"Relieving the states that make life miserable... has made building the states that make life worth living less of a priority. The time has finally arrived for a science that seeks to understand positive emotion, build strength and virtue, and provide guideposts for finding what Aristotle called the `good life,' " writes Seligman.

"An intellectual tour de force that weaves into one fabric wisdom that is ancient and modern, religious and scientific, Eastern and Western, liberal and conservative—all with the aim of pointing us to a more meaningful, moral, and satisfying life.” -- David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, author of Intuition: Its Powers and Perils

“For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt.” -- Martin E. P. Seligman, Professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania, author of Authentic Happiness

From Booklist: Using the wisdom culled from the world's greatest civilizations as a foundation, social psychologist Haidt comes to terms with 10 Great Ideas, viewing them through a contemporary filter to learn which of their lessons may still apply to modern lives. He first discusses how the mind works and then examines the Golden Rule ("Reciprocity is the most important tool for getting along with people"). Next, he addresses the issue of happiness itself -- where does it come from? -- before exploring the conditions that allow growth and development.

"Resilience at Work offers a masterfully original and practical perspective on how to enhance health, morale, happiness, and performance by learning how to build on stressful events and not be undermined by them."" -- Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine

""Resilience at Work holds the keys we need to go beyond survival to thrive in today's complex workplace. Maddi and Khoshaba build on their research and practice developing ‘personal hardiness’ to offer us sensible, practical guidelines for building a firm foundation of resilience that works on the job and in our personal lives."" -- Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Stanford University

Conventional wisdom insists that stress is a thief robbing us of our ability to relax and enjoy life to its fullest. But for centuries, poets and philosophers have celebrated the ups and downs of life as the very essence of living, the spice that enables us to taste life fully... The new, fast-emerging positive psychology movement is affirming the timeless wisdom of the philosophers by showing that it is not stress itself preventing us from enjoying life, but our negative reaction to stress that does the damage. Positive psychology confirms that rather than shrinking from adversity, we must become engaged by it--and thrive through it--before we can savor all the sweetness life has to offer.