POSITIVITY DOESN’T WORK FOR ELITE PERFORMERS. SO WHAT DOES?

At this point, you’re thinking that this article is clickbait. I hate clickbait titles that don’t deliver in the paragraphs below. I wouldn’t do that to you.

Now you’re looking for my disclaimer. There isn’t one.

You’ve watched the news. You’ve read the articles. You’ve glanced at the Instagram pic with a cute note about positivity. Positivity is overrated no matter what “science” you’ve been reading from psychology blogs or “experts”. The truth is that when you read about the “science” of positivity, it needs so many qualifiers that it is no longer “scientific”. It can only be anecdotal.

“POSITIVITY HURT ME”

I recently bought a suit at my local suit shop. The retailer was a physical human specimen. We got to chatting about why I was there and the environments I’d be wearing this new...