http://cartmanist.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/the-dark-side-of-optimism-by-susan-webber/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://cartmanist.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/the-dark-side-of-optimism-by-susan-webber/#comment-581 Thom Rutledge Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:10:40 +0000 http://cartmanist.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-581 Thank you, Susan Webber, for this article. Being a proponent of practicality and realism --- and not seeing those as contradictory to optimism --- I am amazed at how many otherwise intelligent people have fallen for the simplistic hype of Rhonda Byrne & Co ("The Secret") It really does speak to our strong preference for simplicity and easy fixes. As a psychotherapist, and author, I have always tried to offer tangible, useful guidance to my clients and readers. To present another perspective on "The Secret," I created a new website: www.thesecretantidote.com. Please help me to spread the word, so that an alternate point of view is fairly represented. Thank you. Thom Rutledge / www.thesecretantidote.com Thank you, Susan Webber, for this article. Being a proponent of practicality and realism — and not seeing those as contradictory to optimism — I am amazed at how many otherwise intelligent people have fallen for the simplistic hype of Rhonda Byrne & Co (”The Secret”) It really does speak to our strong preference for simplicity and easy fixes. As a psychotherapist, and author, I have always tried to offer tangible, useful guidance to my clients and readers. To present another perspective on “The Secret,” I created a new website: http://www.thesecretantidote.com. Please help me to spread the word, so that an alternate point of view is fairly represented. Thank you. Thom Rutledge / http://www.thesecretantidote.com

]]> http://cartmanist.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/the-dark-side-of-optimism-by-susan-webber/#comment-577 wittgenstein Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:13:45 +0000 http://cartmanist.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-577 Outstanding link. The current slowdown is going to boil a lot of the fat out of these trendy biz-speak theories. Companies with tough dutch uncles will survive. Falling top lines and inflation in the expense columns are real focus-builders. Outstanding link. The current slowdown is going to boil a lot of the fat out of these trendy biz-speak theories. Companies with tough dutch uncles will survive. Falling top lines and inflation in the expense columns are real focus-builders.

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