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A list of positives

A list of positives

  • The best way to kickstart this is to start makind a daily list of the good things in your life.
  • Just as it takes days of concentrated practice to master a video game, training your brain to notice more opportunities takes practice focusing on the positive.
  • Over a decade of empirical studies has proven the profound effect it has on the way our brains are wired.
  • Then you write down a list of three good things that happened that day, your brain will be forced to scan the last 24 hours for positives.

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