Martin Seligman
What are the enabling conditions that make human beings flourish? How do we get from zero to plus five?Collection: Zero
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing.Collection: Depression
I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he believes he cannot compose music, he will come to nothing. He will not try hard enough. He will give up too soon when the elusive right melody takes too long to materialize.Collection: Giving Up
Flow occurs in your life when your highest skills are matched to challenges that quite exactly meet them.Collection: Skills
Pleasure is the least consequential... engagement and meaning are much more important.Collection: Important