Light for the Darkness of the Mind Quotations from the book Learned Optimism by Martin E.P. Seligman “Habits of thinking need not be forever.” p.8   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Desire is another matter; it can be boosted all to easily.” p. 13   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“What is critical is what you think when you fail, using the power of “non-negative thinking.” p. 15   MethodMap.blogspot.com

5   “I see events as success or failure of personal control.” p.15 MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Learned helplessness is the giving –up reaction, , ,” p.15   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Your habitual way of explaining bad events, your explanatory style, is more than just words you mouth when you fail. It is a habit of thought, , ,” p. 44   MethodMap.blogspot.com

If you think about things in always’s and never’s, , , you have a permanent, pessimistic style.” p. 44   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Permanence is about time. Pervasiveness is about space.” p. 46   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“People who make permanent and universal explanations for their trouble tend to collapse under pressure.” p. 49   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Low self-esteem usually comes from an internal style for bad events.” p.49   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“How you think about your problems, including depression itself, will either relieve depression or aggravate it.” p.75  

“The good news is that both pessimistic explanatory style and rumination can be changed, and changed permanently.” p. 75   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Changing explanatory style from pessimism to optimism relieves depression markedly.” p. 81   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure.” p.101”   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Pessimism is all around us.” p107   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Children with pessimistic explanatory style are at a serious disadvantage.” p. 143   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“Optimism tells you who to select and recruit.” p. 166 MethodMap.blogspot.com

The first step is to the connection between adversity , belief, and consequences.” p. 211   MethodMap.blogspot.com

“When the skills of optimism are learned early, they become fundamental.” p.253 MethodMap.blogspot.com

“This is the beginning. The next part is up to you. Now, each time you face adversity listen carefully to your examination of it.” p. 280 Quotations from the book Learned Optimism by Martin E.P. Seligman Lighthouses by morgeFile.com Created by Wayne Kronz For MethodMap.blogspot.com MethodMap.blogspot.com