Daniel Pink writing for the Telegraph:
“Most of us believe in positive self-talk. “I can achieve anything,” we mouth to the mirror in the morning. “Nobody can stop me,” we tell ourselves before walking into a big meeting. We believe we’ll do better if we banish doubts about our ability or our strategy and instead muster an inner voice that affirms our awesomeness.
But not Bob [the Builder]. Instead of puffing up himself and his team, he first wonders whether they can actually achieve their goal.”
Pink then dives into some research on whether positive self-talk actually improves performance or not.
Spoiler: Having doubts improves performance.
Tags: business culture, leadership
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