Unfortunately we come into contact with negativity everyday. We can't avoid it. But we do not have to let ourselves be effected by it. So protect yourself from it.
If you travel to a foreign country, where you could possible catch a serious disease such as cholera, polio or malaria. Before you travel you get inoculated against it.
So how can you inoculate yourself against negativity?
Firstly, avoid as much media negativity as possible. Read newspapers and news channels that give you the facts, not hype and sensationalism. Avoid TV soaps. These programs are inclined to focus on the negative side of life. Watch educational programs, comedies, dramas and feel-good movies. Read books that stimulate your mind. All I am trying to say is avoid catching the negative disease as much as possible. Do not cut yourself off from the world just create a positive balance.
Secondly: Avoid, stop thinking and using negative thoughts.
Thoughts like:
?I know I can't.
?I hate doing that.
?I can't do that.
?I am not that lucky.
?It won't work.
?I never win.
Thirdly, avoid mixing with negative people. I know you can choose your friends but not your relatives, so you can't just go along and "boot out" your mother-in-law. But you can stop seeing friends with a negative attitude. I know it sounds drastic but truthfully these people are doing you harm. If you are positive about something a few choice negative words from these negative people could cause you to question your positive thought. In the worst case sinerio they could change your positive to a negative.
Fourthly, always try to answer a question with a positive statement.
For example: If you ask someone how they are feeling and they reply with a statement like. Oh OK I suppose. Come back with: Well, I feel great. If they start moaning about work and how bored they are. Say something like: Yes I know what you mean, but I have so many great ideas and I know that by this time next year I won't be working in a boring job.
Get the idea. When someone deals you a negative, hit them back with a positive. Practise this regularly; treat it as a game of cards. Every time you are dealt a negative, trump it with a positive. In the end you won't see it as a game, it will become second nature. You will be seen as Mr or Mrs Positive and will begin to attract people with the same positive attitude. These people will become your new friends and you will advance through life together.
If you look at all successful people. It could be in the field of sport, science or business. They all have one thing in common, they are positive. Success and happiness are not accidents that happen to some people and not to others. Success and happiness can be brought about by particular ways of behaving, which are in turn determined by our ways of thinking. In other word's it's not what happens to us that's important, but the way we choose to interpret it that shapes our lives. You cannot always change everything in your life immediately but you can certainly change the way that you perceive it.
Negativity is dangerous. It drags us down physically, mentally and emotionally. It is the single largest destroyer of success. Negativity will destroy creativity, relationships, advancement and ultimately, happiness. Entertaining negative thoughts, without any doubt, tends to bring on the person concerned the very things they fear or dread, or on which they have focussed their attention. Negative thoughts often arise from fear, or from insecurity, or as the result of some bad experiences, they bring gloom and a loss of quality of life.
The individual in this situation ceases to live; he or she becomes content with merely existing, with seeking his or her own animal comfort, which is really to wallow in self-pity. Life becomes an intolerable burden for the individual, and that person makes life intolerable for others. In severe depression even the body itself becomes unbearable. The environment seems grey and without colour and it seems to be something seen at great distance, having no contact with the individual and bringing no surge of joy at its beauty.
If you think positive thoughts, positive things will happen around you. Consequently if you continuously think negative thoughts, negative things will happen around you. If you believe you will not succeed. I can guarantee you will fail. If you believe you can achieve and succeed you will. Positive thinking is infectious and leads to a 'can do' attitude within any individual that adopts this approach to life.
Just consider this short statement for a moment. Whatever you think, you're right.
I once worked for possibly the most positive man I have ever met. He had a very positive attitude. He became highly educated and knowledgeable within his field. He always believed that he would live his dreams. After sometime as a successful salesman, he gained a junior management role and surrounded himself with positive thinking sales staff. There combined positive thinking made then a successful team. He consequently earned further promotion. Again he was successful and was rewarded with yet further promotion. Each time he was promoted he became responsible for more and more employees. By employing only positive thinking people he knew that he could only become more and more, and more successful himself.
He now holds a very senior position within a very large corporation. The business keeps growing and is going from strength to strength. You see the principle is easy. Think positive, surround yourself with positive energy and you cant fail.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mark Claridge specializes in teaching motivational and self-development skills. Visit his site http://www.inthe6th.com In his new e-book "Mindset and Match" he covers amongst other subjects how having the correct mindset can bring you all you want out of life and is available at http://www.mindsetandmatch.com.
The ability to achieve our enormous untapped potential is directly... Read More
The ten-year period which followed the stock market crash of... Read More
Success is not something that only a chosen few can... Read More
In my audio program Book Yourself Solid, The 7 Keys... Read More
There are two things that will determine your success or... Read More
Driven by cultural imperatives and inner promptings, we drive ourselves... Read More
How many of you have ever thought about the link... Read More
Take a page from Eastern wisdom Meditation, martial arts that... Read More
Perfect the fine art of the end run From time... Read More
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.... Read More
Self-improvement; A great deal has been written on the subject,... Read More
Find a higher reason to reach your goal than just... Read More
One of the main reasons that may hinder us from... Read More
Greatness is all around us. From Oprah to Bill Gates... Read More
Conditions differ from circumstances. Circumstances are changeable conditions which merely... Read More
Don't talk to me about how to succeed! I've read... Read More
What is success? As author and speaker Earl Nightingale said,... Read More
Are you looking for the secret or magical formula for... Read More
What does a sharp saw have to do with lifelong... Read More
Work addiction is an unrestrained, unfulfillable internal demand for constant... Read More
Do you feel you lead a healthy and happy life?... Read More
Since belief always precedes action, simply changing your beliefs can... Read More
After all the things I have shared with you this... Read More
What is a champion really? Sure, all success oriented people... Read More
Don't expect results over night - what??If you were to... Read More
When you are in business every person you hire gets... Read More
Jack Nichlaus was asked if there are really talented golfers... Read More
Reggie Yates, a pop song presenter, was singing on 7th... Read More
Recently, I coached a young woman whom I'll call Mary... Read More
On your journey to moving past using food to cope... Read More
One of the most common refrains I hear from people... Read More
A More Effective WayI own a stack of self improvement... Read More
They say that if you really want to stretch yourself... Read More
You can achieve whatever you want by incorporating the following... Read More
In the book, The SHOCKwealth System?, it is discussed that... Read More
As a speaker and trainer, people often approach me after... Read More
Today I am going to tell you the #1 secret... Read More
Whether you are self-employed, whether you are an employee, whether... Read More
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.... Read More
I did it my way -Frank SinatraWhat is a successful... Read More
Whoever first said that knowledge is power was probably selling... Read More
If you've been walking this earth for any length of... Read More
Are you successful? What does that word mean to you?... Read More
1. Any work activity, unless initiated at the earliest will... Read More
Being organised is a major step to success and the... Read More
I was in the gym, pushing my adolescent muscles to... Read More
There is a difference but what constitutes a life... Read More
Don't expect results over night - what??If you were to... Read More
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a... Read More
If failure is the roadway, then Perseverance is the vehicle... Read More
You must play by the rules. Everything has rules. You... Read More
I was hired to do some training for a sales... Read More
Your own pressing needs, your long-standing frustrations, would benefit tremendously... Read More
What if?you could have it all? 6 Steps to Living... Read More
I was at a dinner party the other night when... Read More
George Burns' career could have ended as early as 1958,... Read More
What Makes the Difference?On a warm spring afternoon, fifteen years... Read More
An unexamined life is not worth living ? SocratesAll too... Read More
You've been searching for self improvement or personal development. Trying... Read More
I am going to tell you something you already know... Read More
Few books have impacted my perspective on human psychologically and... Read More
There are certain laws that when obeyed will bring great... Read More
Accelerated learning is not only practical, it is profitable. Acquiring... Read More
(1) Climb up from under the limitations of circumstances and... Read More
Here are a few suggestions that I try to put... Read More
If that sounds like you, you're not alone. Everyone needs... Read More
Success |