Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., is the Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, the director of the Positive Psychology Network, and former president of the American Psychological Association. He is the author of books such as Learned Optimism, The Optimistic Child, and Tomorrowmind.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.