Life Changing Mindset
How far does positive thinking really take you in life?The reason I ask is that I am working on changing my ..
attitude at the moment?What experiences do you have of positive thinking in your life?
Public Comments
1. depends on the situationi have found that always thinking on the positive doesn't help other than to demude yourself and make things harder in the long run
2. Our family are going through a very difficult time at the moment and the only thing that is keeping us going is positive thinking.
Every time we are floored by bad news, we pick ourselves up, think of the positive things in our favour, and carry on. Hopefully, things will change for the better soon, and we just have to keep believing that this will happen.
Positive thinking can be a very difficult thing to do, but whats the alternative? Lie down and let depression take hold of you? I dont think so.
3. I used to think negatively on a regular basis. I was a violent, angry youth. I spent most of my time in the boxing ring, and it wasnt until I felt guilty for severely injuring another, that I decided my anger was unfounded. I became a pacifist, and learned the wonder of being happy all the time. My grades improved greatly, my teachers and co-workers were much more pleasant to me, and my family was more responsive to my needs. It's simple, just remember, great good comes from helping another. Try it, and you will learn it's a much better feeling then putting them down.
4. before this year i had such a negative attitude of myself. i thought that i was fat, i told myself all the time and i would tell myself that i hated who i was and things like that. i felt so rubbish and then one day i made the decision to stop all of it. even if i thought i was fat i told myself i wasn't. i told myself that maybe i didn't like who i was but i can't change it too much so i should learn to live with myself. it took some time and after a while i stopped telling myself the good things, but i didn't tell myself bad things either. now suddenly, i have actually noticed a change in myself. i am so much happier and i feel like i actually like who i am. i know that there are bad parts to me, of course there are but this is me and i am happy with who i am now. i think this has definitely changed my life it has helped me be more confident and all of that. you should give it a try, it's not easy but keep going and you'll get there!
5. positive thinking wont change things in your life. it wont change weather or not youll stub your toe or blow the engine out of your car. But what it will do is help you accept and adapt to the situation in a more positive reaction allowing you to reap the benifits of more greater opertunaties, attracting more positive people in your life, having a greater out look on life, etc. those are the things that will affect your life in a more postive way.
6. I have a strange tale about positive thinking. It may not be what you had originally wanted as an answer but it may help all the same.
When I stopped smoking with Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking I forgot to follow one vital instruction which was Don't try not to think about smoking. The more I tried to not to think about smoking the more I was obsessed with thinking about it. I would say to myself..."I don't want to smoke"
Boy oh boy big mistake! In the end I was nearly crying after months of self torture. I re-read the appropriate chapter and realised if I simply say to myself "I am a happy non-smoker" and allow myself to think about being a happy non-smoker whenever my brain wants to then at least the struggle would be over. In fact I could not believe the shift. The obsessive thoughts went almost instantly.
It was almost like getting into a taxi and telling the driver where I did not want to go. The moment I used positive thoughts my brain took me there.
Positive thinking makes more sense and has a very direct result.
By the way, Allen Carr's book is fabulous. It was my fault for not following the great advice he passed to me!
http://www.allencarr.com
Good luck!
