Rethinking positive thinking : inside the new science of motivation

Gabriele Oettingen

Rethinking Positive Thinking challenges the efficacy of pure optimism, arguing that detached dreaming often depletes the energy needed for action. Through twenty years of research, Gabriele Oettingen introduces mental contrasting, a method that pairs positive visualization with an awareness of personal obstacles and introduces the WOOP method, Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan.