Disliked{quote} Without positive thinking, how is anything positive achieved in life? How on earth does one achieve a goal unless one believes they can achieve it? 1) If you don't think you can achieve something, you give up and (you guessed it) you don't achieve it. 2) If you believe you can achieve something, you strive until you either achieve it or until you no longer believe you can. "Positive thinking means being untruthful". This then means one is to assume the negative as being truth (see 1 above). Such is life...Ignored
""Positive thinking means being untruthful". This then means one is to assume the negative as being truth (see 1 above)."
Indeed, "negative thinking" - until proven otherwise - should be the default position rather than "positive thinking", but neither is best.