{"product_id":"9780977480739","title":"Secrets of the SuperOptimist","description":"This volume could become the self-help of choice for people who don't read self-help. This quirky, unique primer, categorized on its back cover as \"Psychology\/ Philosophy\/ Great Religious Texts of the World\/ Humor,\" provides more than 100 points of advice for achieving SuperOptimism, defined as \"the mental discipline to reframe any situation into a favorable outcome.\" Centered around three central principles-believing in the preeminence of your own fortune, considering pain a kind of informative \"sensation,\" and removing one's shoes whenever possible-specific \"secrets\" include: drink caffeine, \"compare yourself downward,\" wear wool, \"skip therapy,\" engage strangers and \"tip everybody.\" The book also includes exercises and appendixes, as well as a handy, all-purpose slogan for 2007: \"I can handle it.\" Whether or not one can, in fact, handle it, Morton and Whitten provide plenty of fresh perspective from way out in left field.","brand":"Vitally Important Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110812565744,"sku":"9780977480739","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780977480739_p0.jpg?v=1763879035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977480739","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}