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Makes you think – The darker side of positive thinking.

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You may look at “positive thinking” in a different light after watching this video featuring Barbara Ehrenreich:

The question left to answer comes from an individual’s standpoint in day to day living. Given a choice, in day to day living, between optimism, pessimism, realism, etc., what is the best stance? Norman Vincent Peale would see it very differently.

She has a book similarly written:

Barbara Ehrenreich – Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

More info:
- How does your brain impact your survival chances in the wilderness?
- How Murphy’s Law Works
- Norman Vincent Peale – The Power of Positive Thinking: The Success Program for the New Millennium

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