Developing a positive attitude is mostly about retraining the way you think about life. It isn't about ignoring the negative aspects of life, but instead about focusing on the positive factors. Anybody can develop a positive attitude, but it does take a little determination, and some times a leap of faith. This leap of faith might be needed to change from dwelling on everything wrong to everything right!
If you listen to any motivational speaker, they will talk about positive attitude, on accomplishments, on achievement, on moving on if things go wrong. It isn't always easy. If you are overlooked for an internal promotion, for instance, it'd be easy to think negatively about the situation. You start thinking maybe you should get a job where you are appreciated. You assume the person appointed got the promotion on his golfing ability and not his leadership skills, and so on. This thought pattern spirals down into greater negativity, perhaps turning inward as punishment for failing.
This isn't an easy situation to have to deal with, but try and consider what you could do to make sure that you aren't overlooked for the next promotion. Learn from the experience and continue moving forward. Change the negative energy into positive action. Whenever you hear distressing news, you can't sometimes help but be affected by it. Even if it's a disaster like the terrible Tsunami where you don't know anybody involved personally, you may empathize with the survivors and mourn the loss and the devastation. You can't help that it touches you.
Being empathic and compassionate doesn't make you a negative person. Watching the news and resolving never to go to that region in case it happens again, listening to every news broadcast, and watching reruns of the clips with the bodies piled high won't bring those people back. However, it's etching those images on your mind. The reruns aren't played so you learn to be word perfect with the reporters. They're for the people who didn't see them the first time around! You've seen the news, now turn off the TV! Think about the situation if you must, but think about how you could help. Positive action is going to help develop a positive attitude.
Along those lines, stay away from people you know who are unable to function without negativity. If you are unable to stay away from them, then build up mental body armor against them. When they have negative things to say, counteract these with positive reflections on the subject. To develop a positive attitude, you do not have to hide away from reality. Instead, you have to live reality in a way that allows you to contribute more effectively within society because you start looking at how to help resolve the issues creating problem rather than get buried under the immensity of the problem itself. Think positive, be positive, and then stay positive! The bonus in thinking this way is that like negativity, positivity is contagious - spread it around!
If you listen to any motivational speaker, they will talk about positive attitude, on accomplishments, on achievement, on moving on if things go wrong. It isn't always easy. If you are overlooked for an internal promotion, for instance, it'd be easy to think negatively about the situation. You start thinking maybe you should get a job where you are appreciated. You assume the person appointed got the promotion on his golfing ability and not his leadership skills, and so on. This thought pattern spirals down into greater negativity, perhaps turning inward as punishment for failing.
This isn't an easy situation to have to deal with, but try and consider what you could do to make sure that you aren't overlooked for the next promotion. Learn from the experience and continue moving forward. Change the negative energy into positive action. Whenever you hear distressing news, you can't sometimes help but be affected by it. Even if it's a disaster like the terrible Tsunami where you don't know anybody involved personally, you may empathize with the survivors and mourn the loss and the devastation. You can't help that it touches you.
Being empathic and compassionate doesn't make you a negative person. Watching the news and resolving never to go to that region in case it happens again, listening to every news broadcast, and watching reruns of the clips with the bodies piled high won't bring those people back. However, it's etching those images on your mind. The reruns aren't played so you learn to be word perfect with the reporters. They're for the people who didn't see them the first time around! You've seen the news, now turn off the TV! Think about the situation if you must, but think about how you could help. Positive action is going to help develop a positive attitude.
Along those lines, stay away from people you know who are unable to function without negativity. If you are unable to stay away from them, then build up mental body armor against them. When they have negative things to say, counteract these with positive reflections on the subject. To develop a positive attitude, you do not have to hide away from reality. Instead, you have to live reality in a way that allows you to contribute more effectively within society because you start looking at how to help resolve the issues creating problem rather than get buried under the immensity of the problem itself. Think positive, be positive, and then stay positive! The bonus in thinking this way is that like negativity, positivity is contagious - spread it around!
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