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An edition of Rethinking Positive Thinking (2014)

Rethinking positive thinking

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While optimism can help us alleviate immediate suffering and persevere in challenging times, merely dreaming about the future actually makes people more frustrated over the long term and less likely to achieve their goals. Oettingen introduces a new way to visualize the future, combining our dreams with visualizing the obstacles that stand in our way, allowing us to make concrete plans, and gain energy to take action.

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Subjects
Motivation (Psychology), Optimism, Self-actualization (psychology), Self-realization, Motivation (psychology)

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Cover of: Rethinking Positive Thinking
Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation
2016, Penguin Publishing Group
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Rethinking positive thinking: inside the new science of motivation
2014
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

Author's note
Preface
Dreaming, not doing
The upside of dreaming
Fooling our minds
The wise pursuit of our dreams
Engaging our nonconscious minds
The magic of WOOP
WOOP your life
Your friend for life
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.8
Library of Congress
BF698.35.O57 O38 2014, BF698.35.O57O38 2014

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Pagination
xv, 219 pages
Number of pages
219

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OL26884616M
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rethinkingpositi0000oett
ISBN 10
1591846870
ISBN 13
9781591846871
LCCN
2014022172
OCLC/WorldCat
881498635

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