http://alistairpott.com/2009/06/14/positive-thinking-works-but-only-if-you-believe-it/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://alistairpott.com/2009/06/14/positive-thinking-works-but-only-if-you-believe-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Christopher Gamble Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:58:00 +0000 http://alistairpott.com/?p=773#comment-2479 Positive Thinking people tend to brush away any thought of negativity or risk. They just keep going leaving a trail of destruction and unhhappines in other and then ignore them becuae they considerr thjem negative people and carry on in the arrogant beliefvev that beacuse they are positive they must be right! For every positive there is a negative...scientific fact. Being positive is a tool for success and so is avoiding negativity but they are two different things. In startegy formation and planning threat and wekanesses as risk are as important as opportunity and strenghths. Ignore the risks and there's a greater chance of failure. Positive thinking and the laws of attraction are imbalanced concepts that in practivce are inconsiderate to the concerns others and are irresponsible in terms of recklessness. Omn the other hand pessimism is equally so. There is a continuum between everything poositive and negative, good and bad, fast and slow, open and closed, hot and cold, plus and minus and each problem and relationship will have unique perspectives that require different inputs along this contuum scale. In terms of life this is BALANCE or equilibrium. however a balanced person or manager is often perceived as passive and ineffective due to a bias towrds positive thinking in business culture,n . Better tahn to refer to ASSURITY. Cinfidence that is based on a good balanced persepecrtibe of opportunity and threat and the emotional needs of others Positive Thinking people tend to brush away any thought of negativity or risk. They just keep going leaving a trail of destruction and unhhappines in other and then ignore them becuae they considerr thjem negative people and carry on in the arrogant beliefvev that beacuse they are positive they must be right!
For every positive there is a negative…scientific fact.
Being positive is a tool for success and so is avoiding negativity but they are two different things.
In startegy formation and planning threat and wekanesses as risk are as important as opportunity and strenghths. Ignore the risks and there’s a greater chance of failure.
Positive thinking and the laws of attraction are imbalanced concepts that in practivce are inconsiderate to the concerns others and are irresponsible in terms of recklessness.
Omn the other hand pessimism is equally so.
There is a continuum between everything poositive and negative, good and bad, fast and slow, open and closed, hot and cold, plus and minus and each problem and relationship will have unique perspectives that require different inputs along this contuum scale.
In terms of life this is BALANCE or equilibrium. however a balanced person or manager is often perceived as passive and ineffective due to a bias towrds positive thinking in business culture,n
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Better tahn to refer to ASSURITY. Cinfidence that is based on a good balanced persepecrtibe of opportunity and threat and the emotional needs of others

]]> http://alistairpott.com/2009/06/14/positive-thinking-works-but-only-if-you-believe-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 Martyn Field Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:00 +0000 http://alistairpott.com/?p=773#comment-1716 "There is no 'out there', the only reality is that which we create for ourselves" “There is no ‘out there’, the only reality is that which we create for ourselves”

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