How To Be Realistic (& Still Have Goals)

By Gabriele Oettingen
The Art Of Actively Anticipating Misfortune

By Ryan Holiday
The Power Of Doing a Pre-Mortem

By Dan Pink, Steven Johnson & Actualized


We would be wrong to jettison our dreams, just as we are wrong to blindly assume that simply dreaming something can make it so.

- Gabriele Oettingen

Intense Realism: Seeing Things As They Are

By Robert Greene
The Value in Imagining The Worst Will Happen

By Tim Ferriss
How To Be A Realistic Optimist

By Heidi Grant, Ray Poole & Caroline Webb
The Power of Being Pessimistic

By Einzelgänger, The Science Of Us & The School Of Life
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The “WOOP” Technique

By Gabriele Oettingen
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TED Talks & Lectures
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Clips & Interviews

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HBR
​Be an Optimist Without Being a Fool

Huffington Post
Three Cheers for Intentions and Why I Prefer Them Over Affirmations

Psychology Today
The Surprising Value of Negative Thinking

HBR
Visualize Failure

Exploring Your Mind
Characteristics of a Practical Person

Inc.
Setting Goals Isn't Enough: Setting Daily Intentions Will Change Your Life

Entrepreneur
​Positive Thinking Is an Obstacle to Achieving Your Goals

Ryan Holiday
Practice The Stoic Art of Negative Visualization

Shine
Why 'Realistic Optimism' Is Your Best Positive Thinking Move

D.I.Y.
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Psychology Today
The Pro-Mortem Method

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Gabriele Oettingen
Rethinking Positive Thinking by Gabriele Oettingen

Audio Clips


Ryan Holiday
Premeditatio Malorum Is a Form of Freedom & Empowerment

Stefi Cohen
Why Powerlifter Stefi Cohen Visualizes Negative Outcomes

Morgan Housel
Be a Realistic Optimist About the Future

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Book Extracts

Positive Thinking Could Be Holding You Back
Taken from Rethinking Positive Thinking, by Gabriele Oettingen.
See Things For What They Are
Taken from The 50th Law, by 50 Cent & Robert Greene.
Embrace Reality And Deal With It
Taken from Principles, by Ray Dalio.
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