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Source:  The Star, Malaysia

Highlights

1.  Repeating positive statements such as “I am a lovable person” or “I will succeed” makes some people feel worse about themselves instead of raising their self-esteem, a study showed.

2.  The study cites a popular self-help magazine that advises its readers to:  “Try chanting:  I’m powerful, I’m strong, and nothing in this world can stop me,” but says the practice doesn’t work for everyone.

3.  Positive self statements make people who are already down on themselves feel worse rather than better, found the study conducted by psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick.

4.  “I think what happens is that when a low self-esteem person repeats positive thoughts, they probably have contradictory thoughts,” Wood said.  Wood urged self-help books, magazines and TV shows to stop sending a message that just chanting a positive mantra will raise self-esteem.  “It is frustrating to people when they try it and it doesn’t work for them,” Wood said.

Comments

1.  Some people believe they will succeed, no matter what.  Their belief is so strong that it overcomes hardship and even failure.  Such belief graduates into knowledge. At one point in time, they cease to believe; they just know.  It is their destiny.

When Warren Buffett told his wife before he was rich, that he would one day be very rich, even his wife did not believe him.  Well, that didn’t bother him one bit.  He just knew he would be a multi-billionaire.

2.  Positive thinking helps reinforce what they already knew.  Chanting mantra helps to remind them they are on the path to success.  But such people do not actually need positive thinking nor mantras.

Learning message:  You are born to live a life of abundance and to succeed in our money world.  Be enlightened today.