Sentences with phrase «than positive thinking»

When you first read about the «negative path» and Alan Watts's «backwards law» in chapter 1, did you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with Oliver Burkeman that these might be more sensible strategies for happiness than positive thinking?

If anything, coping better is more about positive doing than positive thinking.

More people fill their heads with negative thoughts and criticisms than positive thoughts.

Not exact matches

The study's authors say that getting people to think favourably of your accomplishments might be better achieved «by modest self - representation, or even self - denigration, than by outright bragging about one's positive qualities.»

It's a positive thing if you understand the obligations involved in responding to an invitation to be a speaker: the obligation to share your thoughts if you know more than the other people in the room, and the obligation to not share your thoughts if you don't know more than the other people in the room.

With the rise of the Law of Attraction / positive thinking movement and the pressure to set high, difficult to reach goals, leaders can easily set targets that are based on little more than blind hope.

Despite the fact people chose freely and presumably wanted to maximize their happiness, those who opted to think of a negative memory for more chocolate were significantly less happy than those who chose a positive memory for less chocolate.

«I think we've always thought that it's important to have a positive relationships with local government, rather than taking a confrontational kind of stance,» Blecharczyk said in an interview with CNBC's Julia Boorstin that aired Tuesday on «Squawk on the Street» after Airbnb was named the No. 1 company on the 2017 CNBC Disruptor 50 list.

The GGSC suggests a practice adopted from Buddhist meditation and now backed up by science: «treating thoughts, whether negative or positive, more like smells, sights, tastes and sounds: things that arrive in your awareness, rather than things that constitute the essence of who you are.

«Sometimes even the initial discussion is enough to shake people up and say, «this is a lot bigger than I thought if it is presenting itself in the workplace,»» Dr Boyd says, but he also warns business owners that a positive response is far from universal: «Denial is something that is endemic in drug use, so it's the norm not the exception.»

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

But after reviewing the charts, Sebastian thought the action in the VIX could be trending more positive than negative.

The president and CEO of Houston - based Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) said he thinks the company's Alpine High project will be cash - positive in the near future, despite a slower acceleration of the company's efforts there than expected.

Nevertheless, there are a number of things you can start doing today, that will have a positive impact on your profile in less time than you might think.

As we consider how we measure and strive toward decentralization, perhaps we should learn to think of cryptocurrencies» success as something more than green arrows and positive slopes on a screen.

«One of the reasons why economic growth has been weaker in this expansion than others is a lack of government spending now I think that in the short - term negative in the long run I think a move in resources from the government sector to the private sector is positive but it takes a while for that to manifest itself in stronger overall GDP growth».

We believe conditions are more positive than the reaction of the past few days would suggest, which is why we think this is a short - term respite within the ongoing bull market.

They have had a positive correlation in 25 % of all periods, so I think it's more reasonable to say that stocks and bonds are not correlated, rather than stocks and bonds are negatively correlated.

«I think with the focus being on earnings and not macro, it feels like we shifted to micro rather than macro and that micro is positive.

I think a «ficticious avatar» would sound too much like either a troll or a manipulative fiction and would have a negative rather than a positive effect.

Thus, I think Mr. Romney can not be a good President as his job will be to create positive image of the country and to move it forward rather than be negative and just blame everything on Obama.

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

I think that without a doubt that praying such prayers for oneself can be nothing less than a absolute positive for the Kingdom of Heaven and the Christ like servitude that Christians should have for their fellow man.

Researchers in the latter field have known for some time that people don't think like adding machines, tallying up potential positive and negative outcomes («gains» and «losses»), but feel worse about a given unit of loss than about a corresponding unit of gain.

They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.

Protestants and Catholics tend to look at authority from rather different perspectives, and on the whole I think it fair to say that the version of the common tradition to which Catholics are heir tends to give them a more positive attitude toward the function of authority in the church than that found among Protestants.

He always thought it better to light a candle than curse the darkness, and his theology is a positive and often exhilarating light in the confusion of the times.

I thought the characters were flat and unattractive, the story ho - hum, and the premise churlish and clumsy (i.e. the whole point is to tear down the belief system of others rather than put something positive forward as an alternative).

also Mr EDNA u will know if u were conversant with the human brain that emotional maturity fostered by positive atti.tudes like love, joyfulness, tolerance, etc which are promoted by religion enables humans to use more brain power and think more clearly than negative ones like pride, prejudice, etc..

He emphasized the active, integrating self (rather than the frail, victimized ego); held to a «soft» (rather than a «hard») determinism; had a strong interest in future, goal - directed strivings (rather than origins); emphasized the organism as a whole centered in the self (rather than a conflict view of personality); regarded the striving for worth and power (rather than sexual striving) as the central dynamic in mental health and illness; emphasized the possibilities for continuing change in the later years (rather than regarding the early years as utterly decisive)(2) It is clear from these motifs in Adler's thought that his vision of human beings was positive and growth - centered.

Even though I don't care for Osteen his message seem to be nothing more than a cafeteria selection of positive thinking, Pentecostalism, and the good ole American Health and Wealth Gospel.

So now that you just saw your entire week flash before your eyes, I think we can agree the 5 minute effort investment it takes to throw this batter together in the blender more than pays for itself in snack problem - solving and overall positive vibes.

UK consumers traditionally associate a wider range of positive attributes with brands than own labels, particularly being trustworthy (52 %), traditional (51 %) and authentic (44 %), while just 2 % of adults think that they are bland.

Excited because the reviews here are encouragingly positive, but nervous because I've spent more than $ 70 on the ingredients (which really is pretty excessive if you think about it) and if it comes out badly, I'm going to be brokenhearted.

If you consider spurs as big club than we have fallen for real.barcelona are also dominating but what counts is a win.in football you only celebrate wins, so stop trying to look for a positive in a defeat accept and how big teams think (winning mentality) @goonsquad8

But the latest injury update from Arsene Wenger, reported by Arsenal.com, is actually quite positive and reveals that quite a few of the players are due to be available for selection a lot sooner than previously thought.

Sell him to Munich in the summer and buy the striker we need, on a positive note, well done Danny welbeck, have to admit I don't rate him but he was great last night really impressed me, maybe he can develop to b much better than I thought, hope so, also Montreal deserves real credit for his huge improvement from last season.

I think that's a positive as Santi is better personally on the left than Mesut.

As cliched as it is, sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to go forward and I believe that at the end of this transfer window, we might be a lot more positive than people thought we would be.

Defensive lapses and a slow return process were expected, but the lack of positive, on - ball decision making, poor shooting numbers are bigger problems than I first thought.

The Frenchman's injury update reported by Arsenal.com this week was pretty positive though and I think that Welbeck could be ready even sooner than he suggested.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

4 years ago I got behind the man and supported him, looked for the positives like his 2nd season being better than his 1st and previously he has always done better in the team on the 2nd year... I wanted him to be the CF we needed and a lot of fans supported him and cheered for him, gave him his song and he returned the favor by being a lazy git who only steps up around the transfer periods to make his manager think again about needing a Cf.

It is sometimes hard to find anything positive to think about after your football club suffers a disappointing result or puts in a below par performance, but we Arsenal fans have had more than enough practice so I reckon I am getting quite good at it.

He's better now than he was in the last two or three years, I think he is positive overall and is in a very good shape at the moment.»

I feel we did well against city too; I get we didn't do well against dortmund and I don't think anybody is more disappointed than me but let's move on, focus on villa on saturday, let's stop d negative vibes; let us together create a positive energy around our club

I think the fact that he's managed to make positive and game effecting plays through this terrible game planning is a testament to how good he can be once he gets weapons and a coach who's more invested in harnessing his greatness than saving his own legacy.

Lastly, he has a sort of perfectionism on the ball — which is actually less positive than you'd think.

So I am choosing to take this defeat as a positive rather than a negative and think other Blues fans should too.

on whether it feels more positive inside the club than it has done in the past... Yeah, I think the spirit is really good in the team.