PPP vs TIE (4:25 mins) Copy

Martin Seligman, “Father of Positive Psychology”, created this framework about how optimists and pessimists think and talk. He published this in his 1990 book, Learned Optimism. He says that changing our language can change our being.

Pessimists use PPP when things go wrong. Optimists use TIE when good things seem bad

Workbook Page 26

Think of an event that that you wish did not happen.

How have you made your story worse than it is using PPP?

Permanent: It will never end. In what way?

Pervasive: It affects many other parts of my life. How?

Personal: Because it is my fault. How so?

How can you use TIE in the same circumstances to turn it around?

Temporary: This won’t last. Why is this true?

Isolated: It does not happen all the time. What is the evidence?

Effort: What can I do about this situation?

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