How Good Can This Get?: The Science Behind Deliberate Optimism

How Good Can This Get? The Science Behind Deliberate Optimism takes the ideas introduced in April Beam's first book, The Power of Deliberate Optimism: What Else Is Possible?, and explores the fascinating science behind them. While the first book helps readers understand and practice the power of Deliberate Optimism, this companion book looks at why changing the way we think, speak, question, and imagine can matter to the brain.Drawing on the science of neuroplasticity, attention, expectation, memory, curiosity, resilience, and lifelong learning, April explores how our brains learn from what we repeatedly practice and where we place our attention. Deliberate Optimism is not forced positivity. It is possibility thinking-the willingness to honor what is true today while remaining open to what could still become possible. What else is possible? How good can this get? AprilBeam.com