Sunday, October 16, 2016

5 RULES TO ACTIVATE THE POWER OF PREPARATION AND POSITIVE THINKING





Positive thinking will help you achieve success, good health, inner peace, happiness, satisfaction, and good relationship.  A positive attitude makes life promising and brighter.


Positive thinking is more than just repeating a few positive words, or telling yourself, “I can do it,” or “everything will be fine.” It has to be a permanent mental attitude.  Once we conquer the positive mindset we become better equipped to prepare for any challenges that come our way.  Positive thinking leads to positive actions that propels us to complete our goals. 


Below are few tips to help you build a positive thinking attitude.


1. Expect Great Things to Happen to You:


Think about success in everything you do; think about wealth and anything positive. Don't just imagine them happening, have a complete belief that they will come to pass.  There is a saying, "Prepare for the worst but hope for the best."  Consistently preparing for tomorrow will help you succeed today.  So, I say prepare for the best and believe it will happen.


2. Eliminate Negative Thoughts


Whenever you start being pessimistic about something, just relax, take a deep breath, and then replace any negative thought with a positive one.  We're so accustomed to the same thoughts that we've been telling ourselves for years so it's going to take work to replace negative thoughts with positive ones.  Find a power phrase that you connect with and use it when negative thoughts start to infiltrate your mind.  For example, when I start to think negative and feel like things aren't working out I quickly revert to my power phrase which is "If God is for me no man can stand against me."  This phrase makes me feel that no matter what happens in life I can conquer it.


3. Surround Yourself with Positive People


People with negative mindsets drain you daily and deter you from achieving your potential in life. This may be very hard if your best friend is a negative Nancy. The more we associate with positive thinking people, the more positive we will become in our thinking, and the more successful we will be in life.


4. Think it, believe it, See it!


Before you start a new activity or project, visualize the positive results you want to achieve from that project. Do not by any means let fear grip you, or visualize failures in the project if you do that, your fears will actually come to pass and the project will fail as visualized.  See it, believe it, and you will achieve it.


5. Destroy The “I Can Not” Mentality


I want you to understand that everything is possible through optimism. Stop saying “I can’t” and start saying “I CAN.” You may ask, what about saying, “I think I can?” My answer to that is NO! Do not say, “I think I can,” the ONLY thing you should say is "I CAN!" Once again, we can do anything if we are optimistic.


FINDING SUCCESS THROUGH POSITIVE THINKING


Here's a story about two men who approached the same situation with differently.


Rock and Benjamin applied for a new job, but Rock never had a positive thought about himself; he felt like a failure; “Other applicants are more qualified than me,” kept repeating in his mind. All through the week preceding the interview, Rock occupied himself with negative thoughts and fears concerning the job.


On the day of the interview, he woke up only to find out that the shirt he was supposed to wear to the interview was dirty, and the other one not ironed. He was running late so he had to skip breakfast and went to the interview wearing a wrinkled shirt.


When he was being interviewed, he was tense because of his fears and negativity, self-conscious about his shirt, and hungry – he couldn't concentrate on the interview, therefore, performed very poorly. In the end, his fears became a reality as he did not get the job.


On the other hand, Benjamin did exactly the opposite of what Rock did – he had POSITIVE thoughts about himself; he believed he was better and more qualified than the other applicants even though he had no idea who the other applicants were.  A day before the interview he prepared his clothes and kept them in good condition; he got a good night’s sleep; awoke early and ate breakfast and arrived to the interview early.


Benjamin gave a good impression of himself and his positivity and preparation made him confident, vibrant and smart – in the end, Benjamin got the job.


What we learned from Rock and Benjamin is that the way we think affects the way we behave; and ultimately, the way people see you.  Simply put, we bring about what we think about. Stay positive!


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