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I really wanted to love every minute of this book. I wanted to learn practical methods to improve positivity in my life. While there were some specific statistics that were new and interesting to me, the majority of the generalizations were pretty self-evident.
"Hey, don't ruminate on things that worry you. That kind of thinking creates negativity."
"If the weather is agreeable, go outside for a bit to improve your positivity."
"Exercise more to generate better health, both mentally and physically. Your positivity will improve."
"Be open. I've heard this sentiment as 'Be present.'"
I did like her take on random acts of kindness. Her research, which sounds pretty fuzzy wuzzy to me, but she insists is valid, found that by thinking ahead of time about five acts of kindness to perform on one day, you can actually boost your own positivity...more than randomly performing acts of kindness. She suggests designating a Kindness Day, once a week.
This book has many Pollyanna moments. Many of them the author created and recognizes. She tries to persuade the reader that we all know Pollyanna isn't realistic or achievable, so she offers alternative solutions. She doesn't want us trying to be Pollyanna. But then she seems to contradict herself. She gives all this advice on tracking positivity ratios, for which she heavily plugs her own website. Sounds very time-consuming. At the end of the book, her advice is to create positivity journals/scrapbooks for ten different positive emotions.
TEN!
And these journals need to be constantly updated or they really aren't valid. They'll get stale. Who has time to keep up with ten different journals? I like her ideas, but I think her positivity tracking & delivery system is fundamentally flawed. And the fact that she plugs her website as heavily as she does makes me skeptical about this tracking & delivery system.
Good to know that research in this area is increasing. Maybe someone else will write a better book with practical ideas for people who work.
"Hey, don't ruminate on things that worry you. That kind of thinking creates negativity."
"If the weather is agreeable, go outside for a bit to improve your positivity."
"Exercise more to generate better health, both mentally and physically. Your positivity will improve."
"Be open. I've heard this sentiment as 'Be present.'"
I did like her take on random acts of kindness. Her research, which sounds pretty fuzzy wuzzy to me, but she insists is valid, found that by thinking ahead of time about five acts of kindness to perform on one day, you can actually boost your own positivity...more than randomly performing acts of kindness. She suggests designating a Kindness Day, once a week.
This book has many Pollyanna moments. Many of them the author created and recognizes. She tries to persuade the reader that we all know Pollyanna isn't realistic or achievable, so she offers alternative solutions. She doesn't want us trying to be Pollyanna. But then she seems to contradict herself. She gives all this advice on tracking positivity ratios, for which she heavily plugs her own website. Sounds very time-consuming. At the end of the book, her advice is to create positivity journals/scrapbooks for ten different positive emotions.
TEN!
And these journals need to be constantly updated or they really aren't valid. They'll get stale. Who has time to keep up with ten different journals? I like her ideas, but I think her positivity tracking & delivery system is fundamentally flawed. And the fact that she plugs her website as heavily as she does makes me skeptical about this tracking & delivery system.
Good to know that research in this area is increasing. Maybe someone else will write a better book with practical ideas for people who work.