EPISODE · Oct 14, 2026 · 23 MIN
Positive Thinking Never Sticks w/ Dr. John Demartini | Ep 455
from The Futur with Chris Do · host The Futur
At twenty-eight, Dr. John Demartini took 300 best-selling books on positive thinking, underlined every positive word, compiled 2,000 index cards, then chanted them 108 times a day for two years while monitoring seven areas of his life four times a day. At the end he ran the numbers. It came out zero. In the second half of his conversation with Chris, he makes the case that negativity is a signal to read, not a defect to delete: hedonic adaptation, moral licensing, why insomnia tracks both resentment and infatuation, and the fifteen unrealistic expectations that produce almost all of it. There is also a 500-page list of questions he watched a prince and princess work through over dinner at the Ritz. If you have been trying to think your way to a one-sided life, this one takes the illusion off you. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:51) - Why the Mind Goes Negative (01:16) - Told He Would Never Read (02:32) - The Father of Positive Thinking Confesses (05:04) - 300 Books and 2,000 Index Cards (06:19) - Two Years of Monitoring, Result Zero (06:45) - Hedonic Adaptation and Moral Licensing (07:35) - What Negativity Is Actually For (09:42) - The 15 Reasons We Go Negative (11:39) - Half Full, Half Empty, or Both at Once (13:06) - The Ritz, 1991, and 500 Pages of Questions (15:14) - Quality of Life, Quality of Questions (18:12) - 9,378 Pages of Journals (19:52) - Passion Means to Suffer If you haven't listened to part 1 of this episode go to: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Check out today's guest, Dr. John Demartini: Dr. Demartini's Website: https://drdemartini.com/ Dr. Demartini's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjohndemartini Dr. Demartini's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjohndemartini/ Dr. Demartini's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/drdemartini Check out The Futur: Website: https://www.thefutur.com/ Courses: https://www.thefutur.com/shop Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-futur/ Podcasts: https://thefutur.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefuturishere/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theFuturisHere/ X : https://x.com/thefuturishere TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefuturishere Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/thefuturishere Check out Chris Do: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thechrisdo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizOfDesign Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/ X: https://x.com/thechrisdo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thechrisdo Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thechrisdo Behance: https://www.behance.net/chrisdo Produced by UNFLTR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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