Apr 28, 5:35pm
Learning
to Think Powerfully, Like the Masters
by Eva Gregory
Do you find
yourself wondering why your life is what it is? How is it that some folks seem
to get whatever they want, while you seem to be stuck in a rut? Have you been
asking how to turn your life around?
Not
surprising, one of the things that many successful people have in common is
confidence. The confidence to believe that they will achieve the things they
set out to, they will get all they feel entitled to, or they will create the
things that they desire. They do not allow doubt or negativity to sabotage
their plans. Most have become masters at focusing on the positive and refuse to
let the "little voice" within feed them negativity for them to buy
into. So how have they mastered the power of positive thinking or even more
difficult the skill of positive self-talk?
Perhaps you
should first LISTEN to the things that you tell yourself on a daily basis. Do
you realize how true the saying that "we are our own worse critic"
is? Try this, close your eyes and listen to what message YOUR self-talk is
delivering. Are you happy with what you are hearing? If not, why not try
implementing some of the hints outlined below.
Write down
five of the things that you catch your self-talk voice telling you. For each
negative thing you write down, change the tone to make it a positive by using
"I am," "I will," and "I can" instead. Be sure to
make these affirmations positive, believable and realistic for you personally.
Now feel what it is like to have it actually be the way you want it to be. Get
excited about the possibility. Build on the affirmations that creates a story
about how it all unfolds the way you intend for it to often and in time, you
will come to believe them. The more you believe the positive, the more success
you will have. You will begin to attract it literally!
While
evaluating your self-talk voice, did you discover that you spend a great deal
of time thinking in "What ifs?" What ifs are typically a big waste of
time because you spend valuable time focusing on things that have either
already taken place, or may or may not happen. What if (sorry--couldn't resist)
I show you how to make What ifs productive? Try this:
Every time you
find yourself focused on negative thoughts or a default reaction of "What
if....?" Play the "What If-UP Game!" This is a highly successful
game that I use with my coaching clients. It goes like this:
Whenever you
start thinking..."What If":
- I can't meet payroll?
- I can't pay my bills?
- I can't complete this task?
Flip the thought
around to:
What
if
"IT COULD BE THE WAY I WANT IT!"
- What if I meet payroll in
spite of the way things look in the moment?
- What if, money begins to
flow to me and I can pay my bills the way that I want?
- What if this task gets
completed in perfect timing even if it isn't what I thought it would be?
See how it works? The game is designed to get you thinking about the positive
and letting go of the negative. Using the word "could" eliminates
self-imposed pressure and opens the door to unlimited possibilities.
The key to
positive thought and self-talk is recognizing what you are currently doing, and
learning to deliberately change it. Once it is learned it will have a profound
impact on the things you would like to accomplish in life. As William Shakespeare
once said, "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." So,
think of this as the first day of the rest of your life, and start thinking
powerfully and putting out a positive attitude in each aspect of your life.
Eva Gregory is the author of The Feel
Good Guide to Prosperity
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