An important key to success is positivity -- the quality of being confident, optimistic, and cooperative. This is a personal attribute that can be enhanced and strengthened by your own efforts. You can also learn optimism and happiness.
In psychology a new field of positive psychology has begun to explore this factor and to offer suggestions and programs for increasing your positive feelings and happiness. Martin Seligman leads this effort that has the support of the American Psychology Association.
This lens views the subject from the perspective of an ordinary, grumbling, mumbling pessimist.
The Underpinnings of Success
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Online Resources for Learning to Be More Positive
- Reflective Happiness
- A subscription site for access to the latest thinking on the subject of happiness based on the concepts of positive psychology and operated by Martin Seligman. Monthly mailings of exercises, readings, FAQs, bookclub and so on.
Consumer site. - Authentic Happiness
- Free news about positive psychology, free tests including the VIA Strengths Survey which indentifies your greatest strengths. Subscribe to the newsletter. The official Seligman site to promote the book Authentic Happiness. Consumer-oriented
- The Positive Power of Negative Thinking
- How to use your pessimistic thoughts to balance your positive actions and avoid making boo-boos.
Julie Norem wrote a book of the same name as her web site. - Human Happiness
- This is an online book by MICHAEL W. FORDYCE, Ph.D. on the nature and attainment of happiness. But don't be mislead -- it is not boringly academic. Read this practical info and apply it to your life.
- Assets-based Thinking
- Watch the video about working from your strengths, then visit the website.
Success Skills Workshop
- Success Skills Workshop
- This is the umbrella site and the Agenda for all the modules of the online Success Skills Workshop.
Positive Psychology: The REAL Science of Success Blog
by Stephen Kraus, Success Scientist, PhD. in Social Psychology
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Great Stuff on Amazon
Books on being positive
How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Amazon Price: $11.66 (as of 12/30/2009) 
Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength, and Love
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/30/2009)
Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships
Amazon Price: $15.12 (as of 12/30/2009)
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Amazon Price: $11.52 (as of 12/30/2009)
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths
Amazon Price: $28.04 (as of 12/30/2009)
Positive Words, Powerful Results: Simple Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life
Amazon Price: $10.04 (as of 12/30/2009)
The Beethoven Factor: The New Positive Psychology of Hardiness, Happiness, Healing, and Hope
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga : Paths to a Mature Happiness
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
Let Your Goddess Grow! 7 Spiritual Lessons on Female Power and Positive Thinking
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/30/2009)
Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 12/30/2009)
Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived
Amazon Price: $32.97 (as of 12/30/2009)
The Be (Happy) Attitudes: 8 Positive Attitudes That Can Transform Your Life
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/30/2009)
Everyday Positive Thinking
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 12/30/2009)
The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work
Amazon Price: $21.75 (as of 12/30/2009)
Other People's Habits: How to Use Positive Reinforcement to Bring Out the Best in People Around You
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
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The Positive Power of Negative Thinking: Using Defensive Pessimism to Harness Anxiety and Perform at Your Peak
Amazon Price: $13.63 (as of 12/30/2009)
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