By Mauro Libi Crestani.
Some readers have asked me if all successful business leaders have always been
icons of positive thinking. My opinion is that many of them have, but there are
others who approached their career goals with an attitude of "I can do
it."
So is the power of positive
thinking the key to success?
I refer to research by
Barbara Fredrickson, a professor of psychology who has written extensively
about positivity. That research and have played in other entries in this blog.
Fredrickson found that those with positive thoughts have a greater ability to
take into account new information. Positive thinking perspective and improves
the ability to "connect the dots", which allows optimistic people to
cope with the problems and obstacles with a different attitude that usually
allows them to win.
The reality is that positive
thinkers have more energy. If you see things in a positive or negative way,
this personality trait called dispositional effect. Scientists have concluded
that the dispositional positive effect on people creates more energy and
enthusiasm than negative.
Positivity build resilience
Very few entrepreneurs reach
success with your first idea or business project. Often there are many failures
and errors behind a thriving business. The good news is that studies have shown
that positivity can help you become stronger. Fredrickson states that "...
positive emotions help speed recovery from negative emotions," even he
says that positive thinking can be self-generating.
Positive thinking improves
decision-making
It is logical that if you're
in a negative mood, it is less likely to make decisions that can have a
positive impact. This is highlighted in the book: Understanding the
entrepreneurial mind, which states that "negative thinking entrepreneurs
results in a negative mood that could lead them to make decisions affecting the
production capacity of the company."
Positivity is contagious ...
Even in the workplace
The same book also
highlights that employers with a positive attitude who have direct contact with
customers are more likely to persuade them to try a new product. This is
because positivity is contagious.
Some say it is because the
act of being positive toward another person releases the chemical oxytocin in
the blood of the recipient and others say that it is our 'mirror neurons' cause
actions to replicate those who interact with us. In the case of the latter, it
is worth remembering that if you are a leader or team manager this also means
that words and actions can be negative as infectious as well.
Positive thinking is nothing
without positive action
Research published in a book
published in 2014 by Gabriele Oettingen, ensures that only think positively
about the possible positive results is not enough to make the dream come true
or desired, it is necessary for the realization of positive action, which
produces a power conditioning.
In other words, positive
thinking (or dreaming) alone will be ineffective if conscious action does not
occur.
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