POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Positive attitude, positive thinking and optimism have proved to result in many benefits. With a positive attitude towards life, you'll be healthier, happier and live longer. In addition, you're more likely to be successful.

Attitude is a mental position relative to a way of thinking or being; a leaning towards that which you believe. A positive attitude is, therefore, the inclination to be in an optimistic, hopeful state of mind.

It has been proved that, Optimism has demonstrable benefits and pessimism has drawbacks. Optimism has been linked to positive mood and good morale; to perseverance and effective problem solving; to academic, athletic, military, occupational and political success; to popularity; to good health; and even to long life and freedom from trauma.

Optimists believe they are accountable for good things and that good things will generally come their way. If something bad comes instead, optimists tend to write it off as an isolated incident, an anomaly or something out of their control; optimists believe things will be better in the future.

The question is how to be optimistic. The simplest answer is to come of out of negative attitude / thinking. Here are some keys to shed negative attitude and cultivate a positive mental frame work.

1. Keep a daily gratitude journal. Record the names of a few, who made the day for you today.
2. Keep a daily victory journal. Write out one or more things that went well for you each day.
3. Meditation. Learn a meditation technique and practice.
4. Visualization of positive outcomes.
5. Take time to play.
6. Eat healthy food, exercise regularly and get enough rest. It's hard to be positive when you're feeling exhausted and run down.
7. Use positive affirmations and receive positive messages daily.
8. Beware of television, radio and newspapers: what kind of messages are they bombarding you with daily? Try to keep your exposure to negativity at a minimum.
9. Adjust your posture: sit up straight, smile, walk proudly and breathe deeply. Do this for 60 seconds and you'll start to feel the difference (Honestly! Give it a try right now!)
10. Monitor your emotions: negative emotions indicate that your thoughts are negative. You'll know it's time to shift mental gears.
11. Hang around positive people.

Pick as many of these things as you're comfortable with and commit to doing them daily for the next 30 days. Usually it takes about 30 days to really start reprogramming your subconscious mind and to begin developing a positive attitude. Stick to it and before you know it, you'll be an optimist without having to think about it!

Just by getting started, you're already well on your way to developing a positive attitude. Keep up the good work.