WOOP, There It Is: Psychological Process Challenges Power Of Positive Thinking

Daydreaming and wishful thinking are not enough to get you where you want to go. This probably refutes 'The Secret'.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/woop-there-it-psychological-process-challenges-power-positive-thinking-313668
The book by Gabriele Oettingen, 'Rethinking Positive Thinking; Inside the New Science of Motivation'.
Oettingen has spent years researching the power of positive thinking, deciding it is better replaced with an approach she shortens to WOOP: Wish, outcome, obstacles, and plan. “Think about a wish that is dear to you,” Oettingen said. “What is it you really want? This could be a big, New Year's–resolution-type ambition, like running a marathon or losing a certain amount of weight, but it doesn't have to be.”

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