Positive Attitude: Real-Life Examples That Inspire Change
The Science of Positive Thinking William James is known as the father of modern psychology. In his famous book “ The Principles of Psychology , ” written in the year 1890, he gave an outstanding remark for the generations to come: “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” The Human Brain and Negativity Bias The human brain is negativity biased . We can just take the examples from our own life, from our past. We tend to remember those incidents or events that are somehow not pleasant to us. This behavior is a fundamental feature of our neurobiology . The brain will remember your hard times and bad experiences better than your good ones. Criticism over praise, loss over gain—all of mankind evolved in this way. Under such circumstances, maintaining a positive attitude against our natural character is really hard and also not motivating all the time. Is there any solution against this gravity? The answer is yes...