“Thinking that you are good can make you bad. Talking about positive behavior can encourage negative behavior. Laozi is clearly on to something when he warns us that consciously trying to be righteous will, in fact, turn us into insufferable… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
“A substantial literature on “verbal overshadowing,” for instance, suggests that consciously reflecting on our perceptions or evaluations of taste, and then being forced to… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
“Thinking that you are good can make you bad. Talking about positive behavior can encourage negative behavior. Laozi is clearly on to something when… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
“faster in areas of our life where effort and striving are, in fact, profoundly counterproductive. This is because the problem of choking or freezing… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
“This work is part of what is now a huge literature on the often harmful effects of rumination and explicit analysis on people’s ability… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
