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Optimism Books
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 20,905 ratings — published 1990
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,619 ratings — published 2010
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,651 ratings — published 2018
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 203,474 ratings — published 2018
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,795 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 897,060 ratings — published 1946
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.32 — 81,965 ratings — published 2019
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,955 ratings — published 2011
The Power of Positive Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.14 — 128,108 ratings — published 1952
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 304,430 ratings — published 1759
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,668 ratings — published 2012
It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 424 ratings — published 2015
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.74 — 10,506 ratings — published 2009
Sunny (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 257 ratings — published 2020
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.82 — 25,324 ratings — published 2008
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,982 ratings — published 2011
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,604 ratings — published 2023
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,514 ratings — published 2007
Saturday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,872 ratings — published 2019
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.21 — 43,622 ratings — published 2014
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,766 ratings — published 2010
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,183 ratings — published 2024
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 470,337 ratings — published 2020
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,849 ratings — published 2010
The Happiness Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.65 — 182,245 ratings — published 2009
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,628,271 ratings — published 1988
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,305 ratings — published
Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,058 ratings — published 2004
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,558 ratings — published 2016
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,806 ratings — published 2016
Until I Say Goodbye: A Book about Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,110 ratings — published 2012
The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,427 ratings — published 1995
Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.02 — 92,374 ratings — published 1913
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.87 — 514,650 ratings — published 1998
Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,984 ratings — published 2009
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,602 ratings — published 2002
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,283 ratings — published 2012
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 274,968 ratings — published 1970
Untamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 519,583 ratings — published 2020
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 89,769 ratings — published 2022
The Comfort Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 74,951 ratings — published 2021
A Day So Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.78 — 520 ratings — published
The Art of Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 125,931 ratings — published 1998
Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.91 — 670 ratings — published 2024
Happy Dreamer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,768 ratings — published 2017
The Future King: Rise of the Sorcerer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.96 — 84 ratings — published
The Bright Side (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.85 — 223 ratings — published
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.30 — 6,968 ratings — published 1888
Philosophical Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,011 ratings — published 1716
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.12 — 25,495 ratings — published 2020
“Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― The Light in the Heart
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― The Light in the Heart
“Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
