Many a time we have heard people tell us, ‘be positive, and good things will come your way’. Though this seems a little clichéd, the power of positive thinking is indeed significant in our lives. It is not just the emotional being that is positively influenced, but the mental and physical being too.Positive thinking is a popular concept in today’s modern world. Scientific studies site numerous physical and mental benefits of thinking positively. A positive mindset will change your life. Here are 8 practical tips on how to achieve a positive mindset:

Practical Tips To Achieve Positive Mind Set

How you start the morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. Have you ever woken up late, panicked, and then felt like nothing good happened the rest of the day? This is likely because you started out the day with a negative emotion and a pessimistic view that carried into every other event you experienced. Instead of letting this dominate you, start your day with positive affirmations. Talk to yourself in the mirror, even if you feel silly, with statements like, “Today will be a good day” or “I’m going to be awesome today.” You’ll be amazed at how much your day improves.

Start Day With Affirmation

Taking a day just for yourself every once in a while might be just the medicine you need to get out of the rut. This means taking a day off work and simply spending time on your own needs. Maybe go for a walk in the park, get a massage, or go down to the beach and take some stand-up paddle boarding lessons. Whatever it is that you’ve always wanted to do with a free day, do it? Just take the time to take care of yourself for a change. That could make all the difference.

Take A Personal Day

Every day we have something to celebrate. The problem is most people tend to ignore or take for granted the positive things in their lives and allow negativity to take control. Being thankful for the gift of life, the bed you sleep on, the clothes you wear, the car you drive and your loved ones can transform your mood. When you live with gratitude more things will be added to your life.

Live With Gratitude

Almost invariably, you’re going to encounter obstacles throughout the day – there’s no such perfect day. When you encounter such a challenge, focus on the benefits, no matter how slight or unimportant they seem.For example, if you get stuck in traffic, think about how you now have time to listen to your favorite radio station.

The major causes of anxiety, fear, failure, and depressions according to Eckhart Tolle are large because many people are either living in the past or living in the future. You have less tendency to be happy when you focus more on the past, and when you focus too much on the future. Instead of focusing on either the future or the past, you should try focusing on the NOW. You’ll observe that the gravity of your problem might be minimal or nothing at all. Learn to connect with things around you, your friends, family, and all the beautiful moments surrounding you.

Focus On Present

When you surround yourself with positive people, you’ll hear positive outlooks, positive stories, and positive affirmations. Their positive words will sink in and affect your own line of thinking, which then affects your words and similarly contributes to the group. Finding positive people to fill up your life can be difficult, but you need to eliminate the negativity in your life before it consumes you. Do what you can to improve the positivity of others, and let their positivity affect you the same way.

6. Find Positive Friends, Mentors And Co-Workers

When you have failed in a certain project, don’t think that it should have been easy. It will be hard, you will be tested and the burden of proving yourself will be immense. This is the point where most people breakdown. They either give up or become accustomed to failures and forget to learn. This is where you need to accept the fact that you made the mistake and you’re willing to prove yourself.

Dont Let Failure Consume You

Taking the time to rest and recover is not only essential to maintaining a positive mindset but also increases your productivity and performance. Remember, you are paid for vacation time to allow you to rest. Instead of being hard on yourself, why don’t you take a few days off to travel? Traveling has lots of advantages. You’ll see new things outside of your normal environment and have lots of experiences to share with others.

Reset And Recover

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Practical Tips To Achieve A Positive Mindset

A daily practice of gratitude changes your way of thinking from positive to negative, from victim to one who is blessed. Realise that you are given a multitude of blessings – large and small. Even what may be viewed as a negative event is really an opportunity to grow your faith. As you practice shifting your perspective, you will begin to see all the ways your setbacks are blessings in disguise.Continue reading the next stash for the action steps.

Why Practice Gratitude?

Make an effort today to change negative thoughts into positive ones. This will help you be grateful for what you have. Review your blessings in the evening.If you don't like writing...Then just close your eyes for a moment and tell yourself atleast three things that you are grateful for today.Simple? Well try practicing it each day and you'll feel the difference!

Action Steps

Yes there may be unpleasant days...Sometimes so unpleasant that you may even feel like crying out loud. But remember, that moment of endurance will eventually make you stronger than ever!And that's definitely something worth to be grateful for! That this experience has helped you become the best and the strongest version of yourself! Happy reading!

In Endurance Resides Strength!

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Gratitude: A simple yet powerful exercise!

"The Most Important Thing You Wear Is Confidence".

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PAST is something that we have gone through in our lives. It is not necessary to forget the past because it is a part of our lives. Who we are today is a direct consequence of the actions we took in our past.

Never Try It

Yes I know. Most of our past hurts us. That's the nature of us. That's why most of us are trying to kick our past away from our brains. That's absurd. If it is possible to be done, you would miss the whole memory of you industrial experience too.When you force yourself to forget something, you make it to engrave more into your memories.

But It Hurts A Lot

Instead of forcing yourself to forget the past. Try to understand the nature of it. Try to realize the cause and the consequences of it. Thus the past which gave you tears will turn into a valley of blessings.As an example...You might turn back into your college life and sigh by remembering how you used to be happy with your friends. That past now give you a river of tears.But do you remember how you felt when the semester exams were hitting you hard? "I'll be happy when I become independent and a star in my industry"So, were you happy all the time back in college?

What Should Be Done?

It's not the past which makes you sad. It is the attitude you have in the present which makes you sad.Think... what if you were suffering utterly with poverty back in you childhood and now you are rich enough to drive two three cars. Now you fell happy about your present right? If that past can make you happy now, how can you tell that it is the past which makes you unhappy?It is the craving which lies within you.

It Lies With In You Right Now.

Suppose you have a Benz and you ride it on the ways amid the gazes of many people. You feel proud and happy. But you love a Ferrari more than your Benz and you see the exact car parked in the mall's car park. What would you feel?You feel sorrow. You wish if you have it. But remember the thousands of people who gazed at your car. They wished the same about your car. They too felt sorrow.Now suppose you don't like cars. You don't feel any passion about any type of a car. Then you see a Ferrari oneday which is parked in the mall's car park.Now would you feel sorrow? NO

Bonds Of Sorrow

Can you exhume the underlying common problem in all those sorrows? You have a craving about something. That craving gives you tears when you don't meet your standards and expectations about it. It is the same reason which pulls people into depression.Thus, try to realize the nature of cravings. Nothing is permenant. Even the sadness and even the happiness. You have to give up all your cravings with your death however. And if you are holding all those cravings, that would be a sorrow again.Remember... It's not yhe PAST. It's you. Try to be happy. Be mindful about the cravings.

Realize The Cravings

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How to forget your PAST

Today sit down and create lists. Write things you do for others and things you do for yourself, write things you do to nourish your body and things you do to nourish your soul. Use the lists to see where you are off-balance and where you need to add life-affirming activities to your day.Continue reading the next stash for the step by step journaling.

ACTION PLAN OF THE DAY!

Write atleast one action that you practice or want to practice in the below 4 categories of your life in a question-answer format:How do I nourish my soul?Example: By meditating for 5-10 minutes everydayHow do I nourish my body?Example: Everyday 30 minutes of athletic runHow do I serve myself?Example 1: By pursuing the hobbies that I love like painting or travelling Example 2: By positive self talk.How do I serve others? Example: By giving unconditional love and time to my beloved ones.Have an awesome day!

Step By Step Journaling

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TASK OF THE DAY: STEP BY STEP JOURNALING.

According to Ackerman, the United States Navy Pre-Flight School created a routine to help pilots fall asleep in 2 minutes or less. It took pilots about 6 weeks of practice, but it worked — even after drinking coffee and with gunfire noises in the background.

Sleep Quickly

<ol><li>Relax your entire face, including the muscles inside your mouth.</li><li>Drop your shoulders to release the tension and let your hands drop to the side of your body.</li><li>Exhale, relaxing your chest.</li><li>Relax your legs, thighs, and calves.</li><li>Clear your mind for 10 seconds by imagining a relaxing scene.</li><li>If this doesn’t work, try saying the words “don’t think” over and over for 10 seconds.</li><li>Within 10 seconds, you should fall asleep!</li></ol>

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Find your passion, because that makes the rest a lot easier.Then practice focussing attention.Then practice more and more.

Learning Attention

<ul><li>Meditation - meditation is the art of focussing attention</li><li>Goal-setting - achieving a goal gives a boost that increases motivation and focuses attention</li><li>Being in flow - look for activities that are beyond your current capability but not outside your potential</li></ul>

Focusing Attention

The downside to attention is missing other important stuff when you're paying attention elsewhere.Switching attention is a skill that needs practice.You practice it by:<ul><li>becoming good at spotting signals that suggest you should change your attention</li><li>learning how to balance your brain and gut instinct</li><li>being genuinely open to ideas, thoughts and attitudes from other people</li></ul>

Switching Attention

Hot on the heels of her new book, “Neuroscience for Leadership”, Kitty gives us insight into the power of attention as a key mechanism to change your brain. A professional coach helping leaders achieve sustainable change, Kitty Chisholm developed a passionate interest in how people and organisations learn and change through her work with the Open University. As a founder Director of BoardwalkLeadership, she uses her knowledge of how brains can be changed to support more women into leadership and companies to develop a more diverse leadership pipeline. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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Hot on the heels of her new book, “Neuroscience for Leadership”, Kitty gives us insight into the power of attention as a key mechanism to change your brain.

A professional coach helping leaders achieve sustainable change, Kitty Chisholm developed a passionate interest in how people and organisations learn and change through her work with the Open University. As a founder Director of BoardwalkLeadership, she uses her knowledge of how brains can be changed to support more women into leadership and companies to develop a more diverse leadership pipeline. 

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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Yes. Remove that word from your vocabulary, it is actually as worthless as the word actually.Gratitude is an act that is meant to show appreciation. When done correctly, it will leave a person with something to smile about for the rest of their day. However, “thank you” simply doesn’t do that.what does have that impact is specific gratitude.Drivers drops you off“Thank you.”vs.”Thanks for driving me, I don’t know how I would have gotten here without you.”TAKEAWAY: The more specific you are, the more apparent it is you are actually grateful. It’s simple and it makes life more pleasant.

STOP SAYING THANK YOU. 

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We all have a dominant emotional style, which is most familiar to us. But dialing down our dominant emotion has a lot of benefits. studies have shown, people who experience a broad range of emotions tend to have better mental and physical health, which includes lower rates of depression. The key is to maintain a balanced perspective. Play along with other emotions as well, so that you can come up with different solutions to your problem.

Why being able to feel a range of emotions matters?

Too much of a single emotion can lead to burnout. These strategies can help.

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it's easy to list down the bad things in life,but hard to think about the positivessometimes,you need something to remind you of all the good things in your life.A gratitude jar does exactly that!store your happy moments forever with today's simple activityA gratitude jar is a place where you keep notes of the things that you are thankful for.This jar can remind you of the good even on a difficult day-thus bringing some joy in your life#mendel health

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