Mini Episode- PItfalls of Positive Thinking

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

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🗓️ 19 April 2014

⏱️ 7 minutes

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"Positive thinking can look an awful lot like old-fashioned denial"Jessica Lamb-Shapiro In this mini-episode I'm discussing my ambivalence on positive thinking. I cover:- Our Jessica Lamb-Shapiro interview- One of my Favorite quotes- The Stockdale Paradox- My former boss-Striking a balanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:39.5	Hey everybody, it's Eric and I am back with another mini episode. And what I want to talk about
1:45.2	this week is positive thinking. When is positive thinking a good idea and when are we taking it
1:52.4	too far? And the guest we had on this week was Jessica Lam Shapiro in her book, She Asked the
1:58.8	Question. When is it positive thinking and when does it become outright denial? Her father was a
2:04.6	self-help author and they talked. They were very focused on positive thinking as she was growing up.
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