Vincent J Daczynski
From: Chapter 3, Positive Thinking is Not Enough . . . It is my conviction that this premise of thinking positive in order to be positive is wrong, and therefore, will produce limited results. Being positive does not result from thinking positive. Thinking positive comes from being positive. The effect comes from the cause and not vice versa. I realize that I must be stepping on a lot of toes, but follow along with me for a while as I develop this theme and you will discover the shortcoming in the positive thinking approach to achieving success. Certainly, benefits have been experienced from positive thinking programs. However, when positive thinking is not natural, but forced, the results, at best, will be limited, temporary, and self-deluding. It is like putting the cart before the horse. Some progress will be made. However, a broader perspective of the mechanics of progress will conclude that maximum progress will be made when the horse is placed before the cart. Similarly, we must first be positive and then we will think positive. So being precedes thinking. And thinking is the basis for action. Before you can act there must be some thought impulse. Thinking precedes action. Effective thinking will yield effective action. First being, then thinking, then action – this is the sequence for maximum success. We begin to see the key to success and the method to achieve it. We must transcend the level of positive thinking and be positive. Positive thinking will thereby occur in a natural, spontaneous manner; it will not be a contrived mood-making mental manipulation. . . . I am not against positive thinking. Of course, everyone should think in positive terms. I maintain, however, that positive thinking should have its basis in that deep inner status of being positive. Positive thinking should not be a mood that is painted on one's psyche by daily pep talks. That is delusion and operates on the horizontal thinking level of the mind. Sales training programs lack the ver
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