Ahmed Shaami
When positivity seems nothing like a wishful thinking, it is hard to focus on the positive. But the human brain is naturally more focused on the threats rather than the things that are already at peace. One of the very first things you need to start for your own personal development is to improve your outlook on life. Instead of dwelling in the past, we need to build a more optimistic attitude and to become more stable over time. Staying positive and constructive even in the tough times can help you to keep working towards something better. Staying positive is not just good for your health, there is proven to be a strong connection between positivity and performance.
According to experts, the ability to turn pessimistic thoughts and tendencies into positive can be done with simple techniques and a little know-how. Following are the few ways that can bring positive changes in your behavior:
Stop the negative-talk in its tracks:
The more power you will give to your negative thoughts, the more of your energy will be drained and there will be nothing left to cultivate positivity. Negative thoughts blur your vision and you fail to see the reality. You need to stop this right when you feel negative thoughts sweeping in your mind and you start becoming pessimistic. Looking at the positives will make you more rational and clear-headed in evaluating the seriousness of any situation. When you feel that the thing you want you will never be able to attain it or a good situation will never occur, be careful that it is your brain’s natural threat tendency that will inflate the perceived severity of an event. Therefore, when a tough situation occurs always separate facts from the fiction and it will give you a more positive outlook.
Focus on the positive:
Once you stop the occurrence of negative thoughts in your mind, now you need to focus on the positive that are around you. You can help your brain by selectively focusing in the few things that you feel have something positive to think about. When your brain will start focusing on the good things, your mood will become better, and the process will become easier with the passage of time. If you don’t find anything in the surrounding then think about one small thing that you did well in a day. This will give you confidence and by focusing on any event approaching in the future, you can make plans and focus your mind towards something constructive.
Cultivate the habit of gratitude:
There are so many good things in your life that you don’t pay attention to because of focusing on the wrongs that are happening. But according to the research, people who daily work on cultivating the habit of gratitude, experience more energy, better mood, and lower stress levels. You can take some time out every day to focus on the good things that are resent in your life. In this way whenever you will pessimistic thoughts, you will think about those positive things and will feel much happier.
