Positive thinking

Darrin Donnelly, Relentless Optimism: How a Commitment to Positive Thinking Changes Everything

“Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes … Researchers have found that optimistic people live longer, live healthier, have more energy, have more successful careers, make better decisions, are more productive, are less stressed, have healthier relationships, and (not surprisingly) are much happier than pessimists.”

Darrin Donnelly

Steve Constantine, S.T.A.R. Personal Performance

“A simple definition of personal success is the process of thinking in progressive ways that lead to action and acting in progressive ways that lead to results worthy of our abilities.”

Steve Constantine

Alexander Nehamas, On Friendship

“I also realized that friendship, even when motivated by a desire to regain a common past, is also crucial in forging a different future. Who we are is to a great extent determined by our friends, whose role in our life is more pervasive and all-encompassing the closer our relationship happens to be.”

Alexander Nehamas