“Affirmations are like prescriptions for certain aspects of yourself you want to change.” -- Jerry Frankhauser
Consider:
Optimist or pessimist? Is your glass half full or half empty? According to staffers at the renowned Mayo Clinic, your answer to the second question not only answers the first, but it also reflects your attitudes toward yourself and life in general, each of which plays an important part in how well you live and possibly even how long you live. It almost goes without saying that positive thinkers are far more likely to reach their goals than negative thinkers. If your thought patterns have that much bearing on your happiness and well-being, doesn’t it make sense to stop from time to time and examine the way you think and work at making positive thinking a habit?
In explaining their approach to this subject, the Mayo team writes in terms of self-talk—the endless stream of thoughts that run through your head every day. Self-talk can be positive or negative, and so can its outcome. Positive self-talk promotes positive action and progress, while negative self-talk triggers discouragement and defeat.
Some self-talk is based on fact, and some on fallacy. The first step to becoming a more positive thinker is to learn to distinguish between the two, and to reject the false. It is not true, for example, that you can never do anything right. Rejecting such outright lies eliminates a lot of the negative. Some negative self-talk may have an element of truth, like "I probably won't be able to do this because I've never done it before." This can be countered with affirmative statements, like "Here's a chance to learn something new."
Start using positive affirmations today and see the positive results.
Wishing you all the best,
Coach Dana
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