Agreed with this. The author doesn't distinguish positive thinking (being hopeful, working towards goals you think you can achieve, etc.) and naivety (well everything will work out for the best!).
Frustrating to read articles like this
Frustrating to read articles like this
> This simple process, which my colleagues and I call “mental contrasting,” has produced powerful results in laboratory experiments. When participants have performed mental contrasting with reasonable, potentially attainable wishes, they have come away more energized and achieved better results compared with participants who either positively fantasized or dwelt on the obstacles.
> When participants have performed mental contrasting with wishes that are not reasonable or attainable, they have disengaged more from these wishes. Mental contrasting spurs us on when it makes sense to pursue a wish, and lets us abandon wishes more readily when it doesn't, so that we can go after other, more reasonable ambitions.
Sounds like positive, but realistic, thinking taking into account the obstacles is what's being recommended.