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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/13/istock_000005511248small_wide-26bbb80a9ba574c660979e417aa2ac711df2ad90.jpg566318In his new book, Oliver Burkeman shuns motivational seminars and the power of positive thinking in favor of uncertainty, insecurity and even pessimism. "Trying to let feelings be and not always struggling to stamp them out is a more fruitful alternative," he says.