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Rethinking Positive Thinking

Inside the New Science of Motivation

by Gabriele Oettingen

A research psychologist summarises two decades of experiments showing that indulging in positive fantasies about goals can reduce effort and achievement, and proposes 'mental contrasting' instead. An evidence-based counterpoint to visualisation claims in law-of-attraction literature.

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