书名：Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life活出最乐观的自己

作者：Martin E. P Seligman
出版社名称：Vintage Books USA
出版时间：2006
语种：英文
ISBN：9781400078394
商品尺寸：13.2 x 1.8 x 20.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：336

在IBM、通用电气、壳牌、宝洁、谷歌，这是一堂平衡成功事业和幸福人生的经典课；
在英国贵族名校威灵顿公学，这是一堂提升人生品质的素质课！

本书Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life《活出最乐观的自己》是积极心理学之父、美国心理协会主席马丁•塞利格曼（Martin E. P Seligman）的著作，也是其“幸福科学四部曲”的第2部。书中提供了风行全球20年、上百万人受益的“乐观学习法”。请记住，乐观不是你一个人的事，乐观会营造出顺风顺水的小宇宙！

媒体评论：
“塞利格曼的书是新世纪人类行为的指南。看过他的书的人，不管是门外汉还是专业人士都会受惠。这本书不仅包含了具体的自我评估工具，而且语言生动、风趣，道出了活出真我的涵义。”——希斯赞特米哈伊，心流之父

“心理学终于认真地研究了‘幸福’。塞利格曼博士送给我们一盏明灯，指引我们不断找寻多姿多彩的生活。”——丹尼尔·戈尔曼，情商之父

“由本世纪有创意、有影响力的心理学家写成的作品。他在幸福的本质上，阐述了不少精辟的科学见解及个人反思。”——史蒂芬·平克，畅销书《语言本能》的作者

“一本很好的作品！这是一本充满实用智慧和真实资料的读物，见解颇具深度，令人叹服！”——史蒂芬·柯维，《高效能人士的七个习惯》的作者

National Bestseller
The father of the new science of positive psychology and author of Authentic Happiness draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I—give-up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier.
With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life.

Review
"Vaulted me out of my funk… So, fellow moderate pessimists, go buy this book." --The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most important books of the century--an absolute must-read for all persons interested in genuinely understanding and helping our fellow human beings." --Dr. Robert H. Schuller, author of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do

"Dr. Seligman makes an optimistic case for optimism: you can learn it, you can measure it, you can teach it, and you will be healthier and happier for it." --Dr. Aaron T. Beck, author of Love is Never Enough

"A system for reforming the most entrenched pessimist." --Philadelphia Daily News

如果你是职场人士，你需要乐观，扛过每一个难关和挑战；
如果你是家长，你需要乐观。给孩子一个积极的榜样；
如果你是学生，你需要乐观，以应对学业的压力；
如果你是运动员，你需要乐观，抓住哪怕1秒的胜利机会！

阅读“积极心理学之父”的这本书Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life《活出最乐观的自己》，远离悲观，活出快乐自在的人生！

Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a past president of the American Psychological Association, is a leading motivational expert and an authority on learned helplessness. His many books include Authentic Happiness and The Optimistic Child. Dr. Seligman's research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

The baby opens her eyes and stares straight up.
The father calls her name, expecting that she will turn her head and look at him. Her eyes don’t move.
He picks up a furry little toy attached to the rail of the bassinet and shakes it, ringing the bell it contains. The baby’s eyes don’t move.
His heart has begun to beat rapidly. He finds his wife in their bedroom and tells her what just happened. “She doesn’t seem to respond to noise at all,” he says. “It’s as if she can’t hear.”
“I’m sure she’s all right,” the wife says, pulling her dressing gown around her. Together they go into the nursery.
She calls the baby’s name, jingles the bell, claps her hands. Then she picks up the baby, who immediately perks up, wiggling and cooing.
“My God,” the father says. “She’s deaf.”
“No she’s not,” the mother says. “I mean, it’s too soon to say a thing like that. Look, she’s brand-new. Her eyes don’t even focus yet.”
“But there wasn’t the slightest movement, even when you clapped as hard as you could.”
The mother takes a book from the shelf. “Let’s read what’s in the baby book,” she says. She looks up “hearing” and reads out loud: “Don’t be alarmed if your newborn fails to startle at loud noises or fails to orient toward sound. The startle reflex and attention to sound often take some time to develop. Your pediatrician can test your child’s hearing neurologically.’
“There,” the mother says. “Doesn’t that make you feel better?”
“Not much.” the father says. “It doesn’t even mention the other possibility, that the baby is deaf. And all I know is that my baby doesn’t hear a thing. I’ve got the worst feeling about this. Maybe it’s because my grandfather was deaf. If that beautiful baby is deaf and it’s my fault, I’ll never forgive myself.”
“Hey, wait a minute.” says the wife. “You’re going off the deep end. We’ll call the pediatrician first thing Monday. In the meantime, cheer up. Here, hold the baby whilefix her blanket. It’s all pulled out.”
The father takes the baby but gives her back to his wife as soon as he can. All weekend he finds himself unable to open his briefcase and prepare for next week’s work. He follows his wife around the house, ruminating about the baby’s hearing and about the way deafness would ruin her life. He imagines only the worst: no hearing, no development of language, his beautiful child cut off from the social world, locked in soundless isolation. By Sunday night he has sunk into despair.
The mother leaves a message with the pediatrician’s answering service asking for an early appointment Monday. She spends the weekend doing her exercises, reading, and trying to calm her husband.