The power of positive thinking will leave you speechless
hey there!
I am happy to see you here again, today I am going to tell you about one of the most important and useful things in your life, the importance of positive thinking, try to read these lines carefully, you will understand the importance of positive thinking, positive thinking is way more important than we actually think it is, if you are not a positive thinker you'll get frustrated every single day, coz there are many stupid roaming around to spoil your day, all you can change is yourself, not the person who is creating problem.
to understand it more properly, let's take an example, suppose you are driving your car on a very busy highway, suddenly an another car takes you off from wrong side with a dangerous speed and rough driving style, you applied whole of your body pressure on the breaks, disc breaks stopped the car with a high pitched squeal, you are horrified, you just missed a deadly accident by the skin of your teeth, now your angry on the devil driver who was riding that car,
- what do they think of their selves.
- trying to pose as a hero.
this type of thoughts will come in your mind and you will spoil your mental peace being huffy.
try to think in a different way for the same incident, the devil driver went away, you saved yourself, everything is fine now, sulking will only harm you now.
try to think positively,
- May be he was in a hurry, may be someone was in serious health condition.
- may be he was taking a heart patient to hospital
or something like that, what will it do?
yeah! you guessed it right, it will reduce your anger, and after sometime, you will feel lighter, you will be normal.
now here is the logic behind this.
normally we all get furious in this type of situation, assuming that he was acting hero in front of me, despite we don't have any reason to think so, same time we don't have reason to think that he was in hurry due to some emergency, but thinking this will help us to feel better, now choice is your, both can be assumed.
Recently on The School of Greatness podcast, I had the opportunity to interview Steve Weatherford, the former NFL Super Bowl champion who was one of the best punters in the world, about his secrets to success.
One of the most powerful things that entrepreneurs and success-seekers can take away from the world of sports and athletic achievement is the effectiveness of visualization and positive thinking. Study after study points to the power of this simple yet life-changing practice.
What most people don’t realize is that the people who are on the top of their success game already are constantly learning, feeding their souls and minds to continue to grow. One of my favorite things about Steve is that he is so successful, in the top 1 percent of the 1 percent in his niche, one of the best in the world at what he does, yet he is transitioning to the next thing in his life (entrepreneurship) and is still learning and growing.“Visualize your day going perfect in detail. Commit to the habit for 30 days and your life will change.”
Steve’s key life hack is positive self-talk. He recommends that you “talk yourself through every day. In the morning say, ‘Today is going to be a great day and this is why’.… Visualize your day going perfect in detail. Commit to the habit for 30 days and your life will change.”
He doesn’t believe in realistic. He visualizes every single thing going perfectly. Does it? No. But having the vision that it will makes a big difference.
“You have to see things happen in your life before you can do it. It is visualization. I learned that as an athlete; don’t ever go out onto the field of competition thinking about what you don’t want to have happen, because once you let those negative thoughts into your mind, they can more easily manifest.
“If you are in a place of positivity, your percentage chance of hitting the perfect punt is higher, much higher, because you are thinking about what you want to do, not what you don’t want to do, or what you don’t want to happen.
“Your brain is the most powerful muscle you have.”
Monday Momentum
Steve says his approach to life is to envision, plan and take advantage of Monday’s momentum.
“I have been able to accomplish some amazing things because every Sunday I write down the goals that I want to accomplish in every aspect of my life. I map out my vision and accomplishments for the week and I break it into days. Monday is the day I attack the most. I get up early on Monday because it sets the tone for the rest of the week—my mindset, my productivity, my efficiency. Monday is the day I create momentum.”
Self-Scouting
Steve talks about the importance of “self-scouting,” or reflecting on your day to review just like athletes watching videos after a game. Identify what you did well and identify the things you did poorly to try to lock and load for the next day.
Formula for Prosperity
Steve says his formula for prosperity is identifying what your vision is, maintaining your focus, trusting your plan, working every day and being diligent, consistent and positive because you have your vision of where you want to be. Consistent work is the biggest piece of making your vision happen.
“Prosperity to me is a combination of health, wealth, gratitude and love, and I gravitate toward people like that because I want to create that in my life and I want to share that with other people as well.”
Daily Investment
Steve says there are dreamers everywhere, but how many dreamers are consistently making the daily investment, that daily sacrifice? It is going to require those daily decisions, that compound interest over time, to get just that much closer to your goal. People have a real problem choosing what they want 10 years from now over what they want today.
Make it a priority to surround yourself with positive people who encourage and also teach you.
Impact
Steve says he is most interested now in making an impact on people. “You are gonna die. But what are you going to do with your life? You can’t take it with you. What are you going to do between now and when you die that is going to impact people?”
Win or Learn
Every mistake that you make, every failure that you have, Steve’s mindset is this: “I am going to win or I am going to learn. I don’t think about failing, I just think about opportunities to grow. You are never going to lose… you are going to win or you are going to learn. Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from your greatness.”
You can hear the full interview with Steve and his two previous 5 Minute Fridays on The School of Greatness.
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