The intelligent optimist's guide to life : how to find health and success in a world that's a better place than you think / Jurriaan Kamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamp, Jurriaan, author.

Series:

BK life book.

BK life book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optimism.

Success.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 97 pages) : illustrations, portrait

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

2014.

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The world isn't coming to an end, contrary to what you may have heard. But the media's near-exclusive focus on conflict and disaster means that the progress and everyday acts of brilliance taking place across the globe go unnoticed.Jurriaan Kamp shows that optimism-intelligent optimism, not a rose-colored-glasses brand of wishful thinking-is good for not only your mind but your body too. He details a whole host of health problems that can actually be linked to pessimism. Moreover, there is good reason for optimism: Kamp proves that on the whole we're living longer, becoming smarter, working le

Contents:

Cover; Contents; A Note from the Author; [Introduction] Stories, News, and the Challenge of Optimism; [1] The Best Way to Live; [2] A Key to Health, Happiness, and Success; [3] How to Become an (Even Better) Optimist; [4] The World Is a Better Place Than You Think; [5] Welcome to the Age of Optimism; Checklist for Optimists; Life Orientation Test Scoring; Notes; Resources; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author; About The Intelligent Optimist

Notes:

WellbeingLU

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 19, 2014).

ISBN:

9781626562776

1626562776

9781626562769

1626562768

OCLC:

890202359