positive-thinking

Why I choose Samuel Beckett over positive thinking, any day

Posted on December 8, 2013October 13, 2019 by Dionne Lew

I believe we can learn more about what it takes to succeed from the closing assertion of Beckett’s The Unnamable than any other motivational book You must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on. This insight about the need for persistence in the face of obstacles and even despair offers no illusions about[…]

Try real over ‘positive’

Posted on April 9, 2013October 13, 2019 by Dionne Lew

Like so many platitudes there is some value to: be positive. It suggests that the way we view life impacts our experience and that is borne out by research. Shawn Achor shows that knowing someone’s circumstances predicts as little as 10 per cent of their long-term happiness, wellbeing is largely determined by what we make of[…]