OPTIMISM - RESILIENCE - HOPE

THE OPTIMISM ADVANTAGE

The Optimism Advantage: 10 Qualities of Confident and Resilient People
Take advantage of Dr. Paulson and Dr. Alessandra's powerful, humor-filled, and inspiring new audio program, The Optimism Advantage: 10 Qualities of Confident and Resilient People. Terry and Tony introduce real-world stories and practical strategies that turn positive psychological research into insights on how you can produce incredible results, year after year after year. Simply listen yourself, as a team, or as you drive, and you'll learn how to trade feelings of frustration, doubt, and stress for the flexible optimism, innovative resourcefulness, and strategic persistence that the unshakably confident people exhibit every day. You'll gain dozens of ideas, strategies, and powerful insights found throughout these 6 CDs. Plus, you'll also receive a workbook complete with questions and exercises to help you apply everything you learn about optimism. You owe it to yourself to make a lasting difference in your personal and professional life by ordering this first-of-its-kind program. Choose optimism. Choose to order The Optimism Advantage now!

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MP3 Version - 12 Sessions in MP3 format & Writeable PDF Workbook - $65.95

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The Optimism Advantage-50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results
In good and bad times, leaders and professionals alike need to keep hope alive and shape setbacks, detours and challenging global competition into strategic opportunities. This timely book by one of America's best motivational speakers on leadership and optimism will help you invent a future you can be proud of. Wouldn't you rather be an optimist than a pessimist? Optimist have the edge in turning their attitudes and actions into results. Learn how to trade feelings of helplessness and frustration for flexible optimism, resourcefulness, and persistence as you make change work for yourself, your organization, and those you serve.

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DR. TERRY PAULSON IS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER ON THE OPTIMISM ADVANTAGE

In the face of growing economic uncertainty, far too many are treading water instead of rising to the challenge. You have the choice of what attitude you bring to your day. To help you turn your worry into constructive actions, Dr. Paulson has written articles, delivered programs and developed a series of short five-minute video messages that can help you claim your own “Optimism Advantage.” Both leaders, professionals and associates alike will learn how to trade feelings of helplessness and frustration for flexible optimism, resourcefulness and persistence in the face of an economic downturn, adversity and constant change. Don’t miss any of his targeted, attitude enhancing messages!

The Optimism Advantage for an Uncertain World
Read about Dr. Paulson's unique keynote program that will help audiences trade feelings of helplessness and frustration for flexible optimism, resourcefulness, and persistence in the face of an economic downturn, adversity, and constant change.
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DR. PAULSON'S OPTIMISM ADVANTAGE VIDEO SERIES

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EARN OPTIMISM BY OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
Attitude makes a difference. Truman said, 'A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.' True optimism is earned from a track record of overcoming obstacles. The more obstacles you have overcome, the more optimistic you are that you can do it again! Watch Dr. Terry Paulson's video and learn how to develop flexible optimism, resilience, resourcefulness, and persistence in the face of adversity and change.

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USE CONSTRUCTIVE SELF CRITICISM
How you talk to yourself about your mistakes can impact your attitude and your self-confidence, but, unfortunately, most tend to still overdo self-criticism. Try treating yourself like you treat those you care about. Learn how to effectively identify your specific mistakes and focus on the future by asking two important questions: What can you do to rectify the problem? What can you do next time to handle it more effectively? Let Dr. Terry Paulson help transform your self-criticism into great learning experiences that may very well become optimistic stepping stones to your future success.

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MANAGE YOUR MOTIVATION
Optimists manage their own motivation. Self-support is an important part of life. Mistakes let you learn what not to do. Acknowledging your own successes allows you to catch yourself being effective and reinforce something that already works. Dr. Terry Paulson explores how you can build positive self-support habits into your daily routine.

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LIFELONG LEARNING WORKS
Optimists know the importance of investing time in refocusing their career direction and retooling their skills to match emerging opportunities. Learn how to become a recyclable asset by embracing lifelong learning! Optimism and security doesn't come from holding onto the past, but in working to continually invent your future. This video program by award-winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, will help you embrace lifelong learning.

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OPTIMISTS DISPUTE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
True optimism can be earned by changing how you talk to yourself about setbacks and failures. Dr. Paulson's video helps you develop flexible optimism by changing how you dispute your own self-criticism by using a focus on the evidence, less self-incriminating alternative explanations, the realistic implications and whether its even useful to worry.

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THE OPTIMISTIC POWER OF PURPOSE
Unleashing the optimistic power of purpose is about offering a ready smile with an encouraging word, taking time to do random acts of kindness and working with others to better serve customers. Award winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, helps you explore how by tapping your own purpose and calling you make a difference and transform your own optimistic attitude and feelings.

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OPTIMISTS EMBRACE ACTION
Most success stories are stories of failures, perseverance, resourcefulness, but, above all, action. True optimists lose and win more frequently, because they stay in the game. They have a short down time and bounce back quickly from any setbacks. Award winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, challenges you to get beyond your fear of failure. You'll learn how investing your worry time in constructive action allows you to feel the pride and optimism that action generates.

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GIVE THANKS FOR GRATITUDE
Learn how to use the power of gratitude and a sense of thanksgiving to sustain a positive, optimistic attitude. Unrealistic expectations are a sure road to unhappiness and disappointment. As an optimist, you learn to hope for more and how not to be thrown by less. You'll explore how gratitude can keep your frustrations and setbacks in perspective. Stressful worry and thankful thoughts are incompatible. Award winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, helps you count your blessings instead of the problems on your to-do-list!

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HUMOR HELPS EVERYTHING
Learn how humor and laughter can improve your attitude and your life. Laughter is one of the natural tranquilizers of life providing an inner upper that ushers in a new perspective for our irritations and disappointments. Learn how laughing at your own errors will help you let go of mistakes and bounce back. This video program by award-winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, will help you take your work and life seriously but yourself and your problems a bit more lightly.

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OPTIMISM RESOURCES

The Optimism Advantage Blog
Dr. Paulson’s blog is dedicated to helping you take responsibility for your attitude and your actions. You’ll read insights about how you can overcome adversity and take advantage of opportunities. There’ll be inspiring stories, short video insights on timely topics and just enough humor to help you take your life seriously, but yourself a bit more lightly. Don’t just read the posts; bring your insights and stories to our readers.
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"The Optimism Advantage" by Terry Paulson, Ph.D.
Learn Dr. Paulson's seven practical tips to help you earn your own optimism advantage.
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"Optimistic Leadership in Tough Times" by Terry Paulson, Ph.D.
Learn what leaders can do to help organizations claim the optimism advantage in uncertain times from this article which appeared in the November 2008 issue of The Human Factor, an HR journal published by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management in New Delhi.
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"Bounce Back! Reclaim the Optimism Advantage in This Challenging World
Read about Dr. Paulson's unique background and program that will help audiences bounce back to claim the optimism advantage in challenging economic times.
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