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There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.
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If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.
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How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.
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Christopher Peterson
Born:
February 18, 1950
Died:
October 9, 2012
(aged 62)
Bio:
Christopher Peterson was the Arthur F. Thurnau professor of psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the former chair of the clinical psychology area.
Known for:
Character Strengths and Virtues (2004)
A Primer in Positive Psychology (2006)
Psychology: A Biopsychosocial Approach (1997)
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