9 Steps to Positive Thinking
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Step 1 : Control your mind confidently
There is only one way to positive mental attitude: You have to control your mind confidently. Our mind is the greatest miracle in the universe. Everyone has an amazing treasure, brain and nerves. Every normal person basically has the power to reach everything that others can or trying to reach. We have the power to aim the spirit, emotion, instinct, willingness, feelings, mood, attitude and act to a result. It is up to you how to use all this.
To block all negative things, always make an affirmation like this :
”My mind is mine, I will control it!”
Step 2 : Focus your mind to what you really want and get rid what you don’t want
Most of our mind pattern will be replaced by words, but the deepest motivational mind usually in pictures, not words. If an idea appear, it is usually as a picture, not a moving sentence of words in our head. Pictures is the earliest and strongest mind pattern.
So, we have to learn to discipline our mind and visualizes things that we want. Don’t let environment or other people dictate negative image into us.
Step 3 : Apply the Golden Rule
Treat others just as how you want to be treated. On the contrary, do not treat others badly if we does not want to be treated like that. Find goodness inside every person and every situation consistently.
Step 4 : Get rid of all negative thoughts through self inspection
Most people does not realize that they are having negative thoughts unless they are consciously try to inspect their own mind, act and reaction. Just ask ourselves. ”Is this positive or negative?”. When we fail to conquer our mind, our reaction will tend to be negative.
The more we train to use positive mental attitude, the faster we realize the emerge of negative thoughts.
Step 5 : Be happy! Make others happy!
To feel happy, act like a happy person! To be spiritful, we have to act spiritful.
In the end, you will experience the happy feelings and spirit that will show themselves without you having to focus on them.
Step 6 : Make a habit of tolerance
Be open minded with others. Try to like and accept others the way they are instead of demanding or hoping they can be like what we want. Find kindness in other people and learn to love others. Next is a quote from Napoleon Hill : ”How long, oh dear God, we puny creatures will realize our stupidity trying to destroy others for religion and race difference?”
Step 7 : Give a positive suggestion to ourselves
Suggestion is a certain stimulant sent to brain through five senses : sight, hearing, feeling, touch and smell. All of them are the paths that are used by external elements to affect our lifes every day. As long as we can control this process, try so what comes through your five senses is something useful and something that can bring happiness. Just take the beautiful things.
Step 8 : Use the power of prayers
When you pray, believe in anything you ask. In every storm, your soul will get a protection from a prayer.
Step 9 : Decide your targets
To decide your target is one way to keep our mind focused to what we want, and away from what we don’t want.
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Tags: happiness, inspirational, motivational, positive thinking, self improvement, Success
Hi Arswino,
This is very good advice. For me the point I need to practise most is Make a Habit of Tolerance. “Try to like and accept others the way they are instead of demanding or hoping they can be like what we want.” This is easier said than done, and I’m working on it!
When I stopped worrying about my happiness and focused on the moment or other people that’s when my life really improved. The energy that I pushed out towards others increased my energy. That is why I started my blog, to push myself to find truths that exist everywhere and to share them with others.
Thanks for sharing, Ino! We really have the responsibility to filter whatever goes through our mind. When we don’t choose to be in control, we choose to let others be in control of our lives.
#3 is my favorite “The Goldne Rule.” I live by that one daily.
Thank you,
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Even though I disagree with some of the religious ideas, I agree with the rest of the ideas. They are indeed all “golden rules”. One should remind him/herself everyday that we are all unique and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. When we disagree in a topic, we agree that we are human and therefore recognize that it is OK to disagree. Makes sense, right?
Great article, I think step number 1 is key, you must take control over your mind. If you can control your mind, you can control your life. I’ll stumble this page.
YOU RELIGIOUS FAG.
I like the part, making others happy and in return you will find happiness.
Hi Daphne, it is not easy to give tolerance to other people instead. I am working on it as well. Thanks for the commenting, Daphne.
Hi Karl, I like the reason why you started blogging. I think that the true happiness is if we can make others happy. Thanks Karl for commenting.
Hi Jocelyn, yes, don’t let others controlling our lives. Thanks for the comment, Jocelyn.
Hi Giovanna, you’re welcome and thank you also for leaving a comment.
Hi Nick, you are right, I appreciate your comment. We are all unique and we live to respect each other. Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, Nick.
Hi MrSelfDevelopment, welcome. Thank you for commenting and stumbling, I appreciate that.
Hi What? welcome. Well, I believe the power of prayer. Thank you for the comment.
Hi Raymund, I am happy if you like the article. Thanks for stopping by, Raymund.
Arswino,
I really liked this list. My favorite one is giving positive suggestions to ourselves and the one I need to work on is tolerance.
I was very interested in what you said about the mind seeing things better in pictures. I’ve been exploring goal setting and/or positive affirmations via things like mind mapping and making collages, both of which involve visual images. Great post…thanks:~)
Hi Sara, you’re welcome. It is like we have a dream. What a good thing if we can have pictures about our dreams and not just words.
Thanks for your comment, Sara.
I think we underestimate how much we can control our minds. Sometimes we fall into fight or flight mode instead of “controlling my mind” mode. I think one of best things to improve your control is meditation (which is another reason why I want to start a meditation practice).
Hi Stacey, you’re right, meditation is one of best methods to control our mind. Thanks for the suggest, Stacey
The piont of tolerance is a good one, many times I want people to do want I like and follow only my dission, while I dont consider theirs this is a good lesson have learnt.
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