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Learning to be Optimistic

By PPL Admin | January 11, 2020

By Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD

As a human species, do you think we are more naturally pessimistic or more naturally optimistic? Interestingly, Seligman and others in the field of positive psychology argue that we are naturally more pessimistic...

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Posted in Optimism, Positive Emotions

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