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English

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Middle Aged (35-54)

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British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex) British (General)

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in 1980 for George Orwell introduced the concept of double think, describing It is simultaneously holding two opposing beliefs in your mind and yet accepting both. In Orwell's novel, this technique was used by a totalitarian government to continuously rewrite history and thus control the populace. However, recent research has shown that the same time of idea could be used in a more productive way, helping people to achieve their goals and ambitions. The open gun speculated that one of the most effective states of mind involves people being optimistic about achieving their goal, but also realistic about some of the problems that they may encounter to investigate. She developed a novel procedure that encouraged people to hold both types of thought in mind, and she then carried out a series of studies to assess its effectiveness. The procedure is simple.