The Glass Half Full: How Optimists Get What They Want From Life: and Pessimists Can Too

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According to psychologist Suzanne Segerstrom, rose-colored glasses may look silly, but they're actually quite practical. In The Glass Half Full, she surveys the scientific data on optimism (including her own award-winning research) to reveal that it's not what you believe about the future that matters, but what you do about it. While pessimists debate whether their goals are attainable, optimists are out there trying to achieve them. Without insisting that readers learn to "think positive," The Glass Half Full teaches them practical ways to appropriate the habits and skills that optimists use. Read more... Abstract: According to psychologist Suzanne Segerstrom, rose-colored glasses may look silly, but they're actually quite practical. In The Glass Half Full, she surveys the scientific data on optimism (including her own award-winning research) to reveal that it's not what you believe about the future that matters, but what you do about it. While pessimists debate whether their goals are attainable, optimists are out there trying to achieve them. Without insisting that readers learn to "think positive," The Glass Half Full teaches them practical ways to appropriate the habits and skills that optimists use Content: Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Prologue: Stop Trying to Be So Happy One: Glass Half-Full, Glass Half-Empty, or Glass That Needs to Be Washed?: The Optimistic Character Two: The Persistence Instinct: Optimists and Their Goals Three: Building (and Rebuilding) for the Future: Optimists and Their Resources Four: So Happy Together: Optimists and Their Relationships Five: Mixed Blessing: Optimists and Their Health Six: Everything Good, Especially the Bad: Optimists and Their Vulnerabilities Seven: Is an Optimist Born or Made?: The Optimistic Character Revisited. Eight: Doing Optimism: Optimists, Pessimists, and Their Potential for ChangeEpilogue: Confessions of a Reluctant Optimist Notes Index About the Author.