This may come as a surprise but your attitude is more important than your aptitude in determining your success in life. Just how critical is attitude to achievement? Well, take a look at one of the greatest inventors of the last two centuries - Thomas Edison. Every time you turn on a light switch, you experience the result of his persistence in the face of continuous failure.
Edison tried 10,000 times to get his light bulb invention to work, but he failed each time. However, he had this to say about his lack of success. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
You can learn to have this kind of outlook on life, but it needs to be purposefully installed into your daily living. You've probably heard that it takes about 21 days to break a habit by replacing it with a new one. If you are plagued with persistent negative thoughts toward life, you can replace this mindset with a new positive-attitude habit!
Positive Thinking Tips
Here are some tips to change a negative attitude to a positive one:
Take charge of what you're thinking
This is a moment-by-moment decision that doesn't happen overnight. It's a habit that will take some time to build. How can you do this? Choose to think uplifting thoughts instead of discouraging ones. You get to decide what you think, which in turn determines how you feel. Become aware of this and dwell on positive ideas throughout the day.
Focus on others
Make an extra effort to help other people. Concentrating on assisting others will help you more than you realize. If you succeed in becoming wealthy but are poor in respect to your relationships, you will not be truly prosperous at all. So, make an effort to focus on others while building your new positive-attitude habit. This will free you up to allow the butterfly of happiness to land on your shoulder when you least expect it.
Take care of your health needs
It's hard to maintain a positive mindset if you've neglected your physical needs. Make an extra effort to eat nutritious and balanced meals. Not getting enough sleep will also be a tremendous hindrance, so make sure you're getting adequate rest as well. Additionally, don't forget to get enough exercise. When you feel down, try to take a 30-minute brisk walk. You'll certainly feel revived afterwards.
Learn contentment
Focus on what you have and not on what you don't have. Live in the present and enjoy your blessings. Try to forget acquiring stuff for the purpose of keeping up with others. That only leads to more anxiety. Be thankful for what you have instead.
When going through difficult a experience, remember that adversity can be a blessing in disguise. You might learn some important lessons during those tough times like Thomas Edison did. These lessons can turn into credentials that will enable you to help others when they're going through tough times. Don't let negativity ruin your present and future. Instead, build a new habit of having a positive attitude.
