“To the scientists of the Renaissance, your critic was really your ally, helping you advance upon reality. Critics in science are not like drama critics, determining flops and successes. Criticism to scientists is just another means of finding out whether they're wrong, like running another experiment to see if it confirms or refutes a theory. Along with the advocacy principle of the courtroom, It is one of the best ways human beings have evolved to get closer to the truth.” IfsWayHumansMeanHelpingRealityRunningHuman BeingsPrinciplesTheoryDramaFindingsCriticismScientistCriticsExperimentsBest WayOpennessAlliesRenaissanceAdvocacyCourtroom Author:Martin Seligman
“The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence as a right of all Americans, as well as on the self-improvement shelves of every American bookstore. Yet the scientific evidence makes it seem unlikely that you can change your level of happiness in any sustainable way. It suggests that we each have a fixed range for happiness just as we do for weight. And just as dieters almost always regain the weight they lose, sad people don't become lastingly happy, and happy people don't become lastingly sad.” PeopleWayWellsSelfSeemsLosesLevelsSelf ImprovementEvidenceWeightIndependenceImprovementPursuitRangeFixedShelvesDeclarationUnlikelyPursuit Of HappinessBookstoresDeclaration Of IndependenceHappy PeopleScientific Evidence Book:Authentic Happiness Source: Authentic Happiness
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the way they think.” ThinkingWayNeedsYearsLastsSpiritualIndividualForeverPsychologyHabitFindingsTwentiesSignificantHelplessness Book:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Source: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
“You go into flow when your highest strengths are deployed to meet the highest challenges that come your way.” WayChallengesHighestFlow Book:Flourish Source: Flourish
“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
