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- catalog abstract "Explains how preparing for the worst can help people perform at their best, why optimism is not always the best strategy, and how pessimists and optimists can work and live together.".
- catalog contributor b12205247.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Explains how preparing for the worst can help people perform at their best, why optimism is not always the best strategy, and how pessimists and optimists can work and live together.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.".
- catalog description "Preamble to a contrarian view -- Accentuating the negative: a strategy not a symptom -- What it's all about: the problem of anxiety -- Why can't a pessimist be more like an optimist? -- Taking cover: the avoider and the self-handicapper -- Negative thinking versus positive illusions -- No size fits all: different folks, different strategies -- When strategies clash: same boat, different strokes -- Dark side, bright side, my side: prospects for change.".
- catalog extent "vii, 239 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0465051383 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog subject "158.1 21".
- catalog subject "Achievement.".
- catalog subject "BF 637.S8 N834 2001".
- catalog subject "BF637.S8 N65 2001".
- catalog subject "Pessimism.".
- catalog subject "Self Efficacy.".
- catalog subject "Success Psychological aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preamble to a contrarian view -- Accentuating the negative: a strategy not a symptom -- What it's all about: the problem of anxiety -- Why can't a pessimist be more like an optimist? -- Taking cover: the avoider and the self-handicapper -- Negative thinking versus positive illusions -- No size fits all: different folks, different strategies -- When strategies clash: same boat, different strokes -- Dark side, bright side, my side: prospects for change.".
- catalog title "The positive power of negative thinking : using defensive pessimism to manage anxiety and perform at your peak / Julie K. Norem.".
- catalog type "text".