The New Positive YOU!!
by Hope Candyfloss, popular futures expert and licensed macrame therapist
Many people tell me "Hope, I wish I had as positive an attitude as you do!" And I tell them "You don't have to wish! You've already got a positive attitude! You just have to use it more often!"
We all have positive attitudes about something! And we could have more! Research has found that people tend to be most positive when they're making ratings with vague criteria or when they know very little about the people or things they are rating. Not wanting to harm anyone needlessly, they choose the positive option!
As we say, familiarity breeds contempt! But who wants to breed contempt? Do you really want to be a naysayer, a wet blanket, or a gloomy Gus? Of course not! Wouldn't you rather be supportive, constructive, and positive? Of course you would!
So developing a positive attitude is easy! Simply refuse to develop an unhealthy overfamiliarity with the people and events in your world, and ignore any unhealthy information you may already have acquired! When you lose that unhealthy overfamiliarity you won't develop those harmful clearcut nitpicking criteria that cripple your positivity either!
Advertisers have used this strategy for a long time! They don't tell you that their athletic shoes help you run faster, they show you an inspiring vignette and tell you to "just do it"! They don't tell you that their pop or hamburgers taste good, they just associate them with happy times!
Politicians recently discovered this strategy, too! Platforms and principles are things of the past! Stirring words about leadership and responsibility and other inspiring things that are never defined are the order of the day! And leaders get re-elected even when they've done nothing!
If itt works for the most powerful people in the world, it will work for you! Forget as much as possible of what you know, and refuse to learn anything more! Suddenly you'll find a smile on your lips, a spring in your step, and happiness in your heart!
"Where ignorance is bliss/'Tis folly to be wise." Is there something wrong with bliss?
Posted April 1, 2004
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