50 Positive Habits: Transform you Life - Michael Chapman (2016)
Mental Habits
I always found that, in my battle to conquer negativity and become more positive, that my mind was a major obstacle. So, I decided to tackle the mind and make major and progressive chance. I looked into the way that I thought about subjects and how it may have been holding me back.
The answers that I got were pretty impressive, to be honest. I found that my life was going to become far more consistent simply by making the following changes. Each suggestion will ensure you develop positive, proactive mental habits that will instill you with a winning mentality.
Looking at Negativity
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
One of the most powerful changes that you can make, though, is to change how you view the world around you as a whole - how do you look at negativity?
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
I started to simply take some time to be aware how negative I was during the day. I noticed how often I would go down the negative route - everyday!
How Often Should I Practice?
Everyday. I found that the easiest way to simply change my mindset was to make myself aware of it. If I knew how negative that I was being, I might change.
Life Without This Change
You’ll just continue to let those negative thoughts run in the back of your mind. If you want to avoid this then you simply need to consider making time for consideration.
Life With This Change
The main reason that I would recommend going with this change is that it helps you become aware of your mentality - how badly does it need to change here?
Thinking About Success
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
Thinking about success is a great idea - simply being able to visualize what might be coming in the future is a powerful tool, and one that can improve your mentality.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
The easiest way to do this is to simply spend some time - 5 minutes even - thinking about your recent progress. Even if you’re not “successful” yet, keep thinking this way.
How Often Should I Practice?
Every time you feel down about where you are and your progress. By making a simple adjustment you’ll find it’s much easier to stay on track with who you are.
Life Without This Change
You’ll just continue to let the good things pass you by and pay too little attention to the good things in your life. Take the time to understand your success.
Life With This Change
Taking the time to make this change, though, will make you far more appreciative of your progress. Remember, all good things will take time to change - including your mentality itself!
Contemplation Relation
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
One of the smartest changes that I ever made to my life, though, was how often I would take the time to contemplate. I used to act on impulse, negatively.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
By changing to contemplation before taking action, I - and you - can become more positive. It allows you to see the good, whereas taking action usually means reacting to the negatives.
How Often Should I Practice?
Every day! I found that simply taking a brief period of the day to look at where I was in my mind was a very healthy past-time, helping me focus.
Life Without This Change
I quickly noticed that failing to do this usually meant that my life would become more confusing, and I would spend too much time just reacting to situations without facts.
Life With This Change
This simple change was something that helped me to stop making mistakes. Now, I’m more calculated and take less risks, instead deciding to act on facts instead of half truths.
Noting your Positivity
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
How often do you actually note in your mind that you were being positive? It’s one of the most affirming actions you can possibly do when signifying your positivity.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
I simply found that taking five minutes of the day to look at a happy memory in the morning was a good way to change my mindset from negative to positive.
How Often Should I Practice?
Every single morning. Just a quick reminisce about something that happened in your life can be enough to get you out of bed with a smile on your face, rather than a frown.
Life Without This Change
You might find that you don’t need this in your life at all - and that’s totally fine. However, others will feel far more comfortable making this change.
Life With This Change
Simply taking those five minutes to noting good experiences in the past can be enough to make you feel far more comfortable with who you are, and where you’re going.
Detailing the Positives
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
One problem that I and others tend to have is always listing our negatives in a situation. Rather than looking at the problem, though, why not start looking for solutions?
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
Simply swap the way of thinking around on any problem. Instead of lamenting the existence of the problem, start examining viable solutions that might help you correct this issue later!
How Often Should I Practice?
I had to do this more or less every day for a while. Eventually, though, it became second nature and instead of lamenting issues I started to appreciate finding solutions.
Life Without This Change
You’ll keep feeling like the world is against you, and that there is no significant way to step forward and make your life easier. Without this change, negativity will prevail.
Life With This Change
Swapping to this change of mindset, though, will mean problems are just that; a problem. You’ll keep your feet on the ground more often and will likely find solutions easier.
Challenging Assumptions
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
How often do you challenge how you think about a certain situation? If you don’t, then it’s time to do so. Challenging assumptions will help you ensure you’re always adapting.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
It’s very easy to never challenge our beliefs and assumptions - but you could be being needlessly negative. Instead, ask yourself why that train of thought exists - and if it’s legitimate.
How Often Should I Practice?
Any time you find yourself going down a negative spiral of thought. Hop online and have a look for what you’re so worried about. Is the original belief you had really so applicable?
Life Without This Change
Many choose to avoid going down this route as they don’t like to be told they are wrong. Being wrong, though, is not a negative - it’s another learning experience!
Life With This Change
You’ll feel far less entrenched and likely to be less threatened by a difference of opinion. This is one of the most positive actions that you can take.
Accepting Your Success
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
Many of us - me included for a long time - simply cannot accept when we are a success. We like to think luck was involved, or that it was a mistake.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
If this is how you feel then the next time it comes around in your head, ask a few people that you trust to give you the truthful answer back.
How Often Should I Practice?
Whenever you feel this crisis of confidence coming on. It’s a dangerous problem and one that will just make you feel worse most likely. Avoid it by asking whenever it comes on.
Life Without This Change
You’ll continue to knock down your achievements whilst fixating on your failures. This builds a negative mindset and is the worst direction to go down for a positive action-driven life.
Life With This Change
You’ll become far more comfortable, and aware, of your successes and failures in life. This will ensure you can continue to develop, without always seeing yourself as failing.
Reviewing your Failures
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
By taking the time to actually look at *why* you failed, you can find it much easier to find solutions. Many of us know that we failed - but why?
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
Simply sit down and write down five reasons why you failed. Now, you know what you have to work on; it might hurt doing this but it’s about as positive an action as you can get.
How Often Should I Practice?
Taking this on is going to make your life much easier than ever before - so do it every time you fail. Failure is a journey, not the destination!
Life Without This Change
If you don’t try to change this then you can prepare for a life of self-deprecating and a lack of self-belief. By reviewing failure, solutions become viable.
Life With This Change
By looking and reviewing your success and failure it will become much easier to stay on the right track. It’ll also greatly increase the chances of finding a long-term solution.
Mind Games
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
How often do you just memorize a little poem or a piece of writing? Doing this can be a very powerful way to make sure you’ve always got a challenge.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
Challenges are great for helping us learn salient points and words of wisdom. Take a poem from the internet every morning and try to memorize the words by the days end.
How Often Should I Practice?
Every day - even if you feel more comfortable working with one poem per week, do it. Challenges are excellent and help us see our own skills and talents accordingly.
Life Without This Change
You’ll doubt your ability to learn and take on new skills. By memorizing a new poem every week, you also improve your overall knowledge of culture and arts accordingly.
Life With This Change
Going down this route is very useful as it will ensure that you can get the help you need to showcase your mental and memory skills, if you doubt they exist.
Force of Attraction
Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?
Have you ever spent the day just wishing for something to be? If not, you have to begin. Spend 5-10 minutes at night just dreaming of what you want in life.
Applying The Action For Increased Positivity
The reason for doing this is simple; just drop into your mind and you’ll see what you really want. Let your fantasies take control and you’ll find fresh ambition.
How Often Should I Practice?
Every day! Any days which are spent not in pursuit of these goals and reaching them is a day wasted. You should always have a goal which is driven by desire.
Life Without This Change
You’ll likely never have a solid and significant path to follow. Without knowing what you want to achieve it will naturally become harder to achieve those goals in time.
Life With This Change
By creating a clear part of your mind where this is addressed, though, you should find it easier to visualize and then work towards the thing you want in life.