Use The Power of Positive Thinking To Enhance Your Life

The power of positive thinking is about establishing intentions on how you would like your life to be and then believing that you have a direct influence on the way things will happen.

Often times people confuse positive thinking with being pollyannaerish (is that a word?! ).

That is way off the mark ... thinking positively means you look at reality, acknowledge it but then - and this is the real power of positive thinking - your turn your undivided attention to where you are heading and consistently feel good about where you are going.

Unfortunately many people keep their thinking focused toward what is or what has been (like looking in the rear view mirror of the car) instead of training their mind to focus through the front windscreen toward where they are going.

The Power of Positive Thinking In Your Professional Life

Negative thinking can have damaging effects to your career development. If you give focus to all the things that could limit your career growth, then the principle of law of attraction suggests you are setting yourself up for trouble. For example, you might be apprehensive about your worth and talk yourself out of asking for a raise that you deserve; or you second-guess decisions you are making - scared that if something goes wrong you will be 'chastised' so you take the safe decision rather than taking the route you feel is right but is riskier and consequently you aren't seen as a mover and shaker in the business.

In the steps of positive thinking, it is all about visualizing and making the right preparation. For example, visualize yourself

• Having exactly the right response during a tense/high impact meeting,
• Making higher risk decisions confident in the knowledge that you can handle any hiccups either before or as they happen
• Talking with your manager in a calm, confident manner about the value you are bringing to the organization and why an increase in your salary is justified.
• And anything else that you may stress over - but isn't serving you. One of my favorite sayings from my long time mentor/role model Lou Tice is "Worry is negative goal setting

It is about preparing yourself to perform at your best form ... getting your mental attitude in proper perspective and moving toward what you want - rather than focusing on what you don't want. Do this well and you will find life flows better and you feel frisky, alive, engaged and overflowing with confidence.

The Power Of Positive Thinking in your Social Life

The effects of positive thinking also have a bearing when you interact with people you are in some kind of relationship - be it business, dating or marriage. Thinking negatively will run counter to your desire to have quality time and experiences with those people you care about and want the best for. Negative thinking creates self-doubt and insecurity which leads to diminished self worth .. and this leads to fractured relationships - because people who don't feel good try to bring those around them down to their level - so they can feel better.

Think about the people you know - who do you know who is generally a positive person? How do you feel after you have spent some time with them?

Contrast that with a person who is more a doomer and gloomer - how do you feel after you have spent time with them?

Keep your attention turned towards:

• thoughts that cause you to feel good about yourself
• finding and focusing on the best in others
• conversations and topics that uplift and inspire

and I can guarantee that you will naturally become a hub that people will be drawn to ... simply because you feel good to be around. And better yet, you will really like you ... your self-esteem will soar ... and it becomes a self-perpetuating cycle of success.

The power of positive thinking is that you come to believe that your life can be exciting and meaningful and as you believe it then you begin to live it. How do I know - because I've been practicing these principles for years and my life just gets better and better and better ...

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