Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation

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Pragmatic Prospection: How and Why People Think about the Future (2016, methodology): “More complex brains can however increase the chances of positive outcomes by recognizing that not all desirable outcomes are feasible, so as to avoid wasting effort on actions that are unlikely to lead to reward.”
Why High School Grades Are Better Predictors of On-Time College Graduation Than Are Admissions Test Scores: The Roles of Self-Regulation and Cognitive Ability (2019, background): “…selecting them, we hope these findings spur interest in interventions aimed at increasing aspects of self-regulation (Eskreis-Winkler et al., 2016; Oettingen, 2014; Yeager et al., 2014), not only in adolescence (Dahl, Allen, Wilbrecht, & Suleiman, 2018; Yeager, Dahl, & Dweck, 2018) but also…”
Feeling Mixed, Ambivalent, and in Flux: The Social Functions of Emotional Complexity for Leaders (2017, background): “Traditional research on leadership and emotions supports what might be called a cult of positivity (Oettingen, 2014), emphasizing that positive affect is the key to effective leadership (Gooty, Connelly, Griffith, &Gupta, 2010).”