You know that whole positive visualization thing, where you imagine you already have the life you desire and try tune in to that quantum frequency or whatever 🙄 thereby attracting good stuff into your life?
Yeah, that may actually do you more harm than good.
A book called Rethinking Positive Thinking explains why, written by a professor of psychology at New York University.
No need to read the whole book: just watch these two video summaries on YouTube 😎…
Both of them break down the WOOP framework, a core concept from the book which works much better than positive thinking alone…
- Wish – Figure out what you want.
- Outcome – Think about how you’d feel if that wish came true. What would be the #1 benefit?
- Obstacle – What is the main thing holding you back from making it happen?
- Plan – Make a plan for handling that obstacle when it arises.
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