You can acquire optimism and significantly improve your life.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How often do you take on exciting new projects or celebrate your successes ? Now psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, one of the world's experts on motivation, shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.

LEARNED OPTIMISM shows you how to:

• Attain maximum personal achievements

• Boost your mood—-and your immune system—with healthful thoughts!

• Help your children by practicing the patterns of thought that encourage optimism at an early age. Change your interior dialogue and experience the astonishing positive results.

When you know how to choose the power of optimism, you'll gain an essential new freedom to build a life of and lasting fulfillment.