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Seligman plays [[Contract bridge|bridge]] and finished second in the 1998 installment of one of the three major North American pair championships, the [[Blue Ribbon Pairs]], as well as having won over 50 regional championships.<ref>{{OEB|6|732}}</ref>
 
Seligman has seven children, four grandchildren, and two dogs. He and his second wife, Mandy, live in a house that was once occupied by [[Eugene Ormandy]]. They have home-schooled five of their seven children.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burling|first=Stacey|title=The power of a positive thinker|url=http://articles.philly.com/2010-05-30/news/24964448_1_positive-psychology-positive-thinker-soldiers|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |access archive-dateurl=April 1, 2014|date=May 30, 2010}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last=Burling|first=Stacey|title=The power of a positive thinker|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202234212/http://articles.philly.com/2010-05-30/news/24964448_1_positive-psychology-positive-thinker-soldiers |workarchive-date=[[archive.orgFebruary The2, Philadelphia Inquirer]]2016 |access-date=SeptemberApril 251, 20242014|date=May 30, 2010}}</ref>
 
Seligman was inspired by the work of the psychiatrist [[Aaron T. Beck]] at the University of Pennsylvania in refining his own cognitive techniques and exercises.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hirtz|first=Rob|title=Martin Seligman's Journey: from Learned Helplessness to Learned Happiness|url=http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0199/hirtz.html|work=The Pennsylvania Gazette|publisher=The University of Pennsylvania|date=January 1999}}</ref>