It’s no secret that people who choose to be more positive are happier and attract more into their life. But how can you be more positive when negative thoughts swirl in and out of your mind all day? For some people it’s easy. Either they are born positive or their parents passed down positive thinking skills. The rest of us have to find our way to positive thinking through trial and error or stumble on someone who can teach us. Someone Taught Me My path to be more positive thoughts ...
A TED Animated Tour of The Invisible including Thoughts
You mind holds thousands of thoughts, but there is no proof because every one of your thoughts is invisible. Some scientists estimate that we have anywhere from 14,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day. They also estimate that only about 5% of your thoughts are new. The rest are old repetitive thoughts. I'm not sure how they've estimated the number of thoughts, but here's a simple calculation: Hours you are awake = 16 Minutes you are awake = 960 Seconds you are awake = 57,600 If you have ...
Practice Positive Thinking
Practice Positive Thinking Choosing your thoughts is the key to becoming a positive person. I'm extremely lazy when it comes to certain areas of my life. For example, I'll spend loads of time going to workshops, learning, and studying in my field, but won't bother to take the time to match my socks. I'm so lazy that one day I bought 12 pairs of identical socks so I didn't have to bother finding mates and matching them. I've been guilty of being lazy in other ways too. In the past I was ...
Why do some people avoid positive thinking?
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to avoid positive thinking? They are so much into their stories, that they don't even realize that they are thinking negatively. A close friend of mine always expects the worse. She is the queen of negative thinking. Her life is always crazy, and she expects the worse will happen. She doesn't think she's a negative thinker. She describes herself as a "realist". She doesn't want to change because positive thinking is "for people who have their ...
30 Seconds to Powerful Positive Thinking
It's hard to maintain positive thinking when stressful thoughts show up. You can be having a great day, and all of a sudden a stressful thought pops into your mind: "I'm afraid I'll get sick because I've been exposed to the flu." "What if the hurricane comes and we can't leave?" "I always get lost when I'm in a new place." "What will happen if I get laid off?" Thoughts like these are quite normal, but when we repeat them over in our minds they can cause tremendous amounts of ...
