Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139).

Introduction -- Practice 1: Control the life-shaping power of your thoughts and attitudes -- Practice 2: Assess your current level of optimism -- Practice 3: Develop the explanatory style of an optimist -- Practice 4: Eliminate the explanatory style that pessimists use -- Practice 5: Recognize and dispute pessimistic thoughts -- Practice 6: Use positive reappraisal to handle problems and disappointments -- Practice 7: Make hope a habit -- Practice 8: Know how and when to use negative thinking -- Practice 9: Practice gratitude and forgiveness -- Practice 10: Play to your signature strengths -- Practice 11: Go for flow -- Practice 12: Act the way you want to feel -- Epilogue.

Price Pritchett, one of the world's most renowned thought leaders on corporate culture and organizational change, presents a groundbreaking program for developing the positive mental practices that will not only improve your performance on the job, but enhance the quality of every part of your life. Drawing upon research from the influential field of positive psychology, Pritchett shows you how to adopt hard optimism-a forward-thinking mindset that incorporates resilience, energy, innovation, and hope into the way you approach every task. Hard Optimism gives you 12 powerful, proven practices for reducing negative thinking and adopting the attitude of a winner-the keys to seizing opportunity, overcoming obstacles, and wielding a positive influence on the people around you. By taking a hard look at reality rather than sugarcoating it, by managing your thought processes to improve hard results, you'll master hard optimism and meet the challenges in every area of your career and life. -- Provided by publisher.

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