The power of positive thinking is a very popular concept these days. Positive thinking can give us more confidence, improves our mood, and even get benefits in conditions such as hypertension, depression and many other stress-related disorders. A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
All this sounds great, but actually what does the power of positive thinking really means? The physical & mental benefits of positive thinking are many..
We can define positive thinking as positive imagination, positive self-talk or in general to be optimistic, but these are all still general concepts but not clear. If we want to be effective in thinking and being more positive, we will need some solid examples--
Here are some:
1. Start the day with positive mindset.
How we start the morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. If we get up late, panicked, and then felt like nothing good happened today? This is most likely because we started our day with a negative emotion and a pessimistic view that carried into every event we experienced. Instead of letting this dominate us, start our day with positive mindset. We should talk to ourself the statements like, “Today will be a good day” or “I’m going to be appreciated today.” We will be amazed to see how much our day improves with these thoughts.
2. Focus on the good things, however small they may be.
We might encounter obstacles throughout the day -- there is nothing like to be a perfect day. When we encounter such a challenge, focus on the benefits that we have, no matter how slight or unimportant they seems to be. For example, 1. if we get stuck in traffic, think that today due to traffic we were able to complete office calls in car, so at home we will spend time with family. 2. If the car is in breakdown, think about the thrill of walking.
3. Transform negative self-talk into positive self-talk.
Negative self-talk can creep up easily in our mind and is often hard to notice. We might think that we are so bad at this or we shouldn’t have tried it. These thoughts get deep routed in our behaviour. When we catch ourself doing this, stop and replace those negative messages with positive ones. Instead of thinking "that we shouldn’t have tried this" should become "that this didn’t work out as planned --- so may be next time will do with proper planning".
4. Turn failures into lessons.
We are not perfect. We are going to make mistakes and experience failure in many contexts, with multiple people and at multiple places. Instead of focusing on how we failed in that particular thing, think about what we should do next time i.e. turn our failure into a lesson.
Allow oneself to experience humour in even the difficult situations. Remind oneself that this situation will probably make a good story later and try to crack a joke about it.
6. Focus on the present.
I am talking about the present i.e. this exact moment. We might be scolded by your senior some ten minutes back, but why in this exact moment we are thinking about it, that was over ten miniutes ago, so forget it. Also, forget what will happen ten minutes from now. Focus on this present moment. Most sources of negativity come from a memory of a recent event or the exaggerated imagination of a potential future event. So always stay in the present moment.
7. Find positive friends, mentors and co-workers.
When we surround ourself with positive people, we will hear positive outlooks and positive affirmations. Their positive words will go in and affect our thinking, which then affects our words and similarly contributes to many things. Finding positive people to fill up our life can be difficult, but we need to eliminate the negativity in our life before it affects us. Do what we can do to improve the positivity of others, and let their positivity affect you the same way.
Almost anybody in any situation can apply these lessons to their own lives and increase their positive attitude. As we might imagine, positive thinking offers compounding returns, so the more often we practice it, the greater benefits we will see in our life.
References:
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