Persuasion 158 | Good Thinking

Erin and Hannah continue their Ready, Set, Think! series with a conversation about the blocks that form the foundation of our thinking for good or for ill.

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Good thinking can be hard to come by in the world today. Between the troubles we endure and the frustrations we face, the negative things loom large in our hearts and minds. Some say we should just choose joy and see the glass as gloriously half full. But that’s not always easy to do when the worst case scenarios play out at every turn and the glass hardly looks worse than half empty.

In this episode of Persuasion, Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson continue their Ready, Set, Think! series with a conversation about the blocks that form the foundation of our thinking for good or for ill. Our bent to find the good or the bad in a situation is more than mere optimism or pessimism—more than a mere personality bent. The way our brains respond to life goes even deeper. It’s more about having the core of our perspective redeemed and aligned with what’s been true since God created the world and called it good. If we see the world as hopelessly dark and broken, cynicism will stifle any hope for cultivating life and goodness. But if we see the world as good yet broken, we see the world and its creatures as God does: inherently valuable and worthy of redemption. Seeing the world as inherently good or bad shapes the way we see everything and the way we live.

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Persuasion 158 Resources & Links

“Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?” Psychology Today

All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment, Hannah Anderson

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