Life Changing Mindset

Is it inevitable that the uprising in "positive thinking" dissolves standards?

It seems as though people are beginning to take being positive so literally as to not allow for constructive criticism. Yet, without criticism there is no discipline, and no standards. Do we have to choose; is that the balance of the universe or what? Any thoughts?

Public Comments

1. I totally agree... but way too quantum thinking for answers...lol

2. Positive thinking has become an extreme which develops into creating a sort of alternate reality where you keep yourself in a form of denial.

I think positive thinking does have a role to play in maintaining a healthy life and mental state, but if you block yourself from any negativity or pain, you can't grow as a person. Pain is what causes us to learn from our actions and the actions of others.

3. Personally I think so for the same reason and one more. That reason being that children raised to softly will crumble in Society because they have had no experience with negativity and have only grown up thinking that they will always win. Growing up to positive they'll from early on in their childhood will have high standards of believes and so therefore become easily disappointed when they fail which is a major confidence crush and well that means no self esteem leading to an empty and miserable existence.I supose this means that critisism however constructive will lead to even lowere self esteem.Right?

4. The way you are suppose to handle this and I have noticed Obama doing this so, it must be taught at his Ivy tower but you start off giving the good aspects of a person, or whatever, then you slowly go into the negative. Then come back around to the postive. I think it was research into the Post Office shootings that made this become evident.