The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking

Re:The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking by gesman on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @03:53PM (#7266149)

Here's how things tends to work:

Beliefs -> Emotions -> Thoughts -> Actions.

So trying to force positive thoughts on top of negative beliefs will last as long as that exercise.

When you "forget" to think positively - you get back to the default polarity of beliefs.

So to make the change positive and lasting the beliefs needs to be addressed either directly or via associated emotions.

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Re:The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking by babyturtle on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @04:44PM (#7266456)

usually its actually emotion -> beliefs

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Re:The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking by saraid216 on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @05:02PM (#7266572)

Usually it's actually

  Beliefs <-> Emotions
  Beliefs <-> Thoughts
  Beliefs <-> Actions
  Emotions <-> Thoughts
  Emotions <-> Actions
  Thoughts <-> Actions

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