Most self-help books and "gurus" will sell this idea that mindset is everything and that if you manage to simply think more positive then everything will fall into place. Mindset is important but it's just one part of. the equation. We are mind, body, and spirit and must therefore work on all three and nurture them equally otherwise it's like trying to sit on a three legged stool that has lost a leg. You will end up face down on the ground.