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Excellent Tips on Developing a Positive Attitude

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:24 AM Posted by Andy Subandono

By Wil Dieck

William James, the founder of American Psychology once said, "The most important discovery of our time is that we can alter our lives by altering our attitude." Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker extraordinaire said it this way, "Your attitude will determine your altitude in life". In other words your attitude determines how far you'll go in life. Your attitude can make or break you.

A positive mental outlook can help you achieve optimal success. Having a positive mental attitude helps you better cope with life's challenges. When life puts you to the test, a positive attitude can help you find your inner strength and overcome adversity. Your positive attitude just might be your winning edge. A study by Harvard University showed that 85% of the reasons for success and accomplishment were because of attitude and only 15% because of technical knowledge and expertise. What this study demonstrates is that it doesn't always matter if you have the tools, skills, knowledge, or resources, the right mental attitude can get you through tough times and help you come out on top.

On the other hand, if you have an attitude filled with a negative perspective it will make everything in your life much harder. Ask any Olympic athlete why they won their event. They'll tell you that they expected to win and that is why they won. This is a great lesson for us all. You can't win when you go into the contest prepared to lose! If you expect to do well, if you have a positive, expecting the best attitude, your winning thoughts will help you succeed.

The Law of Cause and Effect

Throughout my life I have read about cause and effect. You can read about this in depth in the Book, The Secret. What you expect you get. It's important to realize that for every effect in your life, there's a specific cause. This means that for you to change your future for the better, you must first alter your thoughts in the present. By directing your thoughts in a positive direction, you can control these causes and change your effects or outcomes.

Thoughts are like seeds in the mind. For every positive seed you plant, your thoughts will grow and reward you with a positive harvest. Negative seeds have the exact opposite effect. They'll grow, but result in a spoiled and fruitless crop. They'll also grow and grow until they crowd out positive thoughts and leave you thinking only of negativity and failure. You can't plant negative seeds in your mind and expect positive results. You mind just doesn't work that way.

Successful people all have one trait in common. They expect to succeed. They think success. Successful people vividly visualize their goals and take the action steps necessary to make them happen.

On the other hand, unsuccessful people spend their time dwelling on the negative. They use their time and energy complaining, and worrying about things that are unimportant. They "major in the minors". All this negativity does is waste time and energy that you could be channel toward achieving your goals.

Practice Makes Perfect

As you hone your positive thinking skills you'll develop the mental attitudes of a winner. This will allow you to be better able to overcome obstacles and challenges without giving up. No matter how disappointing things may get or how wholeheartedly others may try to discourage you, your winning attitude will make you unstoppable!

As you develop your positive outlook you will find that you are able to focus on your goals with tunnel vision. This focus will eliminate negative distractions and will keep you on your chartered course to success.

How you think is a learned process. Train your mind to focus on the good. If you need help with focusing on the positive read my article on keeping a gratitude journal. Another thing you can do is develop a positive mantra or affirmation that helps you overlook the negative and uncover the power of optimism in your life.

How to Train Your Mind

In order to make your mind think consistent, positive, winning thoughts you need training. Just as we train our bodies for peak performance, we must also train our minds by coaching ourselves to think winning thoughts. You need to put yourself on a mental positive fitness regimen.

One of they ways to do this is by using the NLP technique of "re-framing". Re-framing is looking at challenges as opportunities instead of obstacles. A problem is only a problem if you allow it to be one. A challenge, on the other hand, is an opportunity to learn and improve. So if you search for solutions, you'll find them.

As you internalize this mindset, you'll develop a winning attitude for a lifetime. This attitude will help you reap the rewards of true success and happiness.

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