Robin Sharma

Getting dangerous right from the first minute.

No, it's an excellent question.

Well, I think my previous book, Before the Wealth Money Came By, there was a chapter in it called The Big Lie of Positive Thinking.

Yeah.

And I think our world has in self-help sold us, you know, just be positive all the time.

If you're experiencing heartbreak, you're going through a tragedy, look for the gold.

I think that's very dangerous.

It's definitely toxic optimism because what you then do is you swallow the native feelings that surface in a difficult time, such as anger and disappointment and shame and sorrow and frustration.

So I think positive thinking is incredibly important, but not at the expense of ignoring the human feelings that come up in whatever the situation is.

So that would be one.

I think another point that might be a little unhelpful is

is there might be an inflated sense of what a human being can achieve.

I mean, I really am a possibilitarian.

I feel deeply about the potential of human beings, but we can't be great at everything.

The good news is we can all be great at something.

We can all install new belief systems, better habits, better routines, better rituals, and live far greater lives.

But that doesn't mean we're all going to be able to do everything.

The third belief would be, I think sometimes people get addicted to self-help.

It comes like a drug of choice.

Let me go to the next event.