How To Stay Positive In spite of The Negativity Around You

Written by Josh Hinds


I'm often asked how it is that I stay so positive. Now allow me to clear up some misconceptions you might have based on that last statement. I am not one of those folks that walk around with what is commonly referred to as a career politician's smile painted across my face.

Although I do believe whole-heartedly inrepparttar power that a simple smile can impart on another. No, you see, just like everyone else, no matter how over all a positive person I am, or attempt to view things I still have my down moments.

I like to call it being human :-)

The very fact that we are just that, human, allows us all to have down times. The difference lies in how quickly we choose to get over those things that are holding us back, or making us feel at less then our personal best. And that I believe is a major key - being able to get pastrepparttar 122894 downtimes in ones life as quickly as possible and getting back on with being your best. Moving towards continuous improvement.

Remember, self-improvement is a hands on project. That is to say that without ongoing implementation and attempting ofrepparttar 122895 new ideas we learn, try as we might, we aren't going to miraculously wake up one day changed people. No, we've got to apply those ideas and bits of advice we learn.

Now if I might elaborate a bit on motivation itself. And how I believe you can better stay onrepparttar 122896 path of leading a more positive life, as well as pursuing your journey with greater motivation. I'll userepparttar 122897 saying of Zig Ziglar; he has such a simple - yet powerful way of gettingrepparttar 122898 point across...

Zig say's, "People often say motivation doesn't last, well that may be true, but neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it every day."

Now if that's not an ahhh haaaa moment for you, I'd like to ask you to really take inrepparttar 122899 simplicity of Mr. Ziglar's words. You see, that isrepparttar 122900 "gasoline" that has fueled my own journey to where I am now. It's how I stay positive in a world that others might tend to view as negative. It's how I tune out most ofrepparttar 122901 negative things around me, and tune into what's positive.

But enough about me... Most importantly, it's how you can lead a more positive daily life. And as you can see, it's not really all that complex is it?

Let's look at it another way. You wake up and you pretty much have a clean slate. In most cases your day is fresh - neither overly negative nor positive. That beingrepparttar 122902 case - and if you'll concede that what I illustrated above is true, then wouldn't it stand to reason that importing positive thoughts (i.e. reading, listening, reciting, etc.) first thing inrepparttar 122903 morning, and throughout your day could do wonders towards reprogramming your mind andrepparttar 122904 over all way in which you see your world?

Mind Power and Self Motivation

Written by MUHAMMAD FARHAN


If you called my office you will hear my voice mail message that ends withrepparttar words “Expect Success.”

There’s a important intent behind that. What if every time we made a phone call or personal request or met with a potential new customer, you expected you would be successful? Do you think your behavior would be different?

If we truly expected success we would make more phone calls, make more requests and schedule more appointments. And that would result in more business, more income, more ease in our workday, and more overall success.

When we call people or meet with them, we have to holdrepparttar 122893 attitude that we are offering them an opportunity—an important opportunity, and maybe evenrepparttar 122894 perfect opportunity for them. If they do not go for it, that’s fine. Our responsibility to ourselves is to makerepparttar 122895 offer. It doesn’t matter whatrepparttar 122896 thoughts and actions ofrepparttar 122897 other person are; it doesn’t matter whether they agree to what you are offering or not. What matters is that you go for what you want allrepparttar 122898 time, every time, and are as proactive and confident as you would be if you knew you could not miss.

As you well know success is not a destination we arrive at; it is an attitude we hold alongrepparttar 122899 way. Allrepparttar 122900 joy of our professional lives is not inrepparttar 122901 outcome, but inrepparttar 122902 process. Do not rob yourself ofrepparttar 122903 satisfaction that lies onrepparttar 122904 path alongrepparttar 122905 way—enjoy every call you place, every order you take, every presentation you make. Revel inrepparttar 122906 process of being a success—today.

To expect more success, more ofrepparttar 122907 time, follow these steps:

- Acknowledge allrepparttar 122908 small successes inrepparttar 122909 process. Count your “wins” daily. Wins are all those things that go your way in a given day—the letter you wrote,repparttar 122910 VIP you finally got hold of,repparttar 122911 parking ticket you eluded,repparttar 122912 compliment you received.

- Smile. Both psychologically and physiologically, this simple, easy action improves our well-being, which improves our outlook, which prepares us for allrepparttar 122913 great things we are expecting to happen to us. To become fit and healthy from a success standpoint, give your smile muscles a workout just likerepparttar 122914 rest of your body.

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