"Scientists have shown that because positive and open mindsets produce exploration and experiential learning, they also come to produce more-accurate mental maps of the world."

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Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.23, Harmony

Barbara Fredrickson

#Positive Quotes #World Quotes #Maps Quotes

“I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.”
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
“Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].”
“All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it is at present. The more the intelligence unveils and violates the secrets of Nature, the more the danger increases and the heart shrinks.”
“You see further behind you, and you get a chance to see further down the road. I could make a project come out in two years because I can put money aside to wait until that time to do it. That's only because I've had the opportunity to write and put out music every day.”
“Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.”
“I move out here, and next thing I know I'm 25, and the only thing I've heard is, 'Can you get a coffee, can you hurry up with the thing, blah blah blah.' It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, 'Hey, you're good at this.'”
“Grief is a gift, something you have to earn.”

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