study after study after study has shown that people who have positive outlooks are more likely to be happy (which is common sense) and succeed in life.
Lying is not positive thinking. You're confusing the two but if you think that positive thinking is lying its' self evident you have a negative attitude. So you're going to be more likely to say ' eh I won't get the job because the qualifications say this, and there are more qualified candidates'.
Yes people lie and avoid reality that's not positive thinking its fantasizing. but people also 'lie' to themselves it just not called positive thinking -it's called fear. |