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Title: Great research, long book
Review: The research behind learned optimism is nothing short of life changing. If you are struggling (as perhaps many or all of us are?) with something difficult in your life that you would like to be more resilient or optimistic about, read this book. Most of the book describes the history of the research that lead up to the findings on optimism, as well as numerous chapters on how optimism was proven to be a positive thing for health, work and sports (in case you were still doubting it by the middle of the book). The actual applicable portion of the book (i.e. findings on how you can shift from pessimism to optimism) only take up a fraction of the book. That is the true meat here. You may be better off googling ABCDE method if you want to jump to application in your life. If you want a detailed read on the history and case studies for optimism, definitely read the book.
