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During his education and early practice as a therapist seligman learned that in order to help those who were mentally ill or. Martin seligman fifteen years ago, is about raising the bar for the human condition. A visionary new understanding of happiness and wellbeing p. A new understanding of lifes greatest goals and what it takes to reach them. One of the goals of his book about authentic happiness is to challenge that belief. He sends himself up as much as he mocks the profession of psychology.
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