hey this is going to be an animated book
review of the book learned optimism by
Martin Seligman imagine two boxes there
is a dog in each box is dogs get shocked
randomly the one dog can jump out of the
box the other dog is stuck in the box no
matter what he does he cannot get out of
the box that we take this to same dogs
and put them in boxes and shock then you
know what happened
the dog that could get out before
learned that he could jump out of the
box the other dog however is that
there's nothing you can do so he just
lays down in this is called learned
helplessness and then dogs mind there's
nothing he can do that will help him out
of the situation and you can see this in
people's lives to when they learned that
whatever they do has no outcome of the
environment they just start crying so
let's take a look at optimists and
pessimists optimist generally achieve
more they have better health they live
longer and harder Martin slimming
actually found that there is a reduced
chance for cancer in optimist pessimist
on the other hand give up more
frequently are more prone to depression
and have a mindset that they hate life
in fact pessimists are more likely to
get ill after a bad event because there
are hormones they connect the mindset of
the person to their immune system and a
negative mindset to cause a negative
immune system and find out what causes
pessimism we look at someones
explanatory style and this is her legs
plena situation when something goes
wrong when there is an adversity when
something bad happens a pessimist would
say I'm never gonna get this it's always
my fault I'm just stupid I'm just bad at
it to an optimist would say all one day
eventually I'll learn how to do it
a deal is it wasn't the right time to
learn next time it was definitely their
fault that thing that separates these is
that pessimists rely on permanent
pervasive and personal statements it is
permanent because they believe that it
will happen for ever
is pervasive because they believe that
it is a trait is personal because they
believe it's all their fault and the
environment had nothing to do with it an
optimist on the other hand always keep
an open mind and says that maybe one day
they'll get it they're not pervasive
they say it is a situation and they're
not personal
realize that it's the environment is
causing the failure there's also a quote
I really like it is people who believe
themselves stupid rather than uneducated
don't take action to improve their mind
and that is some cultures believe that
when you're growing up stupid is a
characteristic trait that cannot be
changed because you're raising children
that think something they do is from
bad character something that is
permanent one ever try to change it he
also says that a person who believes
they can change their thinking will
because changing our thinking is a
self-fulfilling prophecy if you think
you can you will you need to find
balance there were a few studies Martin
Seligman found in this book that
actually showed that pessimists see the
world more like it is an optimist see it
as better than it is he says that the
best thing you can say about a pessimist
is that his fears are founded should aim
for balance at stake in accounting for
example what if they overlook they say
will have enough money for this month
they're being overly optimistic and it
may cause a lot of trouble or gambling
for example doctor sullivan also found
he could predict insurance salesman
better than MetLife the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company he said that
there are three things that determine
the success of someone that his attitude
motivation and optimism he said that
MetLife only tested for attitude and
motivation and he said that by testing
optimism could predict successful
insurance salesman better than that life
can I want to say that there is actually
a test you can take in this book to
enter I think it's around 50 questions
and then you add scores in a min rate
you on an optimist and pessimism scale
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