It is the combination of reasonable talent and the... -Martin Seligman

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

Martin Seligman , Psychologist
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If you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable over a half century or more....
One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a c...
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Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want t...
In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, ...
The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one mo...
On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and...
I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do....
The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and al...

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Prior to the App Store, the chances of that happening, of somebody really young forming a company and in a period of no time really becoming a global ...
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no ...
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands....
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself....
If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control luck, but you can move from a game with...
My measure of success is whether I'm fulfilling my mission....
Success demands singleness of purpose....
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals....
How does one measure the success of a museum?...
The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo wi...