

The Yiddish term, kinehora practice “curse in reverse.” For example, you might say, “Wow, I really did great in that interview! I’m sure I’ll attain that job.” Someone who hears this might reply, “Kinehora” (unless, of course, they were going for the alike position!). So let’s see how this has played out in terms of our lifetime. A few hundred thousand years seems like a remarkably long time.

This is an automatic, evolutionary instinct developed, over a few hundred thousand years, to militia us from pain and suffering-in supplementary words, from the worst-case synopsis of any situation.

How to Think Positive Without Thinking it Will Jinx You The automatic brain always defaults to the worst-case scenario.
