It seems the negative motivates more
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Yes it seems that negative mental states serve to motivate people more then positive does. It seems that way to me when I was angry at different times in my life I found it worked better then trying to take a positive stance on a situation. Positive attitudes seemed only good for making acceptance of problematic situations tolerable but did not effect any real results. Naturally focusing on negatives tends to have some bad side effects things like ulcers or bad/ruined relationships. But still real progressive results only seem to be achieved by utilizing negative mindsets to effect changes. Consider some possible examples lets say the recent US elections. Negativism (justified or not) towards Republicans and Bush really turned the tables here. It might even be plausible to suggest that negative attitudes towards liberals and liberalism won the 2004 elections. How about the Muslim world they seem motivated by negativism towards the west and non Islamic peoples. I bet it is more that negativism towards other people then it is really the religious difference. Not that I want to say that the west hasn't given them reasons but they don't really seem to be using positive states of mind to make progress. I realize some might disagree but I think that it is the exploitation of negativism that really works the magic of effecting real progress. Ah well I don't want to complete this topic so I will leave room for others to dispute, agree, or poke fun at the idea...
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Yes it seems that negative mental states serve to motivate people more then positive does. It seems that way to me when I was angry at different times in my life I found it worked better then trying to take a positive stance on a situation. Positive attitudes seemed only good for making acceptance of problematic situations tolerable but did not effect any real results. Naturally focusing on negatives tends to have some bad side effects things like ulcers or bad/ruined relationships. But still real progressive results only seem to be achieved by utilizing negative mindsets to effect changes. Consider some possible examples lets say the recent US elections. Negativism (justified or not) towards Republicans and Bush really turned the tables here. It might even be plausible to suggest that negative attitudes towards liberals and liberalism won the 2004 elections. How about the Muslim world they seem motivated by negativism towards the west and non Islamic peoples. I bet it is more that negativism towards other people then it is really the religious difference. Not that I want to say that the west hasn't given them reasons but they don't really seem to be using positive states of mind to make progress. I realize some might disagree but I think that it is the exploitation of negativism that really works the magic of effecting real progress. Ah well I don't want to complete this topic so I will leave room for others to dispute, agree, or poke fun at the idea...
I would say that negativity tends to promote change moreso than positivity. That is, when you promote a negative attitude towards something, people are more likely to push away from what they perceive to be the cause of what is "bad" to something else (not necessarily something "good", but rather just different). It also promotes a spark in energy. Negative thoughts tend to build up adreneline and other aggressive hormones that people release in various ways. Some of them are constructive, others are not.
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
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I would say that negativity tends to promote change moreso than positivity. That is, when you promote a negative attitude towards something, people are more likely to push away from what they perceive to be the cause of what is "bad" to something else (not necessarily something "good", but rather just different). It also promotes a spark in energy. Negative thoughts tend to build up adreneline and other aggressive hormones that people release in various ways. Some of them are constructive, others are not.
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
It makes one wonder if God could have created a universe without pain, conflict, etc. Perhaps such a place would simply stagnate... For example, the praiseworthy tenacity I observe in my one-year-old son appears to be the very same internal emotion that makes itself knows as stubbornness in other situations. Can one exist without the other? Or is the latter simply the perversion of the first...
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It makes one wonder if God could have created a universe without pain, conflict, etc. Perhaps such a place would simply stagnate... For example, the praiseworthy tenacity I observe in my one-year-old son appears to be the very same internal emotion that makes itself knows as stubbornness in other situations. Can one exist without the other? Or is the latter simply the perversion of the first...
The world as we know it was created by Satan, while God was looking the other way.