Saturday, May 14, 2016 12:01:12 AM
Researchers say positive thinking actually gets in the way of accomplishing your goals
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.. to supplement F6's reply ..
Positive Thinking May Come With A Very Big Negative
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120537247 .. and for the great photo ..
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You're gonna make it. (Reuters/Anton Ferreira)
Written by
Sarah Todd
May 10, 2016
Somewhere in an alternate universe, there exists the best possible version of me. Bizarro Sarah sends wedding gifts promptly and wakes up early to go running, three days a week. She keeps up her French, saves diligently for vacations, and reads emails as soon as they land in her inbox. She gets her bangs trimmed long before the sheepdog effect sets in.
But in our current universe, I have trouble staying hydrated and have somehow managed to accumulate $33 in overdue library fees. Which is to say, I’m often not as in control of my destiny as I might like to be. So at the end of 2015, I decided to start experimenting with a scientific technique, developed by psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, that promises to help people stay motivated and achieve their goals. She calls it the WOOP .. http://www.woopmylife.org/ .. method.
..much more .. http://qz.com/681130/researchers-say-positive-thinking-actually-gets-in-the-way-of-achieving-your-goals/
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.. to supplement F6's reply ..
Positive Thinking May Come With A Very Big Negative
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120537247 .. and for the great photo ..
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You're gonna make it. (Reuters/Anton Ferreira)
Written by
Sarah Todd
May 10, 2016
Somewhere in an alternate universe, there exists the best possible version of me. Bizarro Sarah sends wedding gifts promptly and wakes up early to go running, three days a week. She keeps up her French, saves diligently for vacations, and reads emails as soon as they land in her inbox. She gets her bangs trimmed long before the sheepdog effect sets in.
But in our current universe, I have trouble staying hydrated and have somehow managed to accumulate $33 in overdue library fees. Which is to say, I’m often not as in control of my destiny as I might like to be. So at the end of 2015, I decided to start experimenting with a scientific technique, developed by psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, that promises to help people stay motivated and achieve their goals. She calls it the WOOP .. http://www.woopmylife.org/ .. method.
..much more .. http://qz.com/681130/researchers-say-positive-thinking-actually-gets-in-the-way-of-achieving-your-goals/
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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