Seeking success, what to do when you find yourself stuck in the ‘carrot at the end of the stick’ illuson of toxic positivity.

Posted: 13-Mar-2025

You aren’t successful, but want to be. In your struggles, how far will the rant “Be positive!,” “Be positive!?” take you? The self-help industry wants you to believe that being positive, even more positive, unwaveringly positive, etc. will see you through in some time. No, it won’t, this author (who prefers to keep anonymous) says! Using satire on the life of a “Mr Positive,” he debunks the myth of excessive positivity and exposes the emptiness, and pain inside when it turns toxic. You need to accept life with its flaws, limitations, ups, and downs, not force a facade of infallibility by being toxically positive.

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