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that defeat is just a temporary setback or a challenge, that its causes are just

confined to this one case.

pidly congeal into BELIEFS. These

beliefs may become so habitual we don’t even realize we have them unless

we stop to focus on them. And they don’t just sit there idly; they have

and

giving up, on the one hand, and well-being and constructive action on the

o see the connection between adversity, belief, and

consequence. The second step is to see how the ABCs operate every day in

mportant in wild animals than sex,

pulsion is a drive

to avoid helplessness.

he Best Way to Get Started with Martin E.P. Seligman

• It’s a matter of ABC. When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by
  thinking about it. Our thoughts ra

CONSEQUENCES. The beliefs are the direct cause of what we feel and

what we do next. They can spell the difference between dejection

other. The first step is t

your own life.

• The drive to resist compulsion is more i
  food, or water. ...The drive for competence or to resist com

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to be

s great benefits.

Learned Optimism teaches readers how to choose optimism, enabling them to gain
e freedom to build a life of real rewards and lasting fulfillment. This includes
ake [ourselves] feel better and
accomplish mor her books, 20 in total, build on the
foundation of L

I personally bel ith a power to achieve, and Dr.
Seligman’s books and his teachings teach us how to get this power. His theories
are different from many others because it is based on hard scientific research.

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Dr. Seligman’s basic premise is tied into optimism and pessimism, and the core of
his beliefs is that “pessimism is escapable.” His book, Learned Optimism, is
clearly the place to start. The idea of the book is very simple—you can learn
optimistic, and optimism ha

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being able “to take charge, resist depression, and m
e.” All of Dr. Seligman’s ot
earned Optimism.

ieve that optimism provides us w