Positive Thinking Articles

“What you think about, and where your attention goes, becomes your reality.” The law of attraction gurus make it sound so easy. You may understand this concept and believe it to be true, but putting it into action is an entirely different story. You think good thoughts, focus on your visions, say your affirmations,... yet you continue to remain stuck. You are discouraged and you are now thinking: “The law of attraction doesn’t work for me.” I understand this feeling

You Said, I HeardnRob, a client of mine (though not his real name), recently took a one-week vacation from work, a much-needed break from a highly stressful, fast-paced corporate environment. Upon his return, one of his colleagues welcomed him back and noted that Rob's team had worked hard and been very productive during his absence. Rob's first reaction, as he relayed the story to me, was: I knew it, they're going to find out they don't need me here I might get fired.nnNow,

Recently a couple of Australian travellers arrived at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand. After the Australians efforts at ordering an extra cold beer were thwarted by a lack of thai speaking ability an expat English man stepped in with a few choice words of thai which enabled the procurement of a cooler beer. Subsequently the Aussie couple were soon in discussion with their new friend about all their travels around Asia. nnHowever, it soon became apparent that they weren't quite the

How’s it going with attracting all the goodies you desire by focusing your thoughts and gratitude vibes? Not as quick and easy at it sounds? Welcome to the authentic human club. It’s great that things like “The Secret” have more people curious about focused, positive intentions. I’m a big fan of the law of attraction. However, we’re selling ourselves short if we don’t understand this principle within a richer context. nnGood news: there’s a deeper secret thatâ

Have you ever stopped to think about how the situations and circumstance in your life have come about? If so and if you are honest enough you will in time see that what you are is merely a reflection of your previous thoughts, words and deeds. In this respect the bible passage Galatians 6:7 KJV holds particular relevance:nn'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'nnOk, in modern day terms that may translate to something along the lines of, you get out what you put i

Once upon a time, she knew that she would be driving back to Boston rather than flying. She didn't know directly - she simply had a sense about it, a few days before her flight to Savannah to visit her family in Lyons.nnThe first morning she was in Lyons, she went for a walk to see the sights and to breathe in the fresh air of this little town in Southeast Georgia that she loved, the same one from which she had run away years ago.nnIt was November, still warm, and the ground

What parent doesn’t occasionally agonize over the challenges that teenagers bring to a family environment? Because of raging hormones and their brain development (I hear that because their frontal lobes are not fully-developed, this accounts for the lack of empathy) there are days where we long ...

Deep within each of us lie two things that control our lives and the way we live them. Our behavior and attitudes and lifestyle are governed by them. If we want to change our life then we need to look at these foundational things that have governed us all our lives.nThese foundations are our beliefs and our values. They color our lives even though we may not be aware of them. They are deeply affected by our upbringing and the things that have happened to us and the conclusion

nToday let’s talk about fear and the devastating effect it has on people. Fear is the great enemy of man. It paralyzes the mind and results in reactive thinking. Everyone experiences anxiety at some time in their life and that’s to be expected. The fear we speak of is gripping fear, the type of fear that devitalizes us mentally, emotionally and physically. This type of fear robs us of all rationality as it grips our inner being. nnGripping fears steal confidence n

I once watched a movie with my children called ‘Kung Fu Panda’ and I remember a beautiful powerful saying: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and the present moment is all you have, that is why we call it a present.” The power of the present moment is rarely used, or even understood, by the vast majority of people. We must start acting in NOW, in order to produce change in our lives. If we wish to change habits like procrastination, we need to do so now, because only we know what needs improvement in our life. All we need to do is execute it in the present.

My dear videographer friend called me last night to say that he’d completed a first draft of the EPK (electronic press kit) we’d dreamed up last summer. I finished my exercises and eagerly rebooted my computer to see what he’d created, and it’s marvelous!rn rnBless his heart, he had been consistently giving himself a hard time about being “seven months late.” And, admittedly, he had taken that amount of time to get it done, but . . . I didn’t consider it late. I

If you've ever come across a book by Napoleon Hill called 'Think and Grow Rich' you will undoubtedly be aware of the fact that you can deliberately create wealth in your life by manipulating the thoughts in your mind. In fact this remarkable book claims to have launched a million millionaires and that is probably no exaggeration either!nAnyway here are three tips that I came across recently that can help you super-charge your life to attract riches:nnThis first technique was

I have always been awed by people who joyfully perform some of the most routine tasks. There is a checkout clerk at a grocery store I frequent and his easy, carefree smile always warms my heart. His engaging behavior and thoughtful questions leave me in a better place each time I am in his presence. If you ask him, he will tell you his mission is to make the most out of each moment and to find joy in the mundane. I find this inspiring. It takes keen observation and a discerni

Play along with me for a moment…nnWhat would your reaction be if you just won $25,000 on a game show?nnYou’d probably say you felt thrilled, elated, or excited.nnYou would, huh? What if I told you more about the circumstances involved…nnYou were doing great and had progressed to the last round. You had already won $500,000, but you chose to risk that amount to go for the million dollar question. Unfortunately, you got it wrong and ended up with “only” $25,000.nnNow

We always encounter problems in our lives, and most of the time, we become discouraged by how difficult the problems we face are. But what we don't know is that it's not really the problems that are difficult to deal with but our attitude towards them. Yes, they may be tough at times and may take a lot of time to solve, but as long as we view them as obstacles that will obstruct our way towards our goal, we can never really arrive at the right solution. nnAs long as you have

nIn less than an hour, my right arm was completely immobilized. I learned that I had experienced an emotional trauma. Four years and four months later, my nerve cells have almost re-grown and my frozen shoulder is almost back to normal. First I went into shock and then fear took over. What if this was it for the rest of my life? Finding the courage to stay in the present moment was monumental. Step by step, over the next four plus years, I found the help that I needed. nnSeve

Beliefs are pre-organised and pre-formed attitudes that make us perceive a situation in a particular light. There are many different beliefs that people hold about virtually every topic you can imagine and they are very powerful.n nThese beliefs act as a type of filter that can either promote or limit your success. It is much more preferable for example to hold the belief that happiness is you birthright as opposed to believing it is something you have to work tirelessly for.

We all want to succeed. It's a reachable goal many of us desire. There's a number of ways to be successful. Everyone creates their own definition for success. It's up to us how much work it takes to achieve those goals. Regardless of how you define success positive affirmations may help you achieve your goals. Affirmations push you to succeed. Using affirmations is simple in your daily life. All you need to do is to make an affirmations list with things that you are planning

Although I am a great believer in the power of positive thinking I also realise the dangers and pitfalls of this approach. If you have ever tried to kid yourself that everything will be fine and glossed over certain issues because you wanted to avoid them, or did not know how to deal with them... your misguided positive thinking has in all likelihood hindered you rather than helped you.nnI'm sure many of us have encountered the problem of the paying of bills and might be fami

“Rule your mind, or it will rule you.” These words are as true today as they were when the Roman poet Horace wrote them over 2000 years ago.nnDo you want to reduce stress and anxiety?nnDo you want more fulfillment in life?nnDo you wish you were happier?nnIf you answered yes to any of these questions, the place to start is in the mind. Whatever you want from life, you have to THINK it before you can DO it.nnDo you realize the vast amount of power hidden in your mind? Anyth

An aspect of Self Talk which is the Law of Attraction is one of the most powerful and cogent laws which helped form or contour the course of human evolution right from the beginning of mankinds existence up to this present day. Man can never alienate nor isolate himself from what situations or circumstance he presently finds himself at nor could he dislocate nor disassociate himself from any conditions or circumstance he will soon find himself in the future. Self Talk is thos

Your manifestation is from your mind. That is the path of manifestation until you become Divine, and then you manifest from the heart. How I know that my ego has gone on vacation is when the words come from the heart up, not from the mind down. How I know my ego is back from vacation is when it goes from the mind down again. The reason that gift was given to me was to give people the gift of the truth that will set them free. Your thoughts are manifesting your world. Any crap

Somewhere on your road to success, you’ll begin to understand that you are really never alone. There are amazing sources of strength and help everywhere you look—you just have to use them. You’ll have to look to find them and then know how to use them, but it beats the heck out of not having them at all!nnA team is incredibly important as you walk along your path. You may reap the benefits of success in your world, but you don’t get there alone. The fallacy of the “

A recent article in a newspaper spoke about a wooden plank crashing down on a man’s head in a railway station, and sending him into a coma. While the public did what they could to help the man, railway officials, practically washed their hands off the whole matter, saying it was not their business. How often have we been witnesses to traumatic incidents and simply walked away, either callously, or because ‘if we help we may be questioned by the police” or “forget him,

This is the day and age where you have to fight poverty. With today’s current global economic crisis, now is the best time that you should start creating abundance not only for yourself, but for the people that surrounds you as well. We all know that there are company after another that is now closing or terminating their employees. You may be one of the lucky ones who were able to keep your job, but what about those people who lost their jobs to this current economic crisi

Remember those circus fun-houses with the monsters and the distorting mirrors? Those mirrors twisted our view of anything we put in front of them. They made us look tall or short or fat or thin, and it was fun because we knew it was a trick. nnBut many of us have these distorting mirrors in our heads, and they aren’t fun at all, because we think the images they show us are real. Our internal mirrors are distorted thoughts that twist our view of ourselves and of everything w

Mediocrity happens by default. Success happens as a result of intelligent, planning and forethought. What you are doing today will thus effect your world of tomorrow. Think of it this way: at this moment you are nothing but a reflection of your previous thoughts, words and deeds.nn‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.’n (Galatians 6:7 KJV). nnSo what are some easy ways of implementing intelligent action?nWell, three really easy positive thinking methods you c

"Live Your Life!" "Make Your Own Destiny!" "Manifest Your Dream!" we have all heard and read these thought-provoking sentences at least once in our lives, yet what do these really mean? Indeed, even the most joyful individuals on Earth will assent that there is nothing such thing as a stress-free existence on this planet earth. By the day's end, life is essentially what we make it. Thinking positive and incarnating that positive energy through your life is a solid, conscious

Most of us live either in the past or in the future; it’s a fact, we either rewind to our past memories or wish for a better future. Most importantly, we focus on what was, and how unpleasant events came to be. Or, we live in the future, indulging in wishful thinking or harboring fearful, uncertain thoughts about what might be. Rarely do we focus on the present, on the ‘now’, as most of us only think of the past or future, instead of thinking about what we can do now to achieve our goals.

Positive thinking is an amazing tool which can enable anyone to achieve a more fulfilling and successful life. Through harnessing the power of positive thinking your mind is tuned in to expect success. In fact it will make you feel sure of it so that you know deep down you WILL succeed in whatever you are doing.nnnIf you doubt the power of positive thinking then think on this for a moment. If someone asks you a question which you aren’t sure about, how long does it take you

There are all types of people in this world: some who inspire us and some who bring us down. One generally comes into contact with different kinds of people, which gives one an opportunity to recognize those who are good to be around with, and equally important, identify the negative ones so that one can keep one’s self away from them. How do we identify them? Let’s see…rnSome of the characteristics that these negative people exhibit are: ●They view the world and almo

nSelf criticism is perhaps one of the worst forms of criticism there is. Who else is better at telling you how, fat, and ugly, stupid or incapable you are? Self criticism is something that lowers our self esteem in order to confirm inherent beliefs that we hold deep within our subconscious minds. So how does it work? And how easy is it to change our thoughts patterns so that we can hold positive and encouraging dialogue with ourselves and ultimately change our beliefs to posi

My job means that I spend much of my life working with people who want to change something about their reality.nPeople who would like to be fitter, healthier, leaner, lighter, happier, wealthier, less stressed, more fulfilled.... people who want to create some kind of positive change.nnI always ask them some questions:nn1. Have you tried to change before?n2. What happened last time?n3. What do you really want (and why)?n4. What are you prepared to do to create that change?n5.

It happens to each one of us, sooner or later. n Inevitably, there comes a time when each one of us is left alone in the dark, and each of us must choose his next steps. Perhaps now is that moment for you. Maybe you have reached a turning point in your relationship with your significant other. Perhaps now is the moment that you realize the company and people you THOUGHT you worked for lack the integrity you believed they possessed. n Maybe it is something more personal, such

What you desire of and how much you believe you are capable of having it will define how adept you are at using the Law of Attraction. There are times when we visualize our dreams and imagine our lives having and enjoying the things that will make us happy. Visualization is as important as believing that you are capable of having what you want. When you visualize your dreams as already a part of your reality, you are using the Law of Attraction to attract the same feeling you

One resolutio I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things." -John Burroughs- Here we are a few days into the New Year, and most of us are still looking at our list of resolutions and seeing if we can mark any off as completed. Now that is if you put some sort term goals on there, I always but at least three short term goals on my list as I love to cross items off of my lists, it makes me feel like I have accomplished something and that gives

Human beings have often engaged in the search for meaning, but today's economic downturn has brought the subject to light in a new way. People are re-evaluating whether their financial power to accumulate possessions and wealth is the only determining factor of their happiness and success. Some are being forced to shrink their activities, their budgets and their ambitions and many report that it is not all bad. Sure, economic woes are scary and many are frightened of how long

"Be changed and the world around you begins to change." -Gerald Epstein- Has the thought crossed your mind that, wouldn't it be great if this thing or that person or that situation would just change, our world or being would be better? Of course we have all thought these thoughts – the great thing is, we can orchestrate this/these changes by changing ourselves and/or our thoughts. When we do, that will assist change all around us and eventually reach out into the world. So i

The most important thing you do for your success is to take control of the suggestive elements in your environment.nnBe sure that what you are seeing and listening to is consistent with the goals you want to achieve.nn Listen Your Way to Success nListen to educational audio programs in your car. The average person drives 12,000 to 25,000 miles per year which works out to between 500 and 1,000 hours per year that the average person spends in his or her car. You can become an e

“Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our

Our standard twelfth is the defining moment in the existence of each understudy who tries to accomplish something in his life. His commitment to work and a sound establishment is the premise which can clear his street to progress. In the wake of being a registration pass, each understudy needs to choose what he needs to decide for his life, which will end up being the awesome his approaching future. Some may need a stream in view of energy or to follow their fantasies; some p

Coaching isn't reserved for sports, it's an attitude that you can use in many situations of life. It's a key concept in effective management and can work very well when a leader uses it. It is not an autocratic attitude that makes others want to join and help you. It is by noticing their uniqueness' and directing them in a personal way, that will garner the best results for you in the long run. What is Coaching Leadership? Coaching isn't screaming or yelling out directions

On the first day of school, within the first two minutes, I discuss this issue with the children. While most classrooms are based on fear, our classroom is based on trust. The children hear the words and like them, but they are only words. It is deeds that will help the children see that I not only talk the talk but walk the walk.n nI use the following example with the students on their first day. Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls ba

Are you in a place where you often find yourself feeling down or angry or upset all the time? No one wants to spend all their time like this, and one question that many researchers have started pondering is what role groups have to play in this regard. Have you ever been in a room with people who can light it up just by walking in? There is a good chance that you have, and you will also find that there is a good chance that you have also been in a room with a person who can k