Positive thinkers don’t only live happier lives have better health but they are also more likely to reach their goals. Negative thinking ruins people’s lives and prevents them from succeeding.
Even if a negative thinker managed to succeed his life is still going to be tough because he wont be able to enjoy the success he achieved.
Because of these reasons and many reasons I decided to write this post to tell you how to become a positive thinker and how to get over negative thinking.
How to stay positive
1) Stay around positive people: have you ever felt bad for no reason just because you were around someone who was feeling bad? People infect each others with their emotions and beliefs and that’s why one of the best ways to stay positive is to stick to positive people or at least spend more time with them.
2) Reduce the stress in your life: stress isn’t only harmful to your life but it can also change your perception of the world. The more stressed you become the more likely you are to worry and create negative scenarios in your head. If you can dedicate enough time to relax and restore your energy each day you will become a more positive person.
3) Train your mental muscles: just like body muscles can be trained your mental muscles can be trained as well. The more you think positively the more likely your brain structure is going to change and the more naturally positive thoughts will come to you. The opposite also happens with negative thinking, the more you train your mind to think negatively the more you will become a natural negative thinker.
4) Get exposed to positive media: read about the stories of successful people, listen to motivating music and watch movies that promote positive thinking. Whenever you get exposed to positive media your mind gets trained to think positively and as a result you will become a positive thinker. Avoid negative media at all costs for it can do the opposite to you.
5) Plan ahead: people who have plans worry less about the future than those who don’t have any plans. If you are following a solid plan and if you also have a backup plan then you are going to get much less negative thoughts and you will become a positive thinker.
Final words about positive thinking
Start right now to train your mind on positive thinking. It wont happen overnight of course but if you persisted sooner or later you will become a positive thinker.
Don’t procrastinate and don’t wait any more because each day you spend with your old negative patterns modifies your brain structure a bit.
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Negativity is intergenerational in my family. I have tried to get it out of my life and fail time and again. Thanks for the positive suggestions. I am going to try to catch myself being negative and ask myself if that thought is true.
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farouk Reply:
September 19th, 2012 at 5:45 am
thanks for your comment Ann
am sure you can combat this negativity, wish you all the best
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For me, US Weekly, E! Channel, any type of gossipy glossy media – make me feel back about myself. I end up thinking I need plastic surgery, my life is boring, my personal style out-dated.
I’ve realized that I simply can avoid these “guilty pleasures,” and feel much better about myself. Thanks for the great reminders, Stacy!
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farouk Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 2:38 am
yes laura
you can avoid this negativity since it not obligatory
wish you all the best
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Good tips! If we would all follow this list, the world would be a better place
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farouk Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 2:38 am
happy to know this Martha : )
please keep in touch
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What you think becomes your word, what you say becomes your habit, your habit becomes your character. Be positive and you’d be surprised about the good things around you.
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farouk Reply:
September 23rd, 2012 at 2:01 am
that’s true candice
thanks for your comment : )
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Hi, Farouk! Negative thinkers are stressed all the time. Who wants to live like that?! Your article is very helpful.
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farouk Reply:
September 23rd, 2012 at 2:02 am
thank you Cristian : )
you are right , happy to see you here
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Staying around positive people is for me the number one aspect of being happy and positive in life. When we start hanging around bad people is the point when things start to go wrong.
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farouk Reply:
September 23rd, 2012 at 2:03 am
that’s true
this trick works all the time, thanks Jamie: )
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Hi Stacy!
i agree with you specially with one thing always far away from the negative thinking people because if you will live with them then you will also be frustrate and negative thinker.all of the steps are good and well defined by you.i like it.
thanks for advice and suggestion.
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farouk Reply:
September 24th, 2012 at 6:39 am
hi Anshul
thanks for your comment
glad to see you here:)
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Hi!
Excellent list! I definitely think that number one is a great point. I seem to best my most negative after I have been around negative people….! Well, that’s what my missus tells me!
I tend to agree….
John
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farouk Reply:
September 24th, 2012 at 6:40 am
thanks for your comment John : )
nice to meet you
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I cannot stress enough how much being around positive people (and reducing my time spent around negative people) has helped with my attitude. It is all about taking care of your own mental health, and if someone is ALWAYS complaining, whining, or being negative, then they are not allowed in my space. Period. I even kick myself in the ass when I get negative.
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farouk Reply:
September 24th, 2012 at 6:41 am
that’s right Kari
now try to stop watching negative news on the TV as well and see what will happen ; )
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Hi Farouk! Great to read your post here. I think staying around positive people is HUGE! Negative people can really bring you down. I can hear them whining even as I type! Thanks for the upbeat tips.
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farouk Reply:
September 24th, 2012 at 6:41 am
you are most welcomed Amy : )
keep in touch
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Really you covered every single thing.
I was also thinking about this, if we stay with people who always de-motivating we also start reacting like them.
Yes after observing this used to stay with people who always motivate.
Nice Tip to reduce Stress.
Valuable Post.
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farouk Reply:
September 25th, 2012 at 1:28 am
thanks Harsh
glad you liked the post : )
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If you stay around the positive people, you will learn a lot. You will be part of an environment that will guide you towards the pinnacle of the career.
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farouk Reply:
September 26th, 2012 at 3:28 am
exactly Churidar
thanks for your comment
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Farouk thanks for sharing good tips to be positive in daily life. Please let me know about the mental muscle training. How can I train my mind. I really need it because people around me are ever ready to tease me so I feel very bad. I want train my self as that when some one ask me some negative words my must goes to positive direction.
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farouk Reply:
September 26th, 2012 at 3:28 am
you are most welcomed : )
the more you practice something the more you will be programming your mind to turn it into a habit
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I definitely agree with you on these, some great tips to anyone that is feeling a little negative and under confident! I cannot explain how much your life can change by surrounding yourself with positive people, the way you think and act will automatically change for the better! Thank you for sharing this!
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Good job friend specially Reduce the stress in your life is a most important topic.My view laughter is the best medicine for stress or exercise. My children definately prefer the first idea.
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One of the most powerful ways to achieve your goal is to replace negative thought forms with positive ones. So take time each day to visualize how you would like to be, practice being positive in everything you do.
Cheers to success!
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Well, i read somewhere, positive thoughts bring positive changes in environment. These tips are worth for motivating to be a positive person.
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Planning ahead with positive perception can also make you positive. Environment also play vital role in becoming positive so do friendship with all those people that have habit of improving their positive habits.
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I’m sorry chaps, but I don’t see how you can live your lives in a vacuum and not be depressed by what is happening to this planet. The NHS is struggling with an obesity epidemic and may be dismantled; mothers in Somalia and Kenya have tried to hand their children over to journalists to take back to Europe rather than let them die of starvation, and you are talking about being positive. The only way to not feel utterly depressed is to either be delusional, or to become socially active in your local community.
Adulthood is when the true human condition is unveiled to us and we find joy in our immediate family if we’re lucky, but despair at what we do to each other as humans. Winston Churchill suffered from depression btw. I think depression is a very human normal reaction to our rubbish 21st century. I look after elderly people whose children don’t have time to do it. I look after children whose parents don’t have time to do it. How messed up is that? I really think a person needs tunnel vision to be happy at all times day in day out. Or be a simpleton. Or a small child. And the worst does happen, often.
The arts, music, alcohol, singing, were all invented by us to give us a break from the scariness of living. So do all you can to protect all bases, but also accept that feeling like shit is also an acceptable human trait, and it’s OK.
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These are simple and wonderful tips. Thank you so much for sharing! Positivity is key to a great life!
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these are some of the best tips through positive attitude so many issues can be sorted out
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I believe that being positive goes with the attitude. Family has a great factor for a person’s mental positivity in life. Looking forward for good vibes brings a person positive outlook in life which is helpful to see good things beyond obstacles and learn the lesson after all.
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Hi Farouk,
Nice post.It is vary difficult to live around people positive way.But when you live postive you will achieve more.Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.Thanks for this post.
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Beautiful post and i really happy while reading this article.Many people loose their positions in offices,companies or other places only the reason is they are thinking negatively.Negative thinking brings failures.
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I agree with this to some extent, but I also believe you have to face the bad things in life on some days. Some days you have to hold your hands up and think – I need to let this negativity out, I need to say ‘I am not happy today’
I say this only because the chronic need to be happy and positive all the time can actually have a negative impact on your life – because when you inevitably ‘fail’ at being happy and positive all the time, you feel like a ‘failure’. Or on the flip side, you feel like you are living a lie, and then when you finally admit to some negativity, you forget that this negativity did not permeate every moment of your day, and it seems like a larger problem than it actually is.
However, it is also important to say to yourself – Okay, this is today, or maybe this is just this morning. But I will do something good this afternoon to make me feel more positive, I will think about something that makes me feel good about myself. So yes sometimes be negative, but be ready to let go of it as quickly as it comes.
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Stacy Reply:
January 3rd, 2013 at 6:18 pm
Hi Roxanne,
I agree, everyone has bad days and you can’t deny it. That’s not healthy. But even when we have bad days, we can still find some good in the day or at least be glad that the negative days make the good days even brighter!
Stacy
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Nice views. It’s so great having positive friends around us. But also if we are on our own, we can rely on ourself. It all starts with the appropriate question. I Ask positive and I feel positive. I ask negative and I feel negative.
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