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Article: Seligman, Martin E. P. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- Adolescence
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- December 22, 2004
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SELIGMAN, Martin E. P. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press, 2002. 321 pp. $26.00 (h), $14.00 (p).
Over a decade ago, Martin Seligman charted a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Now, the bestselling author of Learned Optimism introduces the revolutionary, scientifically based idea of Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, asserting that happiness is not the result of good genes or luck. Seligman teaches readers that happiness can be cultivated by identifying and using many of the strengths and traits that they ...