Appears in HealthGuidance.org by Mack Lemouse. Optimism and positive affirmations are two of the most powerful tools we have in our arsenal for getting what we want out of life and being successful in everything we do. Unfortunately both are also highly under-rated and underused and many people wouldn’t know how to go about using […]
By DANIEL GOLEMAN in the New York TimesPublished: February 03, 1987 http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/03/science/research-affirms-power-of-positive-thinking.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm POLLYANA was right, new research shows. Optimism – at least reasonable optimism – can pay dividends as wide-ranging as health, longevity, job success and higher scores on achievement tests. Pessimism not only has the opposite effect but also seems to be at play […]