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Negative Thoughts? Put Them to Good Use


Research centers and laboratories at the Unive...

Research centers and laboratories at the University of California, Berkeley (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Ignore all those motivational speakers that say you need to stay positive to be successful. Turns out, those with a more pessimistic outlook have certain advantages.

 

Daily affirmations, appreciation, and a generally positive outlook are the usual prescriptions for success, according to a small army of self-help experts.

 

Bah humbug! where does that leave the significant proportion of the population that naturally tends towards a darker frame of mind? If you’re an inveterate worrier or bit of a pessimist are you out of luck when it comes to success?

 

Not at all, according to University of California at Berkeley‘s Greater Good Science Center, which studies happiness and well-being.

 

“A growing body of research suggests that negative thinking, if strategically pursued, has a role to play in happiness, too,” reports Oliver Burkeman in the Center’s newsletter. He goes on to suggest several ways you can put your tendency towards gloom to productive use.

 

Continue reading on Inc.com…

 

 

 

Pleasure or Happiness?


Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They’re a different breed of dog. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (1818-1885)

Happiness


Happiness is the art of making bouquets of those flowers within reach.
~ Bob Goddard

Happiness


"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
~ Mahatma Gandhi

Of happiness,trials,sorrow and hope


“May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human & enough hope to make you happy.” ~ Author Unknown

Thought For Today


"If my heart can become pure and loving, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this." ~ Kitaro Nishada, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grand and Great

Thought For Today


L. Ron Hubbard Way

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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." ~Francesca Reigler, quoted in "Count Your Blessings"

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