[logfromblammo]

And maybe also avoid putting down the endemic "think positive" advice before proceeding to point 4, "apply positive psychology".

That tripped my hypocrisy alarm, hard.

[BenjaminTodd]

Yeah, the difference is that "positive psychology" is scientific field, and they haven't discovered that "thinking positive" helps with being more successful. I changed the title of the sub-section.

[parennoob]

This is a good point, and why I didn't include the positive psychology point in my list – because it is a genuinely different thing.