The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results
Sharpen your skills and shape attitudes to achieve high levels of success personally and professionally

The Optimism Advantage offers tangible, proven techniques for turning life's obstacles into opportunities with confidence and competence. Today's economy offers plenty of reasons to feel powerless and frustrated. But why would you, when it offers just as many reasons to be optimistic, resourceful, and persistent? After all, adversity is everywhere...but it's how you handle adversity that makes the difference in your personal and professional life.

Each chapter provides new ways to sharpen your own skills and help others to face ever-present organizational and personal challenges with the kind of positive attitude that leads to resilience and results.

  • Presents important truths for maintaining your sanity and effectiveness during times of economic or organizational turmoil
  • Shows you how to turn yourself into a valuable, recyclable asset, rather than a disposable "employee"
  • Author Terry Paulson is a preeminent expert on the human side of optimism and a powerful, renowned professional speaker

The Optimism Advantage offers much needed relief, hope, and practical tools for everyone who feels trapped and powerless in the face of current economic conditions.

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The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results
Sharpen your skills and shape attitudes to achieve high levels of success personally and professionally

The Optimism Advantage offers tangible, proven techniques for turning life's obstacles into opportunities with confidence and competence. Today's economy offers plenty of reasons to feel powerless and frustrated. But why would you, when it offers just as many reasons to be optimistic, resourceful, and persistent? After all, adversity is everywhere...but it's how you handle adversity that makes the difference in your personal and professional life.

Each chapter provides new ways to sharpen your own skills and help others to face ever-present organizational and personal challenges with the kind of positive attitude that leads to resilience and results.

  • Presents important truths for maintaining your sanity and effectiveness during times of economic or organizational turmoil
  • Shows you how to turn yourself into a valuable, recyclable asset, rather than a disposable "employee"
  • Author Terry Paulson is a preeminent expert on the human side of optimism and a powerful, renowned professional speaker

The Optimism Advantage offers much needed relief, hope, and practical tools for everyone who feels trapped and powerless in the face of current economic conditions.

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The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results

The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results

by Terry L. Paulson Ph.D.
The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results

The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results

by Terry L. Paulson Ph.D.

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Sharpen your skills and shape attitudes to achieve high levels of success personally and professionally

The Optimism Advantage offers tangible, proven techniques for turning life's obstacles into opportunities with confidence and competence. Today's economy offers plenty of reasons to feel powerless and frustrated. But why would you, when it offers just as many reasons to be optimistic, resourceful, and persistent? After all, adversity is everywhere...but it's how you handle adversity that makes the difference in your personal and professional life.

Each chapter provides new ways to sharpen your own skills and help others to face ever-present organizational and personal challenges with the kind of positive attitude that leads to resilience and results.

  • Presents important truths for maintaining your sanity and effectiveness during times of economic or organizational turmoil
  • Shows you how to turn yourself into a valuable, recyclable asset, rather than a disposable "employee"
  • Author Terry Paulson is a preeminent expert on the human side of optimism and a powerful, renowned professional speaker

The Optimism Advantage offers much needed relief, hope, and practical tools for everyone who feels trapped and powerless in the face of current economic conditions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470554753
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 03/22/2010
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Terry L. Paulson, PhD, CSP, CPAE, is widely considered to be the preeminent expert on the human side of change management. As a professional speaker, columnist, and author, Dr. Paulson has been helping organizations, leaders, and teams make change work for over thirty years.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1 Trade Being Your Own Worst Enemy to Become Your Own Best Supporter 1

Chapter 2 Deal with the Hand You're Dealt 14

Chapter 3 Your Choice: Victim or Resilient Survivor 25

Chapter 4 The Optimistic Power of Purpose 39

Chapter 5 Optimists Update Their Gifts into Recyclable Assets 52

Chapter 6 Your Health Habits Impact Your Attitude 65

Chapter 7 Optimists Embrace Action 73

Chapter 8 Optimists Dispute Catastrophic Thoughts 83

Chapter 9 Optimists Give Thanks for Gratitude 102

Chapter 10 Optimists Provide Constructive Self-Criticism 114

Chapter 11 Managing Your Own Motivation Means Catching Yourself Being Effective 129

Chapter 12 Simple Pleasures: The Optimist's Wild Card 139

Chapter 13 Humor Is the Joker in the Hand of Life 152

Chapter 14 Build an Optimistic Network That Works 164

Chapter 15 How to Become Optimistic in Life … Really Trying 179

Resources 199

Index 202

About the Author 211

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