Whether you are unhappy and struggling with serious problems or you just want to improve, discover, and explore new opportunities, this book will deepen your ideas about human motivation and help you boldly chart a new path ahead.
Gabriele Oettingen is a professor of psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg and the author of more than a hundred articles and book chapters on the effects of future thought on cognition, emotion and behaviour. She lives in New York City and in Hamburg, Germany.
“Every day of our lives, our mind diverts into private
thoughts—wishful dreams of our future, regrets and ruminations over
what went wrong yesterday, nervous anticipation about tomorrow.
Gabriele Oettingen’s book is the single best guide to the power and
consequence of these private thoughts. It will teach you nothing
less than how to think better.”
—PO BRONSON, coauthor of Nurtureshock and Top Dog
“How do you get from dreaming to doing? This exciting and important
book shows you how to turn your dreams into reality. You'll be
surprised at how thoroughly it overturns conventional wisdom.”
—CAROL S. DWECK, Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology,
Stanford University, and author of Mindset
“Gabriele Oettingen presents a well-written thought-provoking
evidence-based self-help book. Hers is an intriguing approach to
overcoming life challenges at all ages. It is a worthy read.”
—JAMES JOSEPH HECKMAN, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service
Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Winner of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
“I was once asked by educators to identify the single most
effective intervention for improving self-control. Every scientist
I spoke to referred me to the work summarized here—masterfully and
with incomparable insight and warmth. Read this brilliant book and
then go out and do what Gabriele Oettingen recommends. It will
change the way you think about making your dreams come true.”
—ANGELA DUCKWORTH, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of
Pennsylvania, and 2013 MacArthur Fellow
“Want to quit smoking, lose weight, get better grades, sustain
healthier relationships, or negotiate effectively? Then this
easy-to-read book, based on twenty-plus years of empirical
research, is for you. Setting a goal, visualizing the obstacles,
and then charting a path sounds so straightforward—but guess what?
It works!”
—GARY LATHAM, Secretary of State Professor of Organizational
Effectiveness at the Rotman School of Management, University of
Toronto
“Gabriele Oettingen, one of the world’s leading experts on the
psychology of motivation, presents a forceful, scientifically based
challenge to the ‘power of positive thinking.’ This eminently
practical book is a much needed and welcome corrective.”
—LAURENCE STEINBERG, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Temple
University, and author of Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New
Science of Adolescence
“Gabriele Oettingen approaches the subject of positive thinking
with a scientist’s passionate curiosity. She is open to anything
she might find and truly seeks to discover what works—and what
doesn’t. What she found will surprise you, as it did me, and will
make you eager to try her methods.”
—FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK, writer, director (The Lives of
Others; The Tourist), and winner of the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film
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