http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-positive-thinking-make-you-live-longer-probably-not/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Mon, 21 May 2012 15:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-positive-thinking-make-you-live-longer-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-51702 Tom H. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:56:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8247#comment-51702 arftk: What do the paranoid do when they go home at night. Enjoy themselves? Or stew in their fears and worries? arftk: What do the paranoid do when they go home at night. Enjoy themselves? Or stew in their fears and worries?

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-positive-thinking-make-you-live-longer-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-51682 artk Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:56:13 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8247#comment-51682 Andy Grove, one of the founders of Intel, and a holocaust survivor, thought that believing in the power of positive thinking was antithetical to success. He is famously quoted as saying “Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive." If you want to be mediocre, just keep believing that positive thinking will make a difference. Andy Grove, one of the founders of Intel, and a holocaust survivor, thought that believing in the power of positive thinking was antithetical to success. He is famously quoted as saying “Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” If you want to be mediocre, just keep believing that positive thinking will make a difference.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-positive-thinking-make-you-live-longer-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-51681 Larry C. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:12:16 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8247#comment-51681 I'm siding with Vicki. Hard to see any real harm. I’m siding with Vicki. Hard to see any real harm.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-positive-thinking-make-you-live-longer-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-51679 Vicki Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:09:25 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8247#comment-51679 Interesting debate. However, can anyone think of any downside of positive thinking? If not, be positive! Interesting debate. However, can anyone think of any downside of positive thinking? If not, be positive!

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