Comments on: Why Positive Thinking Sucks

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:30:51 +0000

Good point. Makes me wonder how many people do live in a fantasy world.

By: jostend

jostend — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:06:43 +0000

The Big mistake people make with positive thinking is they try to do think positive 24/7. So therefore they are in what may seem as a fantasy land

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:48:44 +0000

Thanks Michelle. Glad you stopped by.

By: kaplangdesign

kaplangdesign — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:37:20 +0000

I love this post :)

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:39 +0000

Hi Ken,
I am a boomer. I think you have a point about our children. If a child never learns to avoid the herd mentality the parent has done a disservice. My opinion is, society has been deluded into thinking that all we have to do is think good thoughts and whatever we want will happen. This is much deeper than I ever thought.
I'm reading an excellent book – Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich – where she reveals how this concept has become embedded, almost like a religion in nearly all aspects of life in America. A lot of shysters are making a lot of money selling this snake-oil to people. I could see this happening simply by watching people buy CDs, DVDs, big bucks for seminars, etc.
I knew when I wrote this not many people would read it. I wrote it because this is what I think. Taking a stance on something so fixed as positive thinking is sacrilege.
Thanks for your input.

By: Ken Kurosawa

Ken Kurosawa — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:41:30 +0000

'The Secret' was a marketing masterpiece that many people salivated over proclaiming positive thinking and the law of attraction.

“I don’t need constant validation for my actions.”
Do you think we as a society need 'constant validation' because the children of baby boomers (I guess that would include me, although I was not raised as such) were raised having so much positive validation when one doesn't have any validation and attention, one feels ignored?

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:44:57 +0000

Thanks for commenting Missy. Defining terms is so very important in communication.
I need to have another look at the Happiness Project book. I did watch a couple of the videos – I was glad to see some original thought in them.
About attaining happiness, what better to try for than that?

By: Missy

Missy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:30:07 +0000

I think this is interesting too. It's part of the reason I like the Happiness Project book. I do think many, many, many people's main goal in life is to “be happy.” What is being happy though? That's the question that's hard to answer and very subjective. I do agree with you that the power of positive thinking can get a little . . . much . . . when delivered improperly (improperly for me, I guess – the person delivering it might think it works great!). Thanks for the food for thought.

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