Great product!Product DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness comes a relentlessly optimistic guidebook on finding and securing individual happiness (Kirkus Reviews).
This book will help you flourish.
With this unprecedented promise internationally esteemed psychologist Martin Seligman begins Flourish his first book in ten yearsand the first to present his dynamic new concept of what well-being really is. Traditionally the goal of psychology has been to relieve human suffering but the goal of the Positive Psychology movement which Dr. Seligman has led for fifteen years is differentits about actually raising the bar for the human condition.
Flourish builds on Dr. Seligmans game-changing work on optimism motivation and character to show how to get the most out of life unveiling an electrifying new theory of what makes a good lifefor individuals for communities and for nations. In a fascinating evolution of thought and practice Flourish refines what Positive Psychology is all about.
While certainly a part of well-being?? happiness alone doesn??t give life meaning. Seligman now asks?? What is it that enables you to cultivate your talents?? to build deep?? lasting relationships with others?? to feel pleasure?? and to contribute meaningfully to the world? In a word?? what is it that allows you to flourish? ??Well-being?? takes the stage front and center?? and Happiness (or Positive Emotion) becomes one of the five pillars of Positive Psychology?? along with Engagement?? Relationships?? Meaning?? and Accomplishment?or PERMA?? the permanent building blocks for a life of profound fulfillment.
Thought-provoking in its implications for education?? economics?? th