Authentic Happiness - Using New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting

'A practical map for a flourishing life' (Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence ) In this groundbreaking, heart-lifting and deeply useful book, Martin Seligman, internationally esteemed psychologist and the father of Positive Psychology, shows us that happiness can be learned and cultivated. Using many years of in-depth psychological research he lays out the 24 strengths and virtues unique to the human psyche and teaches you how to identify the ones you possess. By calling upon your signature strengths, you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also improve the world around you - at work, in love and in raising children - achieving new and sustainable contentment, joy and meaning.

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A revolutionary perspective on psychology. Authentic Happiness is a beacon for human behaviour [and] speaks with a joyful voice about what it means to be alive Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow

Product details

• Authors: Martin Seligman, Seligman Martin
• Publisher: Brealey, Nicholas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781857886771
• ISBN: 978-1-85788-677-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: emotions, Cognitivism, cognitive theory