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I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

— Srikumar Rao

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If you embrace 'positive thinking,' you are - by definition - spurning 'negative thinking.' So it's as if you were on a teeter-totter and are trying desperately to put all your weight on one side - the 'positive thinking' side.

— Srikumar Rao

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

— Martin Seligman

Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.

— Chuck D

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

— Russell Wilson

You can't live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.

— Miley Cyrus

Many persons swear by positive thinking, and quite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective tool and can be downright harmful in some cases.

— Srikumar Rao

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

— Elbert Hubbard

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

— James A. Baldwin

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

— Zig Ziglar

Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.

— Harvey Mackay