10 Things You Can Do to Become More Positive

Have you ever thought about the connection between being positive and achieving success? In order the achieve success, you must be positive. Being positive keeps good ideas in your head, attracts people to you and makes you feel more confident; these factors increase your chances of success. Think about your own preferences for a minute; would you rather be around someone who is always saying negative things or always saying positive things? Most people would rather be around the positive person. Make yourself that positive person that everybody wants to be around. The more people you encounter who like you, the more doors open to you.
10 Positive Things You Can Do:
1. Let only kind, positive works escape your lips. Avoid saying anything negative. NO complaining, no gossip, no blaming, no criticizing, no judging, no condemning. If you slip up, put yourself on the receiving end of your comments. Would you want to listen to you? Would you want to be talked about like that?
2. Smile. A genuine, open, happy smile is powerfully attractive. You will find people magnetically drawn to you if you smile.
3. Walk tall. Your posture conveys what’s going on inside. Downcast eyes and slumped shoulders scream negativity so straighten up. Eyes forward, chin up, back straight… walk like you OWN the place. Walk with confidence, even if you don’t feel it… yet. Walk with prosperity, even if you don’t have it yet. Walk with open willingness, even if you’re scared and shy. Walk with self-esteem, even if you don’t feel it yet. Your mind influences your body and the reverse is true as well. You can improve your mood and become more positive by smiling and walking tall.
4. Ride the wave of emotions. When you’re on an emotional roller coaster, your ‘vibe’ is not very attractive to people. So here’s how to get control of yourself in 90 seconds flat. Yes. No joke. It takes 90 seconds from the time a thought generates a physiological response (the emotion) in your limbic system… to the time that electrochemical reaction is reabsorbed in the body. 90 seconds. During that minute and a half, focus ONLY on the emotion, NOT on the thought that caused it. Feel the emotion. And it will pass. Then immediately think about something happier. It works!
5. Focus on what you want. Most people focus on what they don’t want. “I want to lose 25 pounds.” “I want to quit smoking.” “I don’t want to struggle paying my bills.” What you focus on, gains power. Focus on what you want: “I want to weigh (your ideal).” “I am healthy and happy.” “I am financially secure.” Don’t give a moment’s mental or emotional energy to the stuff you want to get away from. Give your energy to what you want.
6. Create a habit of action. Procrastination is the real reason things don’t get done and why you may stay frustrated and unfulfilled. It’s not lack of time. Not lack of ability. Procrastination is fear, wearing the disguise of “I can do this later.” The only way to overcome it is to create a habit of action. First thing in the morning, before the day gets rolling, do one thing you’ve been procrastinating on or are tempted to put off. DO IT. Get it out of your face. You’ll feel so much better and you’ll be moving ahead with your dreams.
7. Pay it forward. Even the little niceties don’t go unnoticed. Every day, do some nice thing for someone. Even if you have nothing to give or do, you can give a compliment and a smile, and that’s a LOT.
8. Say affirmations. Every day as you go to sleep, set the tone for your mind’s night-time musings. An affirmation is a command to your subconscious, if you do it right: always in the present tense, with the end in mind, and with feeling. For example, “I am a successful photographer.” (NOT “I will be a successful photographer”). Repeat, repeat, repeat. This will sink into your subconscious and your mind will start searching for ways to make it happen.
9. Be bold. Action vaporizes fear and gives you amazing confidence. Dare. As the zen saying goes, “leap, and the net will appear.” Every challenge you face is an opportunity to grow, NOT a reason to retreat back to your comfort zone. Try, learn, try again and see the result on your attitude! Say “yes” to challenges and gain confidence along the way.
10. Be thankful. Be thankful for everything in your life: for the experience, for the lessons in every situation, every relationship. Everything is a gift (wrapped in unexpected and sometimes difficult ways) given to you to help you grow.
Use Tapping to reinforce your positive mental state as you use these tips to become more positive. Positivity is a habit, just like negativity. Any habit can be change with consistent and persistent practice; Tapping speeds up the process and entrenches these new habits very firmly. And then, happiness and success are yours!
Positivity is just a thought away. You can choose, right now, to release negativity from your life and be happy!