Comments on: Positive Thinking – a negative act?

By: Julie Walraven | Resume Services

Julie Walraven | Resume Services — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:02:33 +0000

Excellent, Jane and right where I have been thinking lately. We can’t move forward on things just by positive thinking alone and it certainly doesn’t mean you would have not gotten sick if you thought more positively as you pointed out above but you do have to do the right thing as Jim says above for the right reasons. I’m on a mission to implement in 2011. :-) we have to catch up sometime!

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:34:14 +0000

Thanks Liz, and all the best with your positive approach!

By: Liz Sparkes

Liz Sparkes — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:19:35 +0000

Spot on Jane, I too have felt increasingly uncomfortable with the “lets blame the victim” message in many helping strategies, and more recently have started to experience it myself since being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Suddenly the world is awash with people suggesting “unresolved issues” were the cause, (when the most likely trigger was a car accident!) However, I NOW have a choice. I can wallow in self pity and spend all day watching TV in pain, OR I can modify my life and see it as a blessing as it opens up new opportunities.. guess which option I have chosen, and guess which one is helping me feel so much better! :)
Great post.

By: Roland Millward

Roland Millward — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:04:54 +0000

Hi Jane

A very good and balanced summary. You have the same thought as myself about Positive Thinking. It needs to be balanced with a little reality!

Well done and well written

Roland

By: Jayne Johnson

Jayne Johnson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:21:36 +0000

Excellent post. There is a wee quote that goes

5 frogs sitting on a log, 4 decide to jump off.

How many are left..

The answer (long pause!) LOL .. 5 .. because there is a huge difference between deciding and doing!

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:27:27 +0000

GREAT POST!

Thinking happy or positive thoughts, without taking the correct action achieves very little.

I get emails all the time from positive thinking people, that work really hard, doing the wrong things. It’s only when we match the right thoughts with the right actions that we can achieve.

Thanks Jane!

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:01:30 +0000

Sometimes the idea of positive thinking gets distorted and abused- I just wanted to be clear with readers about where I stood on the subject! Thanks for commenting. Jane

By: Karen Redman

Karen Redman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:21:24 +0000

A very down-to-earth blog, Jane. It’s good to read that there are people who believe that positive thinking alone simply doesn’t work. Positive thinking is great but action and grit are needed in conjunction with it to achieve results. Without all three being “in the mix”, nothing will ever happen!