Why positive fantasies make your dreams less likely to come true

FTA:<p><pre><code> But ultimately, Happes and Oettingen believe that positive fantasies are likely to scupper your [chances] of obtaining your goals. "Instead of promoting achievement, positive fantasies will sap job-seekers of the energy to pound the pavement, and drain the lovelorn of the energy to approach the one they like," they write. "Fantasies that are less positive - that question whether an ideal future can be achieved, and that depict obstacles, problems and setbacks - should be more beneficial for mustering the energy needed to obtain success."</code></pre>