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 Happinessand 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.
“Vaulted me out of my funk.... So, fellow moderate pessimists, go
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Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do
"Dr. Seligman makes an optimistic case for optimism: you can learn
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Enough
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