Optimism Can Make You Unhappy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 20, 2014

Professor of psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg and the author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation (Current Hardcover, 2014), Gabriele Oettingen, says her research shows that roadblocks can lead to success, while seeing the glass as half-full can be de-motivating.

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