The first step in the process of replacing negatives with positives in your life is to make a decision to start looking for the negative messages and ways to replace them with positives. Decide that you will target on the positive in this world.
Begin to drastically cut down on the amount of news you take in. Most men start their day with the news. And of course the lion's share of the news is bad news, fires, floods, etc. The next major part is on to traffic and weather, which also focus on the negatives. So by the time you have finished your coffee, you have had enough of bad news to last a week. Does all this bad news make you want to throw out by opening the door and greet for the new days, no, quite the opposite. And how about the way we end the day?
Many of us watch the news before going to bed and get a big dose of negative information just before trying to go to sleep. No wonder so many people have trouble in sleeping? The mood we are in before we go to sleep carries over to the next morning, naturally setting yourself up for starting the next day in a bad mood. Odds are, you don’t need all that negative information you are taking in from the news, and you will function just fine without it.
Replace the news you were taking in with such things as, motivational tapes, uplifting music and sites such as happy news website, that stress good news. Also, reading authorizing books helps a great deal. Books can be an incredible way to recharge your life. By looking into success stories, biographies of successful people, etc and see what works for you. You will begin to feel better.
Your next step is to limit the amount of TV you watch. A recent study showed that 78% of the people watching TV, are not interested in the program they are watching at any given time. So watching TV is probably making you bored at best, and taking you away from activities that would be more fun and entertainment. Prime time is the period when most people are indulged in watching TV; you can make it your prime time by turning off the TV and using that time to move your life move ahead.
Next, you need to limit your exposure to negative people. Most people don’t realize how draining it is to be around negative people, but they drain your energy and spirit in many ways. Negative people drag you down, so work to remove them from your life to the extent you can. Never participate in the office pity party, or complaint sessions that come your way. Seek out people that support you and that you feel good being around, and use these people to replace the negative people in your life.
The most damaging source of negativity is ourselves. Most of us create lots of negative talk that our minds accept as the truth, and results in our being held back in many ways. We focus on our drawbacks, our problems, and spend our time predicting more bad news for ourselves, generating lots of fear and worry, while undermining our ability to try new things, etc.
Begin to focus on the positive aspects of you. What are your unique strengths, what have you masterly, how are you different and better than other people? Use visualization and affirmations to build images of yourself accomplishing the things you want, and use these to replace the negative images.
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