To increase Optimism, 15Five recommends...

  • Envision your future best self.

    Complete the Best Possible Self exercise and take 15 minutes to write about your ideal future life.

  • Learn how to notice pessimistic thoughts

    Notice pessimistic thoughts through the ABC model.

  • Learn how to dispute pessimistic thoughts

    Dispute pessimistic thoughts through the ABCDE model.

Additional resources

Questions used with permission from Su, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). The development and validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being6(3), 251-279.

Optimism by Carver, Scheier, & Segerstrom (2010)

Dispositional Optimism and Physical Health: A Long Look Back, A Quick Look Forward by Schreier & Carver (2018)

Bigony, C. (2019). 15Five: Technology aligned to the science of thriving. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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