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Borrow Trouble
Monday, October 27, 2014 at 02:41PM
Positive thinking will only get us so far. Research says identifying potential barriers, after imagining a successful outcome, is a better bet. Gabriele Oettingen, in a Gray Matter NYT column, reports that people get energized by thinking about how they will deal with obstacles that might crop up. (10/27/14)
A professor and author, Gabriele calls the technique "mental contrasting.'' She says this approach spurs us on to make our wishes come true. Her book is Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation.
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