Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being

Course overview

'This Book Will Help You Flourish', promises Martin Seligman at the start of this new text, his first book in 10 years and the first to introduce his dynamic new concept of 'Well-Being'. In the genre of Positive Psychology this book is about 'raising the bar' for the human condition. Seligman asks, what is it that allows you to Flourish? 'Well-being' takes center stage, Happiness becomes one of the five pillars of Positive Psychology, along with Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment--or PERMA. The Permanent building blocks for a life of profound fulfillment. Flourish builds on Dr. Seligman's foundational work on optimism, motivation, and character to reveal how to get the most out of life--for individuals, communities, and for nations. Flourish clearly refines what Positive Psychology is all about. Thought provoking in its implications for education, economics, therapy, medicine, and public policy. Flourish provides a watershed in the understanding of happiness as well as a tool for getting the most out of life. Flourish includes interactive exercises to help readers explore their own attitudes and goals. It is the logical extension of Seligman's best selling classics, Authentic Happiness, Learned Optimism, and The Optimistic Child.