“I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete.” BelieveWisdomI BelieveTraditionalIncomplete Author:Martin Seligman
“I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he believes he cannot compose music, he will come to nothing. He will not try hard enough. He will give up too soon when the elusive right melody takes too long to materialize.” IfsGivingTryingBelieveLongHardEnoughDesireI BelieveTalentSucceedGiving UpPassionateTraditionalMelodyComposerIncompleteElusiveDesire To SucceedPassionate Desire Book:Learned Optimism Source: Learned Optimism
“Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.” GivingBelieveFacesI BelieveAbilityStyleFailureKeysGiving UpOptimisticPersistenceNot Giving UpHelplessness Book:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Source: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
“In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable.” PeopleWorldBelieveIndividualBeliefBecomingIndividualismBelief SystemsCenter Of The World Author:Martin Seligman
“The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe that defeat is just a temporary setback or a challenge, that its causes are just confined to this one case.” ThinkingWorldWayBelieveLongHardLastsCausesChallengesCasesEventsThis WorldLong TimeOppositesFaultsDefeatCharacteristicsTemporaryMisfortunesOptimistDefiningConfinedPessimistSetbackTemporary Setbacks Author:Martin Seligman
“People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.” PeopleBelieveCausesCircumstancesGood ThingsHelplessness Book:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Source: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
“One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad.” IfsBelieveEndsMomentsUsedSufferingI BelieveOppositesAngryIllnessMental IllnessAnxiousPsychologistContinuum Author:Martin Seligman
