The Optimism Advantage - Hardcover

Wouldn't you rather be an optimist than a pessimist? In the good and the tough times, this book provides you with a road map to an optimistic outlook that works. Learn how to turn your anxiety and worries into attitudes and actions that produce results. You'll refer to this book over and over again to master the simple but powerful truths optimists live by.

Discover how easy it is to:

• Stop being your own worst enemy and become your best supporter

• Manage your own motivation instead of being dependent on others

• Experience more peaks and fewer valleys

• Make today count by turning adversity into opportunities

• Become a problem solver instead of a problem evader

• Foster optimism in those you lead and live with

• Take your life choices seriously and yourself lightly

"Masterful! The Optimism Advantage supports the thesis that we control our attitude and our actions. Live every chapter of this book, and you're more likely to have a great life of happiness and achievement!"
—Don Hutson, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The One Minute Entrepreneur, and CEO, U.S. Learning Inc.

"This is a must-read for any leader committed to producing results in both good and bad times." —Gordon Peters, CEO and Founding Chairman, Institute for Management Studies

"Terry Paulson goes beyond hyperbole and hype to address the principles and practices of optimism." —Mark Sanborn, leadership expert and author of The Fred Factor and The Encore Effect

"The Optimism Advantage collects Dr. Paulson's wisdom and insights into a resource that belongs in every library. Don't just read it once; read it until it sinks into how you live and lead! This book is a true keeper!"
—Terry L. Bream, RN, MN, Ambulatory Clinical Practice Administrator, Kaiser Permanente

"While others may be swept into fear, frustration, and uncertainty, this breakthrough book gives you practical tools to leverage the Optimism Advantage. BUY this book; a more rewarding and significant life awaits."
—Dr. Joseph Michelli, CEO, The Michelli Experience, and author of The Starbucks Experience and The New Gold Standard

Dr. Terry Paulson is a psychologist, a hall-of-fame speaker, and a leading authority on turning positive psychology research into practical insights and commonsense truths that are easy to learn and sure to produce real-world results.

Claim your Optimism Advantage! It's practical. It works! What are you waiting for?

Even in the face of an economic downturn, anyone who says optimists are in denial is misinformed. Optimists are actually the first people to admit they have problems. They're more likely to realistically evaluate their problems, and the first to do something about them. Optimists reframe challenges as opportunities, and this makes them highly effective problem solvers. Optimists as leaders help teams turn downturns into strategic progress. Are you such an optimist? Do you want to be?

Terry Paulson's The Optimism Advantage empowers you to use real optimism to create positive results in the real world. Grounded in cutting-edge positive psychology research, this unmatched resource offers proven techniques and practical strategies that will reenergize and reorganize how you face your work and life.

With The Optimism Advantage, you'll:

• Stop being your own worst enemy and become your best supporter

• Foster optimism in those you lead

• Build healthy habits to improve your attitude

• Practice constructive self-criticism¿

• Successfully dispute negative self-blocks

• Embrace action and change

• Catch yourself being effective

• Find strength in humor and simple pleasures

• Let your optimism spread to those around you

• And more

Each chapter in The Optimism Advantage features a dynamic range of callout boxes, insightful quotations, and exercises to help you discover and develop your optimism. In addition, this accessible book is packed with inspirational stories of optimism in practice, drawn from history, today's headlines, and the ordinary people who are accomplishing extraordinary things every day.

Effectively employing your optimism offers the most realistic approach you can take to overcome your challenges. The Optimism Advantage provides you with the tools you need to access your own resourcefulness and persistence, and leverage one success into the next.