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Positive thinking, is a quick, easy and effective, INSTANT motivator!


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Ishmail Downes | Filed In: Motivation Techniques
Keywords: positive thinking, positive attitude


Are you a positive thinker? If yes, great! If NO, I bet you often, if not all the time, struggle to get motivated. Yes or No?...

The thing is, you can't live a DREAM life without thinking positively, there's simply NO place for it...

So, it goes without saying, if you want to live an extraordinary life, you must be a positive thinker - Capice? In case you didn't know, that's Italian for, "Do you understand?". ;-)...

Not only have I taught you some Italian in this article, now I'm going to talk more about positive thinking and it's importance...

Instant Motivation


The link between thinking positively and motivation, is strong. In a sense, they go hand in hand. I mean, think about it - Why would you feel really motivated about something that you think negatively about? That's obvious, right?...

But why is it that so many people think negatively? By the way, that's a rhetorical question! ;-)

What things, or tasks, in your life do you think negatively of? Now ask yourself, are you motivated towards doing or achieving it? Oh, and that's not a rhetorical question!

I rest my case!...

Sometimes though, just thinking positively about doing something, just isn't enough!...

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See things clearly


Positive thinking needs to be accompanied by clarity, or guess what?...

Your brain shuts down!...

Then you have to 'fight' with it to get it interested and motivated again. Well, that's what most people do anyway, but we don't want to do that. Instead, we need to seek out clarity...

So really, just by having clarity to a given situation, you will naturally think more positively about it. For example...

If I told you there was a pot of gold hidden somewhere in England, that might excite you, right? You may even try to look for it. But England is a big place, and after a while, you'll just give up. But what if I gave you some clarity, by giving you a map of how to find it? You'll definitely think positively about it then, wouldn't you?

Now can you see the immense importance of positive thinking? But there's more...

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Like Attracts Like


Generally, you'll find that all successful people think positively, and you'll have a hard job trying to find a successful person that thinks negatively. The reason for this, is because like attracts like...

So, if you think positively about something, you stand a much better chance of achieving a positive outcome. On the flip side, if you think negatively about something, your chances of achieving a positive outcome, become slim if not nonexistent!...

That's basically the law of attraction at work. If you're not familiar with the law of attraction, find out more by clicking here.

So there you go, yet another reason why thinking positively is SO important!...

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Think Positively - Your DREAM Life Depends on it!


As I said earlier, you can't live your dream life if you're not a positive thinker...

One of the first steps to achieving anything extraordinary, is to set it as a goal and plan out (mentally or on paper) how you're going to achieve it. If you're not a positive thinking person, you'll probably never have set out to achieve anything extraordinary in the first place! As for the plan...

If you attempt to plan with negative thinking, your plan will more than likely be negative also, and if you actually achieve your goal, I'd bet good money that you could have achieved much, much more!..

Remember...

If you always reach for the stars, you'll never wind up with a handful of dirt...

The point is, you MUST always reach for the stars, and that means you have to think positively, first, especially if you want to live your dream life! Capice?

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Low Self Esteem...


If you're not a positive thinking person, you may have a low self esteem also. If that's the case, you must work on sorting this out, pronto! If this applies to you, please check out my low self esteem article...

If you suffer from a low self esteem, trust me, you can't possibly be living your life to it's fullest, and that's certainly NOT something I'm an advocate of, neither is "Live Your DREAM Life!"...

So, please, please, please work on putting that right...

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How to Overcome Negative Thinking


OK, so let's get down to the bare bones of it...

How can you become a positive thinker, if you are a negative thinking person?...

Before I give you my method for dealing with this, let me first briefly point something out to you...

Negative thinking is not always a bad thing, it's what you do with those thoughts that's crucial. To almost any situation, there are positives and negatives. Sometimes, just by identifying the negatives, you can achieve greater things and avoid pitfalls in the process...

I'll say it again...

Negative thinking is not always a bad thing, it's what you do with those thoughts that is crucial. To almost any situation, there are positives and negatives!

Also, is whatever you're negative about, fact? or is it just your perception? This is important, because you might be baking up the wrong tree, so to speak!...

So, bearing that in mind, here's my method of turning negative thinking into positive thinking. Introducing... my + - + formula...

So, how does it work?... 

Whenever you think about something, always look for the positives FIRST and then the negatives. Finally, the positives again, hence + - +. Why?...

Well firstly, if you think negatively first, your mind becomes 'shut off' and will not 'want' to move on from there. By thinking positively first, your mind is being feed with the 'selling point' first, this 'opens up' the mind and makes it more 'willing' to move forward, positively...

As I mentioned a moment ago, weighing up the negatives can be helpful, so that's why we do this second. Finally, we remind ourselves of the positives again because, by doing this, you 'override' any negativity that may have been created when you were weighing up the negatives.

Try it, it works great!...

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Moving Forward...


Thinking positively, far outweighs negative thinking, I hope you clearly understand that. With that being said, it makes sense which one to choose. But remember, negative thinking isn't all bad. Just recognise the difference between fact and perception...

Use my + - + method as your thought process, and become a positive thinking person NOW! It's simple, quick and easy!

To sum up...

Don't allow negative thoughts to hinder your dreams - PERIOD!...

So, off you go and...

Live your DREAM Life!...

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