How to master the art of positive thinking in 10 days - Zingformation Transforms Your Life

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
– Benjamin Disraeli

What is positive thinking?

Positive thinking is the idea that you can change your life by thinking about things positively.

The idea may seem immature to many.

However, research shows that positive thinking has a scientific basis. One may not be able to change the world, but one can definitely change the way one perceives it and reacts to it.

Doing so will reflect on how you feel about yourself and others, which will ultimately have a huge impact on your learning.

Positive Psychology: Practicing the power of thinking positive

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
– Winston Churchill

Experts continue to find evidence that our thoughts – negative or positive – have psychological effects as well as physiological effects on our body.

Advantages of positive thinking include a reduction in stress, better overall physical and emotional health, an extended lifespan and better-coping skills.

A positive self-image is the key to living a healthy and happy life.

Research shows that people who feel confident about themselves are better at

Solving problems
Making decisions
Taking more risks
Asserting themselves
Striving to meet their personal goals

Here are some tips from the field of positive psychology that will help you be more positive and feel better.

1. Pay attention to your thoughts

Gaining awareness of your negative self-talk and replacing your negative thoughts with positive ones is a technique that will help you think more positively.

Develop positive statements to replace negative by using words such as happy, peaceful, loving, enthusiastic etc.

2. Nourish your body and mind

To feel loved is a basic human desire. Sometimes it comes from within. To love ourselves fully, we must incorporate healthy habits into our lives for a nourished body, mind and soul.

A few ways to nourish your body are:

Excercising
Eating healthy foods
Streaching
Connecting with others

A few ways to nourish your mind are to:

Do a puzzle
Meditate
Breathing deeply
Laughing

These activities in conjunction nourish the mind and the body while simultaneously improving positive thinking and having a positive outlook.

3. Give back and help others

Giving back has a positive effect on your body not to mention that you feel great after doing so. Studies show that when people donated to charity, the portion of the brain responsible for feeling sensations of reward was triggered.

The brain also released feel-good chemicals which spurs you to perform more kind acts. Giving back can also improve your self-esteem, sense of belonging and make you feel more appreciative and thankful for what you have.

4. Create affirming lists

Make lists and read them often. This will help you feel more positive about yourself. Write affirming lists on a piece of paper or into your journal.

For example, you could write:

5 of your strengths
5 things you admire about yourself
5 of your greatest achievements in life
10 things you can do to make yourself laugh
10 things you can do to help someone else

The placebo effect

High-end trials for new medicines and therapies compare a treatment group which receives the new treatment with a control group that does not.

Bus as a general rule these control groups do not just have no treatment, instead, they receive a placebo.

A placebo is a treatment substitute which looks like real medicine but has no physical effect.

Some examples of placebos include sugar pills or flavoured water instead of genuine tablets or medicines.

These experiments are conducted to see whether the body can heal itself if the mind believes that it’s treating the body.

The placebo effect is a well-documented phenomenon in medicine, in which those who think that they are being given a new and effective treatment are more likely to recover than those who know that their treatment includes nothing new.

A positive attitude will probably not cure cancer in itself, but positive thinking will make it better easier to manage your life, reduce stress, and also help up to take care of yourself better. These things are important to help you recover from serious diseases.

How to think positive all the time

Find a place inside where there is joy, and the joy will burn out the pain
– Joseph Campbell

Thinking positively is a task which requires constant training until your brain can start doing so automatically.

There are several ways to start thinking positively and live easily.

1. Manage your thoughts

Notice when you are overcome by uncertainty and doubt. Try to about the negative staff and switch to other activities.

Try to get our of a depressed state by making something nice or buying something tasty in the store, coffee at lunchtime and a taxi ride instead of public transport. Anything that could uplift your mood.

2. Teach yourself to think positively in everyday life

As Richard Carlson rightly says in his book don’t sweat the small stuff and it’s all small stuff.

Do not analyze the minor troubles, they will always happen, you should pay any attention to them. On the contrary, you should look for the positive side of everything.

If you do not know how to start, pick up a piece of paper and start writing 10 positive things that happened to you today.

It could be little things like a sunny day or the smile of a passerby.

This exercise will help motivate yourself and gain confidence not to mention that it will help you think in a positive way and be happy.

3. Do good deeds

Trying to learn to think positively, psychologists advise not to forget about others because we become happier when we help others.

Hold the door for to the old women following you, show the way to a stranger, people will thank you and begin to be proud of yourself.

4. Live here and now

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
But today is a gift,
that’s why they call it the present.
-Master Oogway

Learn to live in the moment. Even if there is a long-awaited vacation ahead – do not dwell upon the future. Find positive moments in the current routine.

The practise of meditation will help you concentrate and understand what the body feels at this particular moment.

Look at your condition objectively. This will allow you to understand yourself and deal with your emotions.

Habits that will help you stay positive

1. Setting and achieving goals

Set your goals, visualize and plan for obstacles in advance. This called the WOOP approach. WOOP stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle and Plan.

This approach makes it more likely for you to achieve your goals which will result in increased confidence and a more positive attitude.

2. Sharing positivity

Sharing positive experiences with your loved ones can recreate and enhance the past experience.

You could also try laughing, hugging and enjoying positive experiences together.

General tips for positive thinking</h3

Believe you will succeed
Direct your thoughts
Focus on the good things
Forgive yourself
Give yourself credit
Only use positive words while talking

Tips for thinking positively at work

Look for opportunities
Relax and let things happen
See it from another point of view
Truly believe that you are the best at your job
Visualize successful outcomes

Tips for thinking positively in family and personal life

Associate yourself with those who think positively
Avoid laying blame
Be playful
Say thank you
Remind yourself of your blessings
Do something nice (for yourself or for others)

Tips for positive thinking when facing challenges

Believe you’ll do well
Face up to change
Focus on finding a solution
Keep yourself on track
Truly believe that you’ll succeed
Understand that every situation is temporary

Tips for positive thinking in your daily attitude

Believe you can change
Believe you deserve good things
Choose joy
Look at things with fresh eyes
Realize that your thoughts do not own you
See the beauty in everything
Smile
Stop letting negative thoughts control you

Our brains have neural pathways. By training these pathways to think positively we strengthen them.

This makes it much easier to look at things positively and find the positive side of things as you keep doing it.

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