Comments on: The Power of Negative Thinking https://rachellegardner.com/the-power-of-negative-thinking/ Literary Agent Tue, 13 May 2025 22:18:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Maco Stewart https://rachellegardner.com/the-power-of-negative-thinking/#comment-444863 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:05:32 +0000 https://rachellegardner.com/?p=17877#comment-444863 I believe that when I have a clear picture of the real challenges ahead, in writing or publishing or any endeavor, I am then able to address those challenges as a problem solving opportunity. As Edison might have put it, we’ll try this, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll try this next thing, and so on. It helps me to remove the emotional (This won’t happen! I’m not meant to do xyz!) component from the mix, and I can focus on what will move a project forward.

Negative thinking? A part of realistic thinking. And as one of my characters said, “What we can do, what we have to do, when the unimaginable happens, is look hard for the truth, at the situation going forward. If we need to make course corrections, these are the
times to make them, because our brilliant Great Plan failed. Reality is the only place to live.”

]]> By: Jennifer Monahan https://rachellegardner.com/the-power-of-negative-thinking/#comment-444862 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:12:11 +0000 https://rachellegardner.com/?p=17877#comment-444862 Excellent post! Magical thinking can impede progress. Stuff happens. We’ve gotta be real, and this message yes it like it is

]]> By: Marja Verschoor-Meijers https://rachellegardner.com/the-power-of-negative-thinking/#comment-444861 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:55:54 +0000 https://rachellegardner.com/?p=17877#comment-444861 Kind of an interesting twist here Rachelle, thanks! I am a positive thinker by nature, but I certainly do have my doubts and fears… which cause me to be realistic at times. Positive thinking is healthy, but when not followed by actions, it will not lead to success.

]]>