Guest toonlass Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Do you believe in it, and is it something you can learn/teach yourself to do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not one to be able to 'make' myself be in a better mood, it's usually outside circumstances that dictate my outlook on things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I suppose it's common sense that positive thinking would give you more motivation to carry out a certain endeavour than thinking negatively. People often seem to over-amplify its ''effects'' though, which is why we have all these con-artists peddling their self-help books to the bewildered masses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Glad I don't know any irritating pricks like that guy from the Passat advert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I think you can make things easier for yourself by approaching them expecting to succeed rather than expecting to fail. I always try to do that. What helps me most is perspective on where I am compared to the majority of the people on the planet. I do this visualisation where I picture myself/my house from the top and then zoom further and further out in my head until I can see how close all the poverty and hardship in this world really is. Sounds a bit weird, but it really helps me to take things in my stride. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Definitely. I think positive thinking is usually just confidence anyway and obviously being confident helps in almost every situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 You can deffo train yourself to look on the bright side. Just takes practice. It's no different to policemen training to see suspicious things or businessmen to see the angle. If you do it consciously often enough, it soon become unconscious. My mother is the very antithesis of this. She defines everything in terms of how shit it is, and as soon as one problem is cleared up, she immediately finds something else to be just as unhappy about. She actively makes herself unhappy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 You can deffo train yourself to look on the bright side. Just takes practice. It's no different to policemen training to see suspicious things or businessmen to see the angle. If you do it consciously often enough, it soon become unconscious. My mother is the very antithesis of this. She defines everything in terms of how shit it is, and as soon as one problem is cleared up, she immediately finds something else to be just as unhappy about. She actively makes herself unhappy. Some people can't seem to live without some kind of drama going on in their lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 You can deffo train yourself to look on the bright side. Just takes practice. It's no different to policemen training to see suspicious things or businessmen to see the angle. If you do it consciously often enough, it soon become unconscious. My mother is the very antithesis of this. She defines everything in terms of how shit it is, and as soon as one problem is cleared up, she immediately finds something else to be just as unhappy about. She actively makes herself unhappy. Some people can't seem to live without some kind of drama going on in their lives. My sis is a little like this. Will ALWAYS find a reason to give up on something. Basically, her whole philosophy starts with, 'Why even bother, because...' and I can go through every sticking point and disprove it, and it'll make no difference. She actively looks to fail. She's great, but if she could get over these esteem issues (I think that's what they are), she'd be much happier and willing to give things 100% in her endevaours, because currently nothing she does will turn out right because she 'knows' before starting that it will end in failure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Men are from Omecron Percii 9, women are from Omecron Percii 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Men are from Omecron Percii 9, women are from Omecron Percii 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Its the basis of Cognitive therapy and some say positive things about that so I guess so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I used to be pretty negative, but over the years I've come to realise it hasn't exactly got me anywhere. Now, I still expect the worst sometimes but generally speaking I will enter things with a more positive attitude, and tend to come out better for it (and feel better about myself as well). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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