Positive Attitude Tips:
Focus on Your Thoughts, then...
"It's important to start to control your thoughts." That's
more or less what Karen Wolff says about developing a positive mental attitude
and keeping it. Karen knows that a positive attitude to life can simply
evaporate at the slightest thing. So Karen provides some positive attitude
tips (of a Godly nature, I admit) to help you keep your more natural negative
tendencies away. It's good stuff - I'm positive of it! :-)
Positive
attitude tips - what I say...Positive attitude information is everywhere,
isn't it? There are positive
attitude tips websites (and books) popping up all over the place - not to
mention positive
attitude articles - all to do with developing a positive mental attitude yada
yada yada. Yes, it does start to get a bit tedious, but that's why I like
Karen Wolff's 'positive attitude tips' article. It talks about the reality of
having a positive attitude, which is this: positivity comes and goes, often at
the slightest of sleights too. Still, Karen offers great tips to deal with
the realities of life's ups and downs and she knows that there is no magic formula
for a positive attitude - it takes hard work - but it all starts with controlling
your thoughts. (Yes, that is possible! I know you think it might not be, but
that thought - you can control it. Really! ;-)) Karen is a Christian, by
the way. And some will say 'hooray!' to this as she talks of God (and Him)
and others will immediately switch off. I say read the positive attitude tips
and see how they can benefit you, whatever your religious or irreligious persuasions!
:-) By the way, Karen recommends a particular positive attitude
book called The
Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset
written by John C. Maxwell. I have not read it, so can't comment but it has good
reviews on Amazon. (Note: you
can find reviews of the self-help books I have read, here!) Maybe you
have your own positive attitude tips or techniques. If
so, do let us know! Okay, pos-i-tively it's Karen Wolff's positive
attitude tips time...
Positive Attitude TipsPositive
attitude tips - what Karen Wolff has to say...Why is it so much easier
to have a negative attitude than a positive one? What's inside you that just
naturally pulls you to the negative side of things? You read the books,
you attend the seminars, you buy the tapes... and things seem to go well for awhile.
You feel better, your outlook is better, and you're hopeful. That is... until
something happens that sends you reeling all over again. It doesn't even
have to be a major, catastrophic event to send you back to the land of negative
thinking. It can be something as simple as someone cutting you off in traffic
or pushing ahead of you in the grocery checkout line. What gives those seemingly
simple occurrences of every day life so much power to literally throw you into
a tizzy all over again? This never ending cycle continues because the source
of it all is never addressed. You "try hard" to be positive, attempting
to override how you truly feel. It's work pretending to be positive when inside
you know all too well that it won't take long and one of those annoying life issues
is going to creep up and dump all over your positive attitude. Negative
attitudes come from negative thoughts that come from reactions to negative behavior...
and around the cycle goes. And you must know that none of this negative stuff
is coming from God. There is nothing negative about the way He thinks or acts.
So how do you put a stop to all this nonsense? How do you get to a place
where your positive attitude is what's natural for you and not the other way
around? I wish I could give you a magic formula that, when applied correctly,
would erase your negative attitude in 3 days. Yup, can't you just see the infomercial
on a product like that? For just $19.95 you can have all your dreams come true.
What a bargain! People would be lining up for this one. But alas... the
real world isn't quite so simple. But the good news is that there are some things
you can do to help you transition from the land of negativity to a much more positive
place. - First, focus on what you're thinking about. Remember
when I said you seem stuck because you've never addressed the source of all of
this? All your negative actions are coming from your negative thoughts. Your body
goes right along with whatever your mind is telling it.
It
is possible to control your thoughts, regardless of what you've been led to
believe. As soon as a negative thought comes into your mind, purposefully make
it a point to replace it with a positive one. At first, this may take some work,
because chances are, you will probably have a lot more negative thoughts in your
head than positive ones. But eventually, that ratio will reverse itself.
- Second, stop letting other people's negative attitudes influence yours.
This may mean you need to stop hanging around with people who do nothing but spout
negative stuff. You can't afford it when your goal is to become more positive.
The negative people in your life aren't going to like it when you will no longer
participate. Just remember that birds of a feather really do flock together.
- Third, make a list of all the areas in your life that you want
to change. List all your negative attitudes too. If you can't really think
of things to put on your list, just ask your family. I'll bet they'll help you
make it a REALLY LONG list.
- Fourth, take the time to write
strong, life-giving, positive affirmative statements. Make a commitment to
read those statements out loud every day. Enjoy how great they make you feel.
Know in your heart that you're making progress, even if you can't see it just
yet. Just keep affirming the positive.
- Lastly, take the time
to pray about this. You can't change by yourself. But you can spend time with
the One who can help. You do what you can, and you let God do the rest. It really
IS that simple.
This process will change how you think and that's
the real key to changing how you act. Remember... your body will follow right
behind your thoughts. There is no way to separate the two, so you might as well
"program in" what you want instead of randomly leaving it to chance.
Just know that God's version of right attitudes don't contain anything
negative. And if you want God's best for your life, it starts with right thoughts...
His thoughts to be exact. For more info go to Does
Your Attitude Really Make a Difference? ----------------------------------------------------
Karen Wolff is the founder of www.christian-books-for-women.com,
a great place to find information, tips, and help with lots of issues Christian
women face every day.
- http://www.christian-books-for-women.com
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