"WISHFUL THINKING"
IF you venture to express a cheerful, optimistic opinion to a group of people, one of them is likely to crab your opinion by saying—"Wishful thinking!" What, then, is wrong with "wishful thinking?" Isn't it vastly better than fearsome thinking—defeatist thinking? Every war has been won and every great business has been built up by "wishful thinking." We should not forget that. Whenever we have a temporary setback in the war, then the gloomsters and pessimists ha,ve their chance to. appear wise, and they make the most of it. It does not harm any man to be a wishful thinker as long as he. is not idle and complacent. Whatever we want to happen, we. should think it will happen. That is what we call confidence. And the more confidence we have, the more we will accomplish.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 17, 16 February 1942, Page 4
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139"WISHFUL THINKING" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 17, 16 February 1942, Page 4
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