levels of authentic contentment and joy.
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Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Part I: Positive Emotion

1. Positive Feeling and Positive Character
2. How Psychology Lost Its Way and I Found Mine
3. Why Bother to Be Happy?
4. Can You Make Yourself Lastingly Happier?
5. Satisfaction about the Past
6. Optimism about the Future
7. Happiness in the Present

Part II: Strength and Virtue

8. Renewing Strength and Virtue
9. Your Signature Strengths

Part III: In the Mansions of Life

10. Work and Personal Satisfaction
11. Love
12. Raising Children
13. Reprise and Summary
14. Meaning and Purpose

Appendix: Terminology and Theory
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index

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stoodentz83, December 26, 2006 (view all comments by stoodentz83)
almost all of common peoples think that key word "emotion" and "stress" is defined as "bad" conditon, "bad" mood, and other negative feelings. so, when peoples hear about those key words, the will think it's not happy. the condition which full of tears and depressed individu.

so they think that psychology only talk about "sadness", "tears", and others negative emotion.how can we happy is we just read about sad and sad and sad...?so psychology is not ideal for happy people?

this book helps us to open our eyes, and make our narrow minded being wider.

psychology is NOT all about sad, tears,..etc. but psychology also talk about happiness, smiling, laughing, excitement, etc...

emotion is not only negative feeling, but also positive emotion. stress is not always bad. there's distress and eustress.cool !!

so let's learn about positive psychology with Martin Seligman. and be optimist in this life ..!

by: A.Zahra
Faculty Of Psychology
Gadjah Mada University
DIY - Indonesia
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743222983
Subtitle:
Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Author:
Seligman, Martin
Author:
Seligman, Martin E. P.
Publisher:
Free Press
Subject:
Emotions
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Personal Growth - Happiness
Subject:
General Psychology & Psychiatry
Copyright:
2004
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.46x5.48x.83 in. .68 lbs.
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