Positive Thinking

How to Think Positively

There are about 27,60,000 results on goggle if we search “Positive Thinking”, so why is everyone crazy about Positive thinking? What does it means? How does it help? How will it set your mind to be rich? How to think positively?

Positive thinking is not ignoring negative parts of life but looking forward to life with a positive outlook. Positive thinking means to get the best out of the bad situation. Everyone perceives things differently. You all have been asked a question about whether the glass is half filled or half empty, your answer defines how you perceive things and how you see life. So How to think positively?

Most of the people waste their energy criticizing and complaining about how things are and always concentrate on the negative part rather than focusing and investing their energy on positive aspects of life. One should always focus on How to win rather how not to lose. Universe works this way, everything works with law of attraction. If you invest your energy on how to win then you will win. It changes your whole body language and your subconscious mind will start preparing you for it. The bestselling book written by Napoleon Hill is also ‘Think and grow rich’ not ‘work and grow rich’. To be rich, first you have to think like one. Positive thinking plays up most role in deciding where you will end up. Every successful man was a positive thinker. Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results. Positive thinking is not accidental. Successful entrepreneurs know how to create a positive attitude for themselves. They don't just wait for it to happen.

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

                                                                                                                               - Abraham Lincoln

Now If I ask you whether the glass is half filled or half empty in this picture what will you answer?

Ans. Half filled.

(And even a better answer would have been that it is half filled with water and half filled with air)

It is not only about this question you have to train your mind to think positively. Thinking process do depends on various factor like where you have been born and in what environment you have been raise whether your parents were positive thinkers or not but it doesn't mean, it can’t be changed. You have to rewrite your thinking process and once you are successful in that you will see the results coming, Success will come to you and even if it doesn't at times, you will still be happy. Power of positive thinking is beyond imaginable. Positive thinking is what keeps a man moving forward and stop him from giving up on his dream.

 NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. 

If you develop a thinking that you will never get something then you won’t, it’s as simple as that. To be successful you got to have combination of positive thinking, faith, believe, persistence, mission and much more. Your thoughts are feeding your subconscious mind without your knowledge. Your positive thoughts should influence your subconscious mind which we know is powerful beyond imagination. The imagination, when under control, may be used for the creation of plans or purposes that leads to success in one’s chosen occupation.

TWO SEEDS:

Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.

The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on my petals!"

And so she grew...

The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."

And so she waited...

A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it.

What is the moral of story?

The moral is that we keep fearing that what will happen if take some action or decision , we keep focusing on negative part rather than recognizing opportunity and making best out of it. Opportunity knocks only once, we have to make right decision at right time. A right decision at wrong time is a wrong decision. Every problem comes with an equal or better opportunity.

So now it has been very clear to us that how positive thinking can help us and now the question arise that what to do to become a positive thinker(how to think positively)? First Identify positive and negative thoughts, You should be able to make difference between a positive and negative thought. Thinking that you will win is a positive thought and thinking that your opponent will lose is not so positive, I should say it is neither positive nor negative. We have to learn to identify different thought and only then we will be able to work on it.

How to think Positively?

1. Look for Positive

Start looking what is right in a person or a situation instead of looking what’s wrong. Become a seeker of good. Focus on positive in your life. Look for something good in everything. Looking for positive doesn’t mean ignoring the faults. Some people will always look for negative and they are the most unhappy ones even if they win, nothing can satisfy them. Don’t be one of them, be the one looking for gold.

Look for the gold

Andrew Carnegie, America's first great industrialist, nearly 100 years ago had 43 millionaires working for him - an unheard-of occurrence in those days. A reporter asked him how he managed to hire 43 millionaires. Carnegie responded that none of them were millionaires when he hired them but observed that, "You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt—you go in looking for the gold."

So what are you looking for? Gold or dirt? Look for gold when dealing with people. Everyone have both positive and negative points, it depends on you, what you are looking for.

2. Be an Optimist

Who is an Optimist? The one who hope for best and the one who look at sunny side of everything. The one who is hopeful and confident about future. Being optimistic is always good. In fact, studies show that pessimists are more likely to develop chronic illnesses later on in life than optimists. Optimists look for the light at the end of the tunnel.

How to be an Optimistic?

1. Let go of the assumption that the world is against you – The world is not against you and you were not born with a grey cloud over your head.

2. Treat short term setback as a maturity gain- Short term setbacks raise our maturity level and teaches us a lesson and yes they are necessary. This is life, everyone has to deal with setbacks. They are going to happen whether you see it as maturity gain or mourn over it. You should always see the positive side of it.

I've danced with the devil

On many occasions.

He's convinced me I'm home,

But I know that he's wrong.

I'll follow my heart and

Always see the sun.

For the shimmering gleams dance

Across the shadows of my soul.



- Unknown

3. Avoid Negative Self talk

Self-talk involves the things you mentally tell yourself. Think of this as the inner voice inside your mind that analyzes how you perform and interact in the world around you. If your self-talk centers on negative thoughts, your self-esteem can suffer. When you start thinking critical thoughts about yourself, take a moment to pause and assess. You feed your subconscious mind with yourself talks. No one can motivate you like you can motivate yourself. It’s sometimes hard to have a positive self talk but it is necessary in order to have a mind like rich. Every successful entrepreneur avoids negative self talk with oneself. Try not to stress on things that you can’t control. Seek happiness in small moments. Sometimes in the big picture of life and when everything is running so fast we neglect happiness in small moments and forget to make memories. Enjoy small moments with friends and family. Always wear a smile on your face.

4. Have Attitude of Gratitude

Count your blessings, not your troubles. Most of the people start there day by complaining and criticizing things, don’t be one of them. Be grateful for whatever you have in life and keep going, if you are not grateful for things you have right now, you won’t be having things you need in future. Be thankful that you are healthy, that you have your family with you, that you can read, walk, talk, sing and dance. Remember many of people out there don’t have such gift of god. You may not have everything right now but you do have something that you don’t want to lose, be thankful for that. By being thankful I don’t mean being complacent. Having attitude of gratitude simply means that you are grateful for things you have and you do realize there worth.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

                                        -John F. Kennedy

ACTION PLAN

§  Write Above Points on a Paper and paste it on your wardrobe or fridge from where you can Read them Daily.

1.      Look for Positive

2.      Be an Optimistic

3.       Avoid Negative Self talk

4.      Have Attitude of Gratitude

§  Things you like to change about yourself- Write down all the things you would like change about yourself in order to become a positive thinker and start working on them day by day.

1.     _____________________

2.     _____________________

3.     _____________________

4.     _____________________

 Read these points after a week and measure your progress.

§  Talk about Positive things with your family

Always have a positive talk with your family. Discuss what good happened with you today. Talk about anything funny or weird happened with you at your work place. Ask them to share the same instead of complaining and mourning on what your boss did to you today, start talking about the positive side of every negative things and by this I don’t mean ignorance but feeding your subconscious mind with happy thoughts and it will reflect on your life.

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