Thinking About Thinking.

Last week, I attended the final of The Mind Gym's academic prize. Its aim is to "celebrate the latest thinking about thinking" and I heard the three finalists presenting research based upon:

i) the benefit of positive thought as a reliever of stress

ii) the mood-lifting benefit of putting one's best face forward

iii) the performance-optimising effect of having a secure support system.

The parallels with business are obvious, but I would just point out that it was the third study that won the prize.