Five steps to positive thinking
Over the years, many positive thinking advocates have crafted lists of the steps one should follow to properly embrace the concept of positive thinking. None are actually the best of the lot. Instead, we have today a very intelligent and lengthy set of steps to take us to the pinnacle of positive thinking. All are words of wisdom and all represent good advice from those who really know.
We can quote individual five, ten or twenty-step messages or we can select what we consider the best of them all and craft a new set. This might read something like the following steps o help you deal with recurring negative ideas:
(1)-Put words to the negative ideas you now harbor and the 'triggers' that make them appear in your mind. A few bad thoughts can set off a bad scene and bad scenes usually end up badly. Identify these enemies so you know what you're dealing with.
(2)-Don't try to completely forget the negative ideas because they've been with you for years and won't disappear in a flash. However, you can manage them and prevent them from taking control and becoming an attitude.
(3)-Look at your negative thoughts and images objectively. While they've been with you a long time, they are not you. You're the listener, not the originator. You can listen and obey or choose instead to embrace a more positive approach to what you are. See them for what they are and then let them go.
(4)-Stop your negative thoughts and images dead in their tracks the instant they appear. Have some positive ideas ready to replaced them and do so promptly. Never give in to the old ideas that have only held you back from happiness and success.
(5)-Don't be afraid to debate with yourself. When the negative ideas rear their ugly heads, counter them with something positive. Remember that negative is just a trip back to the same old you and reach out for the new you that you really want.
Sets of steps can be crafted for business situations, personal relationships and virtually anything else. If you fully embrace the concept of positive thinking, you'll meet all of them sooner or later and realize that they all have but one purpose: self improvement. Though you can find hundreds of books on positive thinking that can really put you on the right track to positive thinking, the above steps will always come handy when you are in doubt.
