My goodness, that was a pleasure to read. And I say that as somebody who firmly believes that positive thinking can take you so very far.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Spot on, that article is. I've always hated affirmations, except the action kind like "I can run this mile and then I can run the next". Self esteem is kind of a silly thing to 'achieve' anyway.
If we DO positive things, then we've achieved something good and the self esteem will be a natural side effect.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
errr...that was odd. The Positive Power of Negative Thinking is a groundbreaking 10 year old book by Julie Norem detailing her research and theories about what she calls defensive pessimism. It's strange that they didn't at least mention that.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
That is strange, but thanks for mentioning the book! I might look into it.
Posted by umberhulk (Member # 11788) on :