Unless you‘re some type of hermit who hasn‘t watched TV, read a book or seen a newspaper in the past 50 years then you‘ve probably heard of positive thinking or the law of attraction at some point in time. The basic idea is that good things can happen to you merely if you believe they will; more accurately, your own positive thoughts and beliefs can affect the outside forces that seem uncontrollable and your mindset will directly affect what happens in your life. For as many people who believe in the power  of positive thinking, there are many more who believe it‘s all a bunch of New Age pop psychology drivel or sugar-coated Peter Pan  baloney!