“We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.” PeopleWayTryingFunIssuesHealthyBenefitsConsequenceNegativeExcuseWarningHealthy LivingObesityBeing PositiveObeseTacklingNegative Consequences Author:Andrew Lansley
“Marital partners often trigger in each other resourceless states—negative trance-like experiences in which partners feel devoid of satisfactory solutions. Carol Kershaw maps these interactional loops and provides Ericksonian strategies to help couples make their marriage entrancing. Therapists of all persuasions are sure to benefit from this important book.” FeelsImportantBookStatesHelpingCoupleBenefitsSolutionsNegativeStrategyPartnersMapsPersuasionTriggersTherapistsLoopsTranceCarols Author:Jeffrey K. Zeig
“The great blessing of private property, then, is that people can benefit from their own industry and insulate themselves from the negative effects of others' actions. It is like a set of invisible mirrors that surround individuals, households or firms, reflecting back on them the consequences of their acts. The industrious will reap the benefits of their industry; the frugal the consequences of their frugality; the improvident and the profligate likewise. They receive their due, which is to say they experience justice as a matter of routine.” PeopleMatterActionIndividualJusticeEffectsIndustryBlessingBenefitsConsequenceNegativeMirrorsPropertyDuesInvisibleFirmSurroundRoutineHouseholdReflectingReapPrivate PropertyFrugalityIndustriousFrugalReflecting Back Author:Tom Bethell
“The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits.” WarWould BeEconomicEffectsBenefitsNegativeIraqRelativeScenariosPlausible Author:Lawrence B. Lindsey
“We can have our hearts broken over so much more. It is important to recognize the full spectrum of heartbreak. We can be heartbroken by lost and by disappointment. But heartbreak is not just this negative image we see, it's not this terrible experience that brings no benefits.” HeartImportantLostBrokenTerribleBenefitsNegativeDisappointmentHeartbrokenSpectrumHeart Broke Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.” PeopleGivingBelieveMovingDealsEffortDoubtWorstBenefitsNegativeRefuseMoving ForwardBeing TrueAssumptionProvenBenefit Of The DoubtPossible Love Book:The Love Dare Source: The Love Dare