Beware Pop Psych Fast Fixes

Accepting your limitations is out of fashion. We all need hope that we can be excellent.

Indeed, many of the popular  pop psych gurus—excellent at selling—insist that you can be much better if only you follow their simple plan, for example, raise your expectations!  Reframe!  Have grit!  A growth mindset!  Power pose! Be fabulous!

Unfortunately, logically and empirically, such nostrums are longer on appeal than on real-world-significant results. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I defend that assertion and describe approaches that are both more research-sound and reflect my experience with 5,500 clients.