"Cause though I lack
And awful lot
There is one thing I got!
I got positoovity!
I got positoovity!
It gives me the zam
And the zow
And the yaddle laddle laddle
That's why I walk
With a wiggle in my waddle
Cause once you've heard that word
There ain't nothing you can't do
So let that positoovity
Work for you!"

~Scuttle, The Little Mermaid (Broadway Show)

There was an experiment done where a woman--a pharmacist, to be exact--was put on a basketball court with a crowd and told to shoot at the basket 10 times. She missed all 10 times. Then she was blindfolded, and shot twice more. She didn't make the baskets, but the crowd cheered and whooped as though she did. Then they removed the blindfold and had her shoot again. She made it 3 times--a large improvement from 0.

Then the did it with a professional. The first time, he made all ten baskets. With the blindfold (he didn't make it, but he got really close) the crowd booed both times. When the blindfold was removed, he only made 6 of the shots.

Positive thinking can affect your brain and body more than you would expect. Negative thinking can harm your performance. Let that positoovity work for you!

~Paint_splatt