Review:Dr. Seligman describes some of the causes for depression in his book Learned Optimism. More importantly, Dr. Seligman offers practical advice on changing one's thoughts to become a more optimistic thinker. Thinking more positive thoughts creates chemical changes in the brain that help fend off symptoms of depression. The book is great for people who suffer with bouts of depression. Since some instances of depression are situational, anyone can benefit from this book. Read more

Review:For nearly a century, scientific dogma held that the brain is immutable, fixed by genes and early upbringing. Wall Street Journal science writer Sharon Begley recently visited the frontiers of neuroscience and returned with a news flash: The dogma is wrong. Researchers have discovered that the brain remains plastic, lifelong. This creates new frontiers: Stroke victims can rewire their brains using challenging exercises; deaf people can repurpose dormant auditory cortexes for other tasks; and bli... Read more

Review:This is a good selection of upbeat and thought-provoking quotes. There were several I hadn't seen before, which showed the author really had cast a wide net for this collection. Some days had unexpected matching quotes, such as Groundhog Day. There was a good variety of authors, philosophers, religious figures, and the ever-reliable Anonymous. I received the e-book which I would not recommend. This kind of book needs printed graphics, a place to write down things or tuck a memento inside. It wou... Read more

Review:This book was fairly disappointing. In Kindle form, it's a pain to read because each short quote is on a separate page. That might be great if you were actually reading it as a quote each day, but I wasn't. The quotes are very often contradictory, and there's no discussion about the different ideas presented. In addition, many of the quotes are by the same authors over and over again and say almost the same things. Because the focus is so narrow, it really doesn't even work well as inspirational... Read more

Review:Follow your bliss and the money will follow.

You won't find that phrase in this book. In fact you find pretty close to the opposite - if you don't follow your bliss, your cause, your passion, your purpose, will eat you alive (see especially page 98).

Nordby's core assumption is not only that every single one is necessarily creative - if not "weird" - but that every individual's creativity is essential - not only for each one of us, but for all of us as humans sharing a world that s... Read more

Review:Creepy, I swear the author must have been hiding in the bushes watching me, my whole life! So spot on. Has been very good so far. It isn't written as a mom hating or bashing book at all which is also really nice. Thank you to the author! Read more

Review:This book helped me a lot. I had been struggling to understand why my mother had done to me, and how I could deal with my feeling against my mother. This book has all answers that I wanted for a long time. Read more

Review:Excellent book! I especially enjoy reading caller situations and how Dr. Laura handles!
I like to think Dr. Laura and I think alike!!
I passed it on for daughter to read!
When she finishes, will pass it on again!! Read more

Review:Shawn Achor is a brilliant guy. His research and work hold both an insightful and refreshing view of the world. I'm a fairly optomistic and hopeful person. His book provided me with an even greater roadmap to a more productive and positive way of life, both at home and in the workplace. Shawn's teachings have inspired me to work on being a "positive genius". There has already been some very real differences in my family life. I'd recommend this book to everyone. It can only improve your life. M... Read more

Review:An extremely helpful book. Well written and easy to follow the idea of this often intangible concept of flow. To some degree it provides a great insight for why we do what we do. Flow as the optimal experience transcende our daily activities, religious practices and science.

The book is also very objective about it's limitation, that it does not provide a step by step guidance for how one can achieve flow, as the path is often differs person to person, it depends on a great deal of inner... Read more