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Archive for negativity

Why Hopeful Realism Beats Mandatory Optimism

The Downside of Positivity and What It Means for Your Business

October 31, 2017 by Megan Hyatt Miller

One unavoidable piece of advice today is be positive. We’re supposed to filter out supposed negativity in meetings, reports, and general conversation because we think positivity produces the results we want. Optimism is almost mandatory in some environments. As Dan Lovallo and Daniel Kahneman point out, critical feedback is discouraged and treated like disloyalty. “The […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: deferred gratification, hope, Leadership, negativity, optimism, Patience, Pessimism, realism, say no, self-discipline

Are You a Negaholic? 5 Ways Pessimism Is Ruining Your Life

Negative Thinking is Powerful—And Not in a Good Way

May 29, 2015 by Michael Hyatt

Norman Vincent Peale published The Power of Positive Thinking in 1952. But it’s only more recently that we’re learning about the destructive power of negative thinking. A few years ago, an author cornered me at a publishing conference to complain about his agent, gripe about his publicist, and grumble about his publisher. It was beyond […]

Filed Under: Personal Development Tagged With: cynicism, negativity, optimism, Pessimism