Positivity
Groundbreaking Research to Release Your Inner Optimist and Thrive
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Better than happiness, positivity will boost your life, not just your smile
Better than happiness, positivity will boost your life, not just your smile
'A sure-footed and compassionate guide.' Washington Post
Drawing on more than twenty years of scientific research into positive emotions, Fredrickson shows us that attaining positivity is not about striving to be an annoyingly and unnaturally cheerful 'Pollyanna'. It is about putting into practice the '3-to-1 ratio' of positive to negative emotions.
With Positivity, you’ll learn to see new possibilities, bounce back from setbacks, connect with others, and become the best version of yourself.
One of the leading members of the positive psychology movement brings together cutting-edge research and lab-tested tools to explain:
• Why positivity is more important than happiness.
• How it relieves depression, broadens minds, and builds lives.
• How to tap into your own sources of positivity.
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Positive psychology pioneer Fredrickson introduces readers to the power of harnessing happiness to transform their lives, backed up by impressive lab research. The author lays out the "core truths" and 10 forms of positivity joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, awe and love in a book that promises to change the way people look at feeling good. Disdainful of Pollyannaism, Fredrickson remains realistic in her treatment and provides scientific evidence to illustrate her findings that maintaining a 3:1 "positivity ratio" of positive thoughts to negative emotions creates a "tipping point" between "languishing and flourishing." The book includes compelling case studies, concrete tips, a Positivity Self Test and a tool kit for decreasing negativity and raising the positivity ratio. Although many of Fredrickson's methods and theories (notes on meditation and karma) will seem familiar to anyone versed in yoga or eastern religions, the scientific foundation of her arguments and additional online resources (www.positivityratio.com) offer readers a chance to experiment with positivity and very possibly lead richer lives.
