I’ll cop to the link-bait headline, but it is not without merit. The simplicity of the term positive thinking belies the depth and complexity of the topic. It causes misunderstandings from people on both sides of the matter, and the misunderstanding can be summed up as: don’t be negative. I suspect this misunderstanding is at least… Continue reading Negative Thinkers Have It Right
Author: Dan Pouliot
A New Hampshire native, Dan received his BFA in Oil Painting from UNH; his digital works are in multiple permanent collections. Dan’s been a positive psychology student/practitioner, a blogger, an amateur Remote Viewer, and now a novelist. His dual passions for anomalous cognition and positive thinking set the stage for his debut young adult novel, Super Human, published by PortalStar Publishing. Dan describes Super Human as The Karate Kid meets Escape to Witch Mountain.
Strong or Frail, Which Would You Rather Be?
“Calm seas don’t make good sailors.” —Anonymous “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” —John F. Kennedy What a frail species we are. Without others,… Continue reading Strong or Frail, Which Would You Rather Be?
Backwards Thinking
Once I’m happy, then I’ll be grateful is backwards thinking.
How Leaves on Your Lawn Predict Your Future
It’s fall, and I’m doing one final rake to get the straggler leaves off of my lawn. I noticed a tendency of leaves to settle in gaps where there is no grass. Leaves on lawns make a less favorable situation for the growth of grass, and leaves gravitate to where there is already no grass…… Continue reading How Leaves on Your Lawn Predict Your Future
Edison, Invention and Sleep
“…a man does need his rest, and Edison was not above the occasional catnap — provided it was not devoted solely to sleep. Like most people, he noticed that insights and brainstorms often occur at the edges of sleep — when the border guard of the prefrontal cortex is going off duty and the more… Continue reading Edison, Invention and Sleep
Gene Mutation, Thus Evolution, is Not Random
When we think of Darwinian evolution, one supposition come to mind: gene mutation (evolution) is random.