Why is it important to think negatively? This you will learn from this article.

Error survivors

During World War II the US military appealed to scientists asking calculate the optimal location for the armor on bombers. As examples, they provided data on how with some bullet holes often those planes returned. And it was like to make a booking on these places. And they wanted to make a armor on these places.But one of the scientists, a certain Abraham Wald, cooled the hot heads. He demanded to look at the body of the place where the surviving bombers were not damaged. There were no holes only because when released into the airplane seats fell. Fallen planes nobody studied (they remained behind the front line) and therefore do not see the weaknesses - in fact on the surviving aircraft were no holes. So Wald has protected the military from the mistakes that could cost tens of thousands of lives of pilots.

Error survivors - it is our tendency to look more at those who survived, achieved success, won. And forget or ignore those who have not. Not being able to see and explore them, we can not get a complete picture of the risk and come to very wrong conclusions.

Everyone knows that dolphins saving people. About this tells us the people, which the dolphins pushed to the shore. And there were cases in which the dolphins pushing people in a different direction? Can you tell us something these people?

High dream and low one

There is a concept in psychology - "Dream High" and "Low". By "high" we mean our ambitions: where we want to go and what to achieve. By "low" - the worst case scenario and our fears associated with it.

Adherents of positive thinking insist that it is necessary to visualize the "high" dream. And they say, the less you think about the bad, the less you attract it into your life.
But psychologists say more. The more you concentrate on the "dream high", the more supplanted by "low" of consciousness. And it goes to the "shadow" - a place in your mind that stores what you currently can not accept. In other words, all the trash, negative and difficult experiences. The more attention "light" - the more the growing "shadow". And the more it affects you - secretly, unconsciously, uncontrollably.
To put it simply: the more you deny the negative outcome, the more you do to it to fruition.

Everything will be fine.

In an extreme case - there is no
In the scenario of any film, any good story or a fairy tale is always a moment when the hero is completely defenseless. In the power of the enemy, without strength and means, without hope. This - the culmination of the story. And only after it becomes clear that from it no longer depends on anything, the situation is changing. External forces come to the rescue. And the hero - copes.

This happens not only in the movies. Any critical situation in life includes a moment where you are completely defenseless. In the enemy's power, depending on the action of the partner, in anticipation of market response, lenders and investors. Or just get lost in the mountains. So, survival theory says that you have a chance to appear only when you have made the whole situation as it is, in all its negativity. Only then you can either get out or lose completely. But up to this point - you can only lose.
And your chances are not to get into this mess are increasing in only one case. If you think through the preparation of the worst-case scenario - and first of all to prepare for it. And also you understand that everything can not be prepared, and internally prepare for an even more dreadful prospects.

Adult approach to life

Is there a better way to check partners in the transaction (and even more so - Business). Take your arrangements, read them and make a joint brainstorming on the subject of "how we can each other to "cheat. "
A similar method is suitable for assessing the viability of the business: try to jot down 2-3 ways to ensure the destruction of your company. 3-4 collapse of your startup script. 5-6 moments at which you have to get out of the deal, negotiations and relations. People in the children's position is so frightening that they will by all means to avoid such conversations.
Strictly speaking, the "positive thinking" - an echo of the archaic, from early childhood, "magical" attitude to the world. In which there is all-powerful adults, and if they act correctly, then they will buy a toy, and maybe even cancel the rain.

Three scenarios

Ninja became invincible in only one case. If they are mentally died before the fight. They practiced "meditation on death."
His death became the most negative scenario, which he completely took for him. This possible outcome cease to hang over the consciousness of a frightening shadow - and does not interfere with work. Real could have ended in death. But he was no longer worried.

• If you do not have the worst scenarios - be assured, he will knock you to himself. Out of the shadows. Therefore it is better to prepare for his meeting in advance. And trained to recognize a guest at a barely audible steps.
• The second scenario - the most optimistic. It is also difficult and dangerous, and is also necessary to prepare for it in advance.
• The third scenario - the most likely, boring, middle. His good work out if only to see the possibility of exit from the rut.
  Only then is your view of the world is somehow close to reality. Although not completely.

Everybody get out of the gloom

The only way to make good money on positive thinking - is to write books and to hold seminars on the topic of positive thinking.
If you want to succeed in another field, the first thing to do - is to get to the light all your fears, doubts and terrors. And to make them a detailed inventory.

At least there you will find a lot of energy, effort and emotion, which over the years have left their containment. Instead of working on your major achievements.