Positive Thinking Can Be a Recipe For Disaster

You're rehearsing a data base of scenarios so that you're ready for whatever comes up. If you dive in and something doesn't go well, you can immediately call on these other scenarios. You have to consciously start thinking about what to do. Michael phelps is one in a million, maybe one in a billion, athlete,. But science suggests the strategy he used, focusing his mental energy on the worst possible outcome, that nightmare scenario, is one that all of us can learn from.