Strategies for Positive Thinking

Much of what we experience in our life depends on what we pay attention to. Every day, some things may go right and some things may go wrong. If we give more attention to the things that go right and dwell on those things, you’ll experience more happiness.

Think constructively. For positive thinking to truly make a difference in our life, we must replace negative thoughts as they occur. Most important, however, is the need to get whatever benefits we can out of the negative thought before we erase it from our mind. Instead of ignoring our negative thought and hoping it will go away, ask ourself if the critic inside of us is trying to teach you something valuable. Take note of the lesson, and then quickly discard the negative thought. Replace it with a positive perspective on the same situation. * Whenever we experience negative thinking, we have to ask ourself: “What else could this mean? ” If someone treats us unfairly, it could mean that they don’t like us very much.

But it probably means they’re just having a bad day. How can you help? Do you see how this question can change our entire outlook? .

Use positive affirmations. Often, when faced with a stressful situation, we resort to a pattern of thinking and behaving that has become a habit. How do we create new habits that support our success instead of sabotaging it? Positive affirmations are the key. Write out the things we want in life and the qualities we want to possess. Write these statements in the present tense, and use positive language. Repeat these statements to ourselves over and over again. WE have to do this every day, and before long we’ll strongly believe the words of the affirmation we’ve created for ourselves. If a habit of thinking is holding one back, what’s stopping one from creating a new habit?

Try this immediately and experience its power for oneself. Smile and be thankful.

• Smile and greet everyone we meet warmly. Smiles are contagious, and we’ll instantly begin to feel a difference inside ourself.
• Pause throughout the day to think about things that we are grateful for. The more we practice gratitude, the better we’ll feel about life and about ourself. 42. Surround ourself with positive people. Most people who soar to incredible heights of ccomplishment in their lives do so because they surround themselves with positive, encouraging people. It’s hard to have a positive outlook when everyone around us is complaining all the time.
• If we surround ourself with people who routinely seek the good inside us, we’ll begin to do the same. Spend less time with negative people and more time with those who speak words of support into our life. If we do, we’ll experience greater power, self-confidence and joy. The negative thoughts of the critic inside of us serve a valuable purpose.

Things aren’t always rosy, and it’s important to learn from our experiences so that we don’t make the same mistakes. However, we can begin to harness the power of positive thinking today. We will be able to move closer to joy and success we deserve in our life by applying these simple stragegies.

• Develop optimistic self-talk.
• Replace negative internal conversations with ourselves.
• Develop relaxing and meditating techniques.
• Create friendship patterns with those who give us good feelings.
• Take small steps to move out of our comfort zone. Accept or decline other peoples’ emotions on our terms.
• Control our time and don’t let others use it.
• Create a good physical image for ourselves. First impressions count!
• Review our existing image and style, find out way for improving it.
• Don’t spend too much time thinking about what has happened. Past is gone! Don’t lose sleep going over things or re-enact past and future conversations. Live in Present.
• Find some “heroes” and identify with them. Collect some best motivational quotes from them to which we can relate.
• Think about our voice and how we use it. Develop our listening and questioning skills. Be confident in our conversations.
• Create some titles which helps to increase our self esteem eg “I am good. ”
• See life as half-full and not half empty. We have to always remember that 99% of what we fear will happen, actually never takes place.
• Remember our gesture clusters! Posture, handshake and walk.
• Remember positive behaviors comes from energy. Find our own strategies for developing this. It could be as simple as playing a rousing piece of music to oneself before giving a presentation, attending an interview or having a meeting.