Affirmation Effect

Carmen Gallo shares two words that Joel Osteen says should preceed any personal self-affirmation. Unfortunately, Gallo's article is so brief that I cannot tell if what is espoused is positive thinking or something more scientifically or theologically based.

I commend to the reader Mitch Horowitz's book One Simple Idea: A Short History of Positive Thinking, which is available both in print or audio formats. Horowitz reviews the development and growing acceptance of positive thinking and the self affirmation movement in the United States.

My own belief is that the positive impact of self affirmation is limited by personal gifting and providence. My preference is the phrase used in "The Little Engine That Could."

-DD