Why Positive Thinking Just Doesn’t Work

By on October 1, 2009 in Success

Six weeks ago, I started a series on aspiring to an inspired life with an article suggesting there may be more to life than your ‘to do’ list. Last week, I posed the question, “Are You Doomed By Your Circumstances?”

This one article seems to have pinched a nerve in a number of people. Actually, several nerves. In fact, over the past year or so, these pinched nerves have erupted in various forms, revealing a pattern of complaint. Some of the complaints come from obviously caring and well intentioned people, some from people in apparently difficult or even desperate conditions, and some from the usual group who seem bent on shooting down anything positive or uplifting.

A sampling of common complaints:

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A recognized expert in personal and organization transformation, Russell has coached thousands of individuals around the world, helping them discover more about who they truly are and how to create balance and success in their personal and professional lives.  He is the creator of Insight Seminars, one of the largest and most successful personal transformation programs in the world, with well over one million graduates in 34 countries. 

Russell is an internationally regarded speaker, educator, coach and consultant.  His corporate clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas.  He has extensive international experience working in Europe, Asia, North and South America. 

Having started five different organizations in his career, Russell is well versed in the growth and expansion challenges faced by founding entrepreneurs and CEO’s.  Executives and senior teams frequently engage his services on issues of leadership, growth and work-life balance. 

Today, Russell is the the founder and President of Bishop & Bishop, a consulting and coaching company whose seminars, coaching, and consulting offer individuals and organizations a new approach to integrating personal and spiritual values into their personal and professional lives.  He is the author of numerous articles on the power of choice and awareness as well as his forthcoming book, Lessons in the Key of Life:  Questions for Those in Search of Answers. 

In addition to his consulting practice, he has lectured on productivity for the executive MBA programs at UCLA, University of Texas and Washington University in St. Louis. Russell previously served on the Board of Directors for the University of Santa Monica and was a charter member of the Advisory Board for the Points of Light Foundation.  

He received a Master's degree in Educational Psychology from the Davis Campus of the University of California and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California and Mauna Lani, Hawaii with his wife, Valerie.  Russell is an avid golfer and amateur chef.

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One Response to Why Positive Thinking Just Doesn’t Work

  1. Gyanama December 21, 2009 at 9:08 pm #

    Positive thinking doesn't work, without a definite principle to uphold it- Thinking that is aligned and in harmony with Divine Mind, the very divine principle of your being…..Now that kind of thinking is "Real thinking", and with signs following……

    Love,

    Gyanama