Review of “One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life” by...
I couldn’t put down this deeply researched, well-written, and fascinating book. His one simple idea is “thoughts are causative.” Starting in the 1830s, Horowitz weaves together an entertaining and...
View ArticleSee It to Be It: Visualizing Your Ideal Future
Decades of research has proven the power of visualization in athletics, health, and personal, team, or organizational effectiveness. We become what we think about. The following is an exercise I’ve...
View ArticleThoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…Visualization
That we are drawn by the future rather than just driven by the past is extremely important and directly contrary to the heritage of social science and the history of psychology. It is, nevertheless, a...
View ArticleTips and Techniques to Harness the Power of Visualization
Visualization energizes our dreams. The more vivid our visualization, the higher our energy and magnetic attraction. Neuroscience shows we’re hardwired to look for what’s wrong. If our ancient...
View ArticleUse the Force and Foretell Your Future
Visualization sparked my career and energized my life. When I was just starting out, someone recommended I read Claude Bristol’s book, TNT: The Power Within You. The book sparked such an intensity of...
View ArticleThe Fear Factor: Visualization’s Dark Side
The last series of blog posts discussed visualization as “The Force” that can pull us forward. But it also has a dark side that can energize our fears. Fear and pessimism can be even more powerful....
View ArticleThoughts That Make You Go Hmm on…Fear
“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” Robert Albert Bloch, American screenwriter, “Psycho,” “Psycho...
View ArticleExposing and Expressing Fear is Key to Reducing It
Years ago, I was captivated by Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi. When I finished reading it, I immediately went back to page one and read it again. The story centers on “Pi” an Indian Tamil boy who,...
View ArticleBounce Back: 9 Ways to Strengthen Resilience
In Japan, the Daruma Doll is a good luck charm with a rounded bottom. When knocked down, it bounces back upright. This ability to bounce back is a symbol of perseverance and good luck. We’re getting...
View ArticleIf You Can’t See It, You Can’t Be It
In his book, The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism, reflecting on decades of research leading him to found the field of positive psychology, Martin Seligman writes,...
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