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| Negativity |
| In most situations it is much easier to pick out the faults because these are more obvious since they are based on what we think a thing should be. That is to say, being negative is based on our past experience whereas being positive requires us to look into the future to assess something new. A man who designs a new dress is likely to be told that it is old-fashioned because a comparison with the past is always possible – to assess the dress’s virtues requires more effort. Anything new seems to involve effort, therefore it is easier to be negative. |
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Passage taken from: “The Happiness Purpose”, by Edward de Bono, ISBN 085117 1257 Copyright © European Music Ltd 1977
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