How You Can Build An Unstoppable Positive Attitude
How do you build a positive attitude? First off
, you have to remember,
attitude happens on two different levels. There's a big attitude and
then there's a small attitude.
The big attitude happens over a period of a lifetime. If you're 15 or
20 or 50 or 80 years old, it's taken that long to build your big
attitude. All of your experiences, everything you've thought about,
all the things you've done through your life, build that big
perspective.
You've heard people talk about the glass being half full or half empty,
whether someone is a pessimist or an optimist. Well, that's the big
attitude, and it's developed through your whole life experience. You
can change it but it's a big piece of work.
We're not going to focus too much on that one for the moment. The one
we can do something about easily is the little attitude. The small
attitude is something that happens moment to moment, hour to hour, day
to day. Now you can get some control over this one because the little
attitude occurs because of your thinking. It is the result of your
thinking patterns, your focus, what you're telling yourself and the
mental images in your mind. What you are focused on makes that little
attitude get better or get worse.
It happens in a number of different ways and primarily it is because of
self-talk. Emotions only occur in four ways,chemical or hormonal
change in the body, damage to the brain, self-talk and the mental
pictures I see in my head, or something happening to my physiology.
Those are the four ways emotions are created.
We can do something about the self-talk. 65% to 75% of all of your
emotions result from self talk. The little attitude is primarily the
result of your thinking pattern.
Your choice of focus makes the difference. Your brain can only think
one direction at a time. I can be thinking about good stuff or I can
be thinking about bad stuff. It's a choice. I can be thinking about
how things have not worked for me and all that's wrong and the problems
I've had and how everything always sucks. Or I can focus on
possibilities. There are things I can do. I can learn new things. I
can take life in a new way. I can build better relationships. I can
make my life go a certain way. Again, it's a choice of focus.
Your mind can only focus one direction at any time, so you can choose
to focus on the stuff you can't do anything about and upsetting things,
or you can focus on things you can do something about and things that
will make you feel better. That is a choice, every moment, every day.
Your focus is absolutely crucial.
There is a saying, "Focus on the positive and detach from the negative"
or "Focus on the positive and delete the negative." Truly, your choice
of focus builds your attitude, whether it's good or bad.
If you'll allow your mind to get stuck in the whirlpool of negativity
going around and around, you will feel lousy. It is a choice. So what
you need to do is to make a point of focusing your mind in the
direction you want it to go, so that you feel better and feel more in
control.
Do you want to have more friends? Do you want to have better
relationships? Would you like to learn faster? How about using your
brain more effectively? Would you like to have a larger income or
perhaps a different lifestyle than you have? That's all a choice and
it all begins in your mind. You can do something about it. If you
focus on the negative and what hasn't worked, you're going to have more
of what hasn't worked. Why? Because your mind is like a magnet,
whatever you focus on most, you will have more of.
So don't focus on the negatives; focus on the positives. Focus on
things you can do something about. You can make that happen. That is
your choice. You can begin this very day to delete the negative and
focus on the positive. You can do that. You can make your life work
better. To build a positive attitude, to build positive thinking
patterns, to increase your brain power and move yourself forward and
detach from the negative, it is a choice and you can do that beginning
right now. Make today and everyday a great day!
The Best of Success to You.
by: Dr. Larry Iverson
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