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Breaking Murphy's law, how optimists get what they want from life-- and pessimists can too, Suzanne C. Segerstrom

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Breaking Murphy's law, how optimists get what they want from life-- and pessimists can too, Suzanne C. Segerstrom
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-226) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Breaking Murphy's law
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bibliography
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Suzanne C. Segerstrom
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how optimists get what they want from life-- and pessimists can too
Table Of Contents
Prologue: stop trying to be so happy -- Glass half full, glass half empty, or glass that needs to be washed? the optimistic character -- The persistence instinct: optimists and their goals -- Building (and rebuilding) for the future: optimists and their resources -- So happy together: optimists and their relationships -- Mixed blessing: optimists and their health -- Everything good, especially the bad: optimists and their vulnerabilities -- Is an optimist born or made? the optimistic character revisited -- Doing optimism: optimists, pessimists, and their potential for change -- Epilogue: confessions of a reluctant optimist
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