The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.
Martin SeligmanDoing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested.
Martin SeligmanOn the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression.
Martin SeligmanSome find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
Martin Seligman