Pollyanna ideas

Pollyanna is the children's book character whose name has become a popular term for someone with an optimistic outlook. But should ideators adopt the Pollyanna philosophy of life, which centers on what she calls "The Glad Game," or finding something to be glad about in every situation? But while ideation implies positive thinking, and therefore optimism of what can be, the Pollyanna view, or over-optimism might cloud rather than open creative minds resulting in ideas that are more fanciful than realistic.Or, extreme optimism might overestimate ideators ability to control ideation outcomes distracting ideators from positive to wishful thinking. Ideation, then, if turned into a kind of Pollyanna game, might result in unrealistic optimism, or ideas expectation, only to be unravelled when ideas are communicated to audiences who apply critical as well as positive thinking.