Oliver Burkeman...once you have resolved to embrace the ideology of positive thinking, you will find a way to interpret virtually any eventuality as a justification for thinking positively. You need never spend time considering how your actions might go wrong.
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Positive thinking is a method of approaching life, which explains that everything is going to turn out alright in the end. In this case, it is not the right thing to do. Most people who follow this ideology will think that when something bad happens, they can always find something positive in there so it won't have been a big deal. This is not true because when something bad happens, you need to spend time considering how your actions might go wrong.
Source: The Antidote: Happiness For People Who Cant Stand Positive Thinking
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