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Breaking Murphy’s Law: How Optimists Get What They Want From Life–and Pessimists Can Too
Breaking Murphy’s Law: How Optimists Get What They Want From Life–and Pessimists Can Too
Breaking Murphy’s Law: How Optimists Get What They Want From Life–and Pessimists Can Too
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Suzanne Segerstrom ’90 surveys the scientific data on optimism (including her own award-winning research) to reveal that it’s not what you believe about the future that matters, but what you do about it.
The Guilford Press, 2006. 232 pages. $13.
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