Following are excerpts from articles about the SASQ in the media:
"How people respond to setbacks - optimistically or pessimistically - is a fairly accurate indicator of how well they will succeed in school, in sports and in certain kinds of work. People with an optimistic view of life tend to treat obstacles and setbacks as temporary and therefore surmountable. Pessimists take them personally; what others see as fleeting, localized impediments, they view as pervasive and permanent."
Time, October 2, 1995
"In the first two years on the job, salesmen who scored high for optimism sold 37% more insurance than their more pessimistic brethren."
Fortune, January 15, 1996
"Seligman's research shows the power of self-fulfilling prophecies. Those who believe they are masters of their fate are more likely to succeed than those who attribute events to forces beyond their control."
Success, September 1987
"The pessimistic salespeople were twice as likely to quit as were the optimists."
New York Times, February 3, 1987
"This test could save insurance companies millions of dollars a year in training costs alone."
Psychology Today, February 1987
"Seligman has shown that a person's optimistic or pessimistic way of explaining events foretells what may happen to him in the future."
Newsweek, October 17, 1988
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