Ebook: The positive power of negative thinking: using defensive pessimism to manage anxiety and perform at your peak

Explains how preparing for the worst can help people perform at their best, why optimism is not always the best strategy, and how pessimists and optimists can work and live together;Preamble to a contrarian view -- Accentuating the negative: a strategy not a symptom -- What it's all about: the problem of anxiety -- Why can't a pessimist be more like an optimist? -- Taking cover: the avoider and the self-handicapper -- Negative thinking versus positive illusions -- No size fits all: different folks, different strategies -- When strategies clash: same boat, different strokes -- Dark side, bright side, my side: prospects for change