Best Selling Books by Edward Welch

Embarking on the Journey of Positive Thought Imagine a world painted in vibrant hues, where challenges are stepping stones and setbacks fuel your determination. This is the world that unfolds when you embrace the power of positive thought. It''s a journey that empowers you to navigate life''s uncertainties with optimism, resilience, and a belief in your own potential. The Seeds of Positivity: Throughout history, philosophers and thinkers have recognized the profound impact of our thoughts on our well-being and actions. From the ancient wisdom of Stoicism to modern psychological research, the message is clear: our thoughts shape our reality. While negative thinking can breed pessimism and hinder our progress, positive thinking acts as a fertile ground where dreams can blossom and aspirations can take flight. Beyond Mere Optimism: Positive thinking isn''t simply about having an optimistic outlook or wearing rose-colored glasses. It''s a powerful force that goes beyond mere optimism. It involves consciously cultivating: A belief in yourself and your capabilities: This empowers you to face challenges with confidence and persevere amidst setbacks. A focus on the good: Shifting your focus towards the positive aspects of life cultivates gratitude and fosters a sense of well-being. An ability to reframe challenges as opportunities: Viewing difficulties as stepping stones for growth fosters resilience and fuels continuous learning. A commitment to taking action: Positive thought, without dedicated action, remains dormant. Translating positive thoughts into concrete steps brings your aspirations closer to reality. The Benefits of Embracing Positivity: Choosing a path of positive thinking unlocks a multitude of benefits that enrich various aspects of our lives: Enhanced well-being: Studies suggest that positive thinking can contribute to lower stress levels, increased resilience, and a stronger immune system. Improved mental health: Positive thinking combats negativity and fosters a more optimistic outlook, contributing to better mental well-being and a reduced risk of depression and anxiety. Greater motivation and productivity: When you believe in yourself and your goals, you''re more likely to be motivated to take action and persevere through challenges. Stronger relationships: Positive individuals tend to attract positive people. Cultivating optimism promotes positive interactions and fosters deeper connections with others. Increased creativity: A positive mindset fosters a sense of openness to new ideas and can enhance your problem-solving skills and fuel creative thinking. Understanding the impact of your thoughts: Delve into the science behind positive thinking and discover how your thoughts shape your reality. Identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs: Learn to recognize negative thought patterns that hold you back and discover ways to replace them with empowering affirmations. Building habits for sustainable positivity: Discover practical strategies and habits you can incorporate into your daily life to maintain a positive outlook. Facing challenges with resilience: Learn how to reframe difficulties as opportunities and navigate setbacks with an optimistic and solution-oriented approach. **Igniting your passion: ** Explore ways to connect with your passions and discover how a positive mindset empowers you to pursue your goals with unwavering ent

The decades after World War II saw France''s look, feel and lived realities transformed by spatial planning and modernization. Aménagement du territoire was a technical and administrative project, but was also political, moral and philosophical, as well as creative and imaginative. It was driven by a powerful obsession with the future and a belief that spatial planning could create the future in the present. During the presidency of Charles de Gaulle (1958-69), it became a vehicle for reasserting France''s place in the world after decolonization and expressing its grandeur as an advanced civilization. In Making Space in Post-war France, Edward Welch tracks the conceptual, ideological and discursive foundations of aménagement, mining an array of material from legislative texts to publicity brochures to investigate how visions of the future were articulated and inscribed on the ground as new towns, infrastructure and other expressions of modernity. He ranges across work by writers, filmmakers and photographers to explore how modernized landscapes and their effect on lived experience begin to permeate French culture during the 1970s and 80s, and how the legacies of spatial planning are negotiated politically, socially and culturally from the 1990s into the new millennium as the French state wrestles with the different pressures affecting its territory. Edward Welch is Carnegie Professor of French at the University of Aberdeen.

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People exhibit an "illusion of courage" when predicting their own behavior in embarrassing situations. In three experiments, participants overestimated their own willingness to engage in embarrassing public performances in exchange for money when those performances were psychologically distant: Hypothetical or in the relatively distant future. This illusion of courage occurs partly because of cold/hot empathy gaps. That is, people in a relatively "cold" unemotional state underestimate the influence on their own preferences and behaviors of being in a relative "hot" emotional state such as social anxiety evoked by an embarrassing situation. Consistent with this cold/hot empathy gap explanation, putting people "in touch" with negative emotional states by arousing fear (Experiments 1 and 2) and anger (Experiment 2) decreased people''s willingness to engage in psychologically distant embarrassing public performances. Conversely, putting people "out of touch" with social anxiety through aerobic exercise, which reduces state anxiety and increases confidence, increased people''s willingness to engage in psychologically distance embarrassing public performances (Experiment 3). Implications for self-predictions, self-evaluation, and affective forecasting are discussed.