{"id":120525,"date":"2014-10-15T08:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T08:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=120525"},"modified":"2014-10-15T08:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T08:32:03","slug":"oliver-burkeman-the-negative-path-to-happiness-and-succe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=120525","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Burkeman: The Negative Path to Happiness and Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/101751706\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/101751706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Burkeman: The Negative Path to Happiness and Success<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/99u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">99U<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet motivated!\u201d and \u201cstay positive!\u201d are common bits of self-help advice. But have we gone too far in our penchant for positivity? Leaning on research (including a story about Mount Everest climbers), reporter and author Oliver Burkeman shares the counterintuitive insight of how abandoning goals and allowing some negativity in can actually be helpful.<br \/>\n\u201cTheres a real benefit to find ways to loosen our grip as goal driven people. When you look at successful entrepreneurs\u2026you find they don\u2019t follow this stereotype.\u201d We should instead remain ready to adapt where we are heading and embrace uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=54348\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Burkeman: The Negative Path to Happiness and Success<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Burkeman: The Negative Path to Happiness and Success from 99U on Vimeo. \u201cGet motivated!\u201d and \u201cstay positive!\u201d are common bits of self-help advice. But have we gone too far in our penchant for positivity? 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