Conventional wisdom purports that the path to success is in the “power of positive thinking.” Recent research has found that there is a place in success for “strategic negative thinking.” For example, we are told to picture our perfect future and then wait for it to manifest. However, research has found that people who pictured having attained their goals become less motivated to get them. They also found that people who pictured the worst-case scenario tending to be less afraid of failure. Other suggestions for thinking include getting rid of your goals, not getting too attached to “positive thinking,” and not ignoring death.Read full article here How to Harness the Positive Power of Negative Thinking