The problem with positive thinking
September 4, 2009 by +Marj Wyatt
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All the evidence I’ve seen shows that positive thinking and confidence improves performance. In anything.
Give someone an easy math problem, watch them get it right and then they’ll do better on the ensuing standardized test than someone who just failed a difficult practice test.
No, positive thinking doesn’t allow you to do anything, but it’s been shown over and over again that it improves performance over negative thinking.
Key question then: why do smart people engage in negative thinking? Are they actually stupid?
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