Review: Motivation grounded in the real world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2013
The power of positive thinking will solve all the world's ills, or at least that's what we're constantly told to believe. For those of us a bit more grounded in reality, it comes as something of a relief to find a motivational guide that admits it's OK to look around and admit the situation sucks and there's not always a pony in the mountain of $%($. Admitting it isn't the same as giving up, and acceptance of it often proves more motivational than some rose colored glass wearing Pollyanna. The author points out the fallacy of believing that positive energy is the key to success by reminding us that nasty people succeed all the time, and that how well you wind up has more to do with how well you do what you do than how well you think.Often positive thinking can run into delusion land, with devastating results. By taking a realist's approach to getting ahead, you learn to see things as they really are, not how you wish they were or how you think they should be. Once you understand how things really are, then and only then can you take the steps needed to really make a difference. Great book with even better advice!