The power of negative thinking - stay with me on this ;)

Stay positive!

Be optimistic!

For those of us who aren't wired this way, that sounds like a lot 'toxic positivity' BS, no?

But you CAN harness the ... 

POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING!

Okay, it still takes effort. It is NOT about 'giving up' or 'not trying' or any of that. Works like this ...

You're confronted with a task or project or whatever for which the outcome is uncertain. Your brain automatically goes to 'This is stupid. This will never work.'

Are you like this? Yeah, well, me too. Lol

Here's the trick:

Whatever it is, do it anyway. And not half-assed but DO IT! Put ALL of your effort into it! Do it as correctly, as completely, and as sincerely as possible. And why?

Smugness.

"I can't believe I'm doing this. They'll see what BS it is, but I can't let them think I'm trying to sabotage this. Truth is, I don't believe this will work."

Now, you've given it your all and NO ONE can issue blame on YOUR head for the outcome, but you gain one of two possible outcomes!

1) Success!

"Fuck me! I can't believe that worked!"

You're pleasantly surprised and can actually enjoy the outcome!

Or

2) Validation

"See? I told you this wouldn't work!"

And you can retain your toxic self-superiority while those 'positive' people lick their wounds and must begrudgingly admit you were right all along.

But your effort must be SINCERE.

Success or Validation? You win from either outcome!