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"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" Both Nietzsche
and Alberto Posse (and me) agree. :-) In fact Alberto's positive attitude
article below illustrates the benefits of a positive attitude - how much better
life is in having a positive attitude - with some simple examples. Just
in case you needed persuading! Albert actually thinks that setbacks are
helpful - they make you more determined to achieve your goals in life. What
do you think? It would be great to hear your
thoughts! As for my thoughts...
Maintaining
positive attitude - what I say...Well, I am the first to admit that having
a positive attitude has not always been my strong point. I actually believe that
I spent most of my adolescent years into my twenties NOT having a positive mental
attitude. :-( So not only do I now fully appreciate being positive, but
I also understand the benefits of a positive attitude. And, off the top
of my head, here are five such benefits: - You believe that you can achieve
things even when setbacks occur.
(The opposite attitude is not even trying
because you fear you might fail.)
- When others succeed you see
their success as setting an example for you.
(The opposite attitude is resenting
this success and blaming it on 'luck'.)
- You attract the company
of other people who believe that they 'can'.
(The opposite is attracting negative,
energy-sapping, people into your life.)
- You go with the flow more,
when unexpected things happen
(The opposite is believing that someone has got
it in for you or doesn't 'like' you as much as you first thought.)
- You
don't take yourself too seriously, and are happy to join in the fun when it's
at your expense. (I mean, that hat! - what were you thinking? ;-) )
- You
experience more joy in life as you see it containing limitless possibilities.
(The
opposite experience is one of worry and fear and lack of faith.)
- You
love yourself more. Which helps others love you more. Which generates a fantastic
positive energy around you.
(The opposite is to love yourself less. And to
disbelieve those that do love you. Which is not a happy place to be.
Basically,
a positive attitude achieves and a negative
attitude does not. (I also think meditation
can help, too! (SecretsOfMeditation.com is a great place to learn about meditation, by the way! Just enter your email address to get a great free meditation e-course!) That does not mean to say that you should always be full
of confidence and that you'll never experience
lows. A positive attitude is just seeing things - no matter how grim - in the
best light possible. Or it's about limiting the negativity to as short a time
as possible. I'm a believer in being positive! My life was so much
'less' when I was a negative, glass half-empty type of guy. Yes, it's all
about self-fulfilling prophecies really. You get what you think you deserve.
And positively-minded people think they deserve more than negatively-minded
people. "Whether you think you can or think you can't you are right!"
to misquote Henry Ford
(Find more inspirational
quotes here!)
That's what I think, anyway. I would
love to hear your views on being positive too! Over to Alberto...
Maintaining
Positive Attitude - Keeping Focused on the PrizeMaintaining positive
attitude - what Alberto Posse has to say...There is an old saying for
people who appear to be lucky in life. These are the people who are known to be
born "with a silver spoon in their mouths." What that means is that
there are a few of us who have been born with such gifts that we breeze through
life without an apparent care in the world. But, is this truly what destiny means?
Are we to yield and succumb to negative thoughts about ourselves when things go
against us in life? Certainly, we are meant to learn things while we are here
on earth. These learning experiences can only be accomplished by maintaining
positive attitude characteristics.
You can read more of Alberto's thoughts here!...
And if you'd like to seriously explore the power of meditation to helping you maintain a positive attitude to life, then I can recommend SecretsOfMeditation.com! :-)
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