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Review:
Unlike most self help books Seligman's work is based on actual research. I would really recommend this book for people who are sick of the positive thinking movement but would still like some of the benefits. From the reviews here you might think this is just another Polyanna book. Seligman does not say that optimistic people are superior to others. In fact, he says that pessimists are more realistic. Optimists make good sales people, but you wouldn't want them to be elevator inspectors.
Seligman advocates mature optimism. Basically the higher the cost of being wrong, the more it pays to be a pessimist. With that said there are a host of benefits to be had from optimism.
Benefits:
lower stress levels and the tons of health benefits associated with it, more enjoyable life, longer life, better performance....the list goes on and on
http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology
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