Be positive on Monday to get better week!

Monday - for some people it is challenging day to be positive.

Start your work week from good mood to get rest of the week even better.



Read some articles about how to be positive...

This Week's Obsession: Trying to be Positive
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If we taunt them enough we might get a grail. Or a cow thrown at us. Man we've been a sorry sack of something these past few weeks. All this negativity: negative posts, negative ...
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Chose to be Positive and Take Control of Your Life
http://www.mindbodyexchange.com Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:30:40 GMT
 
It is really simple…choose to stay positive rather than negative. Staying positive enables you to take back the control that for whatever reason you gave away. You can't control everything that happens in your life. However ...
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Let's Be Positive! « Floriana Primary
http://sgpc.floriana.skola.edu.mt Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:03:41 GMT 

Let us all have a positive attitude towards life and give due importance to aspects such as love, tolerance, respect and kindness. We do not need to be sad, angry or frustrated. This should be an inspiration to all the ...
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The Power of a Smile

You use the power of a smile to express joy and satisfaction. Smile which you wear on your face is much more important, than the clothes you wear. Smile always says, "I like you. You make me happy. I'm glad to see you."

That's why dogs have such success. They are so pleased to see us that almost jump out of their skin. So it is natural, that we enjoy them. Smile of the baby is exactly the same.

Insincere grin? No, it does not fool anyone. We learned how to recognize an artificial smile and we reject it. Real smile flows from somewhere in the depths of the heart.

People who smile, usually sell, learn and work more efficiently. They are raise happier children too. According to some research, people who smile sincerely on photograph, live longer.

The power of a smile is huge even if no one sees how we smile. If you smile talking on the phone, that smile will be hear in your voice.

People rarely succeed at work if they do not do it with pleasure. If you want to be successful you must carry your duties and have fun from it. If you lost the joy of your work you finally losing.

And what if you feel that you do not want to smile? Two things. First, force yourself to smile. When you are alone, force yourself to whistle or hum a song. Behave as if you have been happy and you see that you actually will be happy.

"Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not." - William James

Everyone in the world are looking for happiness, and there is only one way to find them. You have to control your thoughts. Happiness does not come from the outside. It depends on what is in us.

Who you are, where you are, what you do and what are you doing at the moment, does not make you happy or unhappy. What is important, is what you think about all this. For example, two people located in exactly the same position and doing the same, one may be lucky and the other not. The difference is in attitude.

Your smile is a messenger of your good will. Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. For someone who watches dozens of grim faces, your smile is like a ray of sun piercing through the clouds. Especially when that someone is just being harassed by the boss, clients, teachers, parents or children, your smile will remind him that not all is hopeless, that there is still joy in the world . Remember the power of a smile does not provide any value as long as it does not donate to someone.

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Positive vision of end results.

When you set new goal very often your mind suggest you automatically all obstacles on the way to achieving your goal. If you do not try to overcome this you will focus on problems not on goal. As a result you get more problems and less positive outcome. This is why positive thinking is so important and we should practice it every day. When you set your goals you should also find and write down as much as possible reasons to success. It is important to positively visualize results, which we want to achieve. You should start your journey to goal with positive vision of end results. Keeping positive image of your goal in your mind and heart helps you to overcome obstacles to achieve it.

Don't limit yourself.

It is worth to think what better you can achieve than your initial goal. What result can be better than this which you set on the beginning? What enjoyed you even more. Remember you should set your goal so big to make all problems, small and insignificant in comparison. There is the rule that if you can imagine it you can achieve it.

On the beginning it can be, that you will not see any results. You may also have no idea how to achieve your goal and sometimes you may even think that your goal is not achievable. In the moments like that think about analogy to seed. After sowing, you have to wait long for the first blade and this is just first sign of harvest, to which still long way. If you give up and you will not be cultivate the grain you can forgot about harvest. So never, never, never give up.

Vocalize your goals.

Beyond positive creation of your goal image, you can try also to vocalize it. It means read or speak out loud this what you want to achieve with the energy and confidence. On the beginning you will feel little stupid and uncomfortable,but your goal is outside your comfort zone.

Take an action.

All mind tricks have one reason - motivate you to action. Taking action is most important. Do something to achieve your goal, check if it working. If not find if you can modify it to get the result you want. If still not working find another method. Do not stop acting.

Initial failures are inevitable. Positive vision of end results allows you to overcome it, stand up and try again.

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How to change your circumstances?

It is much easier to change your thoughts than your circumstances. It is not what happen is bad, it is the meanings we assign to this what happen make this bad, good or neutral. Anytime when something is happen to you, you automatically think this is good, this is bad or this is neutral.

Simple example. There is a spring and five workdays was nice warm and sunny weather. You have thought all the time that during the weekend you will ride bicycle. On Friday evening you watching the weather forecast and there is information that weekend will be rainy and cloudy. Now is the tipping point. You can be angry and even write a post on facebook complaining that always raining during the weekend. Your bad feeling make your weekend really bad, and you will not relax and you will go to work next week in bad mood. So you will work slower and probably make some errors and so on. In the other hand when you think that on spring weather forecasts very often do not work perfectly. So maybe it is still some chance for good weather. Even if it will rain thanks to that all plants start to grow and become green. Fresh light green is so wonderful in spring. There is a saying "there is no bad weather, only bad clothing". You can still enjoy your bike tour just put on rain jacket. Have the circumstances changed? No, you just changed the way you interpret them?

In many cases circumstances are not the real problem. They are problem as long as you focus on it as a problem. Only thing you need changing is your perception of the circumstances.

David Brinkley said:

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

Don't waste your time to blaming circumstances. You can even reverse the situation but you have to want, and change will begin from inside not outside.

7 Simple Mind Tricks To Achieve Success

By Greg Frost

Most people do not utilize enough of their brain. Some would even say in order to succeed, you need luck, not brain power. You can trick your brain into believing otherwise with simple mind tricks. Success is something that you envision and create for yourself. Use these easy techniques to help gain more success in your life.

Motivation

If you can envision yourself on the path to success, you are already using motivation as a way to engage your mind and gear yourself toward the reality of your thought process. To keep yourself motivated, talk about the plans you intend to fulfill. The more you motivate yourself by talking about your plans, the more likely you are to take that first step toward completion of those plans.

Motivation is a major key to success. No plan or idea ever created itself. It takes human ingenuity and the brain power of man to see plans through and make them a reality.

Positive Thinking

This may not seem like a mind trick, but in all actuality it is one of the best mind tricks. Achieving success can be a very challenging task. When you think positively, you dispel any doubt you may be harboring. Negative thoughts bring you down and make it difficult to succeed. No matter how bad things may seem, keep your thoughts positive and do not stray from a successful course.

Read to Exercise Your Mind

Reading may seem like it is a simple task that you do every day. This is true, however reading also helps transform your ideas and introduces new ways of thinking. Reading is one of the true ways you can train your mind for success. Not only does it help keep your brain geared for optimal performance, it also helps your continue to educate yourself.

Envisioning

Perhaps you have hit a slump and can't seem to get past a road block you have set for yourself. This would be procrastination at its best. When you get to this point, don't let it stop you. Instead think ahead. Close your eyes and envision the task already done and what it feels like to have accomplished it. When you open your eyes you will be ready to continue down that path of success and finish the work that put you in that slump.

Identify Thoughts

Distractions cause even the most motivated individual to stray from their path of success. Most of the time distractions come in the form of thoughts. It is important to be able to determine which thoughts are actually inhibiting you from succeeding and which thoughts are the motivating thoughts that are helping you succeed.

Relax

When you relax you take the stress out of success. When you relax you give yourself the time to wind down and become comfortable with challenging ideas. Once you begin to consider them to be manageable hurdles you can relax and tackle them.

Focus

In order to feel assertive and carry through with your goal of success you need to think confidently about yourself and be what you think. This is one of many very simple mind tricks that most people do not even realize they can accomplish.

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The How of Intention

by Joe Vitale

The area people get hung up the most with the Law of Attraction is "the how" of it all.

Meaning, they set an intention and then wonder and worry about what to do to actually manifest the end result.

They want a how.

That's a mistake.

As I wrote in in my book The Attractor Factor, after you state a clear intention, your final step is to let go while taking inspired action.

What does that mean?

Here's an example to help clarify the point...

After my personal trainer, Scott York, and I met and spent time at my home with legendary bodybuilder and actor Lou Ferrigno, we speculated who we'd like to meet next. Hanging with Lou for hours was a highlight of my life. He was charming and open. I'll never forget it, or him.*

Who did we want to see next?

The obvious answer for us was the legend himself, a man who even inspired Lou: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

We had both finished reading Arnold's autobiography, Total Recall, and were in awe of the man and his accomplishments. Arnold's list of record breaking successes is staggering.

Even at age 65, he's not slowing down. He has new goals, new passions, new projects, new movies, and a relentless drive to achieve more.

We decided we wanted to see him.

That was our new intention.

But how would we achieve it?

We didn't fret over how it would happen. We didn't make plans, or calls, or ask people for introductions. I could have done that. After all, I know people who know Arnold. I could have reached out and started to shake the trees, looking for my intro to Arnold.

But I didn't do any of that. Neither did Scott.

Why not?

We didn't feel inspired to do so.

When I say "let go and take inspired action," it means let go of any attachment or addiction or need for the end result. This requires faith. It requires trust. It requires a knowing that the intention will manifest, but in its own time and place. Or something even better will come along to replace it.

We let go of any "how"? to make it happen.

That's detachment.

But that's only part of the formula.

And at the same time, when you are inspired, act.

One night Scott was fooling around on his iPhone, just browsing emails while his kids played and watched television. As Scott thumbed through all the emails, he saw one that said, "Want to see Arnold?"

Scott couldn't believe it. He thought it was a joke or a scam. But he clicked on the email and read that a local person who has connections in the movie business was hosting the premier of Arnold's latest action movie, The Last Stand.

Turns out there was a contest where twenty winners could see the movie, and then visit with Arnold (and costar Johnny Knoxville) after the show for a private Q & A.

Scott doubted this was a ticket anywhere, but he took inspired action.

The host wanted a paragraph and a photo of every person wanting to win. Scott completed the requirements. He sent in his photo and such. And then he forgot about it.

Later that same night he received a response by email saying, "You won!"?

He was told he could attend the event with a friend.

Scott thought of me.

Together we went to that movie premier. We sat with a few other people and asked Arnold questions about the movie (great), politics (dirty), his goals (many), his future (movies), his exercise routine (daily), and more.

We got our intention!

Do you see how this works?

A clear intention - stated without desperation or need but with a childlike spirit of trust, faith and fun... led to an opportunity nobody could have predicted or orchestrated.

Our job was to take inspired action when it appeared. We did.

That's how the Law of Attraction works.

What do you want? What would be cool for you to have, do or be?

Arnold said his father taught him to "Be Useful."? That advice has guided his entire life.

Be useful.

What intention can you state that delights you while making you useful to others?

That will kick the Law of Attraction into overdrive. Just don't worry about how you will accomplish it. When ideas present themselves, act.

So, what is your benevolent intention?

State it.

And then let go of it while paying attention to any nudges from within or opportunities that come your way.

When you feel the inspiration to do something, act.

That's the "how?" of making your dreams come true.

* My evening with Lou Ferrigno, complete with photos, is here: http://blog.mrfire.com/dinner-with-lou-ferrigno/

About the Author

Dr. Joe Vitale shares how to attract money using the Law of Attraction and inspiration in business and life. You will learn the techniques that Dr. Vitale has used for over 25 years to become known as powerful leader in copywriting and marketing.

Live Your Life With an Attitude of Gratitude

By Michele Tocci 

Cultivating gratefulness enhances your life and will provide long-term emotional rewards. How grateful are you for your life, for those around you, for where you live, for having running water everyday?

We live in an extremely materialistic age. It is standard to expect so much, often too much. The fact we have and own so much appears to have an impact on how grateful we actually are. Some of us tend to focus on what we don't have at times rather than what we do have.

Imagine what it would be like if you started every morning being grateful. Grateful for a wonderful night's sleep, grateful for a warm bed, grateful for a comfortable mattress, grateful for being able to sleep in your own room. Wouldn't that be a positive way to start the day?

I once heard someone say - don't wait to have a wonderful day - start your day in a wonderful way. So why not start your day by being grateful from the moment you wake up.

Imagine the impact it would have on those around you if you show true gratitude. You would be the person they aspire to be. As we get older, we do tend to be more grateful, grateful for our health, our family, our friends, good food, at times even a sunny day. When we are grateful, we magnify our positive emotions.

The impact this attitude of gratitude would have on your children or grandchildren and generally the people around you would create an incredible ripple. You would be leading by example in such a positive way.

Gratitude is about appreciation; it is recognising the small details around you that are special. We take so much for granted. We start to appreciate 'the little things'. You start to see good in so many places. Living your life being grateful means that in so many small ways, everyday will be a positive experience.

Keeping a gratitude journal is a fantastic idea as it allows you to spend time each day thinking about what you can appreciate in your life. Oprah Winfrey once said:

"If you look at what you have in life, 

you'll always have more.

If you look at what you don't have in life, 

you'll never have enough."

So why not spread the gratitude and teach others around you how to be grateful. Lead by example; start to send thank you notes to friends for small things. It could be a call, a text or an email.

Display gratitude and thankfulness to those around you often. The more people that hear and experience your appreciation, the bigger the ripple effect.

The bonus is that the more you display appreciation and gratitude, the more you will experience and notice the small things that we do for others. At times, if we let it, our life can feel hectic and we can reach our capacity and then comes overwhelm; however, when we stop, take a moment to enjoy the present that is when we can see, feel and experience, all the wonderful things and people that surround us every day.

Promoting this is promoting life. Live your life everyday with an attitude of gratitude.

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5 Ways to Reduce Worry Right Now

by Colin G Smith

Everybody worries about things from time to time. Amongst the most common things people worry about are; Health, Work, Children, Looks, Age and Money. It's only really a problem when a person starts dwelling on worrying thoughts. Obviously it would be best to simply 'stop worrying' but this is easier said than done, unless you know about the following worry reducing methods

1. Get Above it All

When you're worrying you tend to focussing on big worrying images. By changing perspective and 'getting above it all' you can quickly change your response to the source of the worry and feel more detached and objective. Go and ahead and think about the thing that worries you. Now in your mind step back and imagine seeing yourself 'down there with the worry' as you float higher up to get a bird's eye view of it all.

2. Meditation

It's well substantiated that meditation can help to reduce stress and anxiety. By doing basic breathing meditation you can reduce your feeling of worry. Simple get comfortable. Close your eyes and concentrate on the sensation of the breath going and out. Do this for ten minutes and notice how you feel afterwards!

3. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

EFT has become quite well known and for good reason. EFT or 'energy tapping' is a way of using the fingers to gently tap the meridian points on the body which causes blocks in the human energy system to be released. By tapping away 'worry' you will feel more inner calm instead.

4. Art Therapy

This can be done in a very simple yet effective way. It's been observed that when people are stressed or agitated they tend to doodle with angular strokes. Because of the mind/body connection you can send calming vibes to the mind by drawing curvy / circular motions. Simply start doodling with pen or pencil, curves, circles and figure eights.

5. Practice Gratitude

The feeling of gratitude is a great antidote to worry and anxiety. Pick something really basic that you can feel grateful for right now. Are you in a warm, safe place? Feel grateful about that. Now what else can you feel grateful about? Friendships? Family? Pets?

Worrying at the end of the day is just a series of thought processes. Images and words in the mind. We can interrupt these thoughts and instead think about more positive things. By practicing simple methods like the one's above we can learn to reduce our worrying and enjoy life more.

About the Author

For over ten years Colin G Smith has been driven to find the very best methods for creating effective personal change. If you are anything

like me, you're probably interested in simple and straight-forward explanations. Practical stuff that gets results!

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Live in a State of Gratitude

by Andrew Horton

My experience has shown me that there is one attitude, which will completely transform your life. It will help you to invite more wealth and better health into your life, give you access to your greatest potential, help you build and sustain great relationships and make you feel the happiness and joy you deserve. The attitude I am referring to, is an attitude of 'Gratitude'. When you consciously discover all the things you have to be grateful for in your life and you focus your energy on inviting the positive emotions associated with them into your experience, you will feel more positive, believe in possibility and feel inspired to take action daily to achieve your goals.

Feeling gratitude is always a choice. 

It is a simple process of looking around your world, seeing all the wonderful things you have to be grateful for and then allowing the glow of joy and satisfaction to flow over you. The positive state you feel, when in a state of gratitude, will equip you to feel more inspired, you will experience far more self-confidence and self-belief and you will see the world around you from a far more positive perspective. This will allow you to see more opportunities and more easily overcome challenges.

Finding Things to be Grateful for

We have just had the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful festive season, filled with wonderful times with our families and friends. We have enjoyed many memorable and enjoyable moments during the festive season. If you have nothing else to be grateful for, use the wonderful experiences and time with family and friends, as a starting point. You really do have so much to be grateful for, when you really start to look, you will discover far more wonderful reasons for gratitude, than you would believe existed.

Making This Work for you

The way your life turns out in the future, is directly related to what you create. You are a very creative being, who arrived on this planet just like everyone else, naked, ignorant and vulnerable. Everything that happens in your life from that moment on is related to the choices you make or fail to make, the actions you take or fail to take and the thoughts you think.

Creation Process

The creation process is simple. Your thoughts create your expectations, which you turn into your vision and goals for the future. You then craft a set of action plans which you act on daily so that you can create your future life experience.

Driving the Creation Process

The way to drive your dreams and turn them into your reality is through expectation. The greater your expectation, the greater will be the things you will ultimately be able to manifest in your life. Thus the greater your expectation and your resultant belief in your ability to turn that expectation into your reality, the greater will be the possibility that you will manage to convert your expectations into your future reality.

Are your Expectations Limiting your Potential?

Action Idea: Take a close look at your expectations right now. Are they very limited and restrictive, because of your belief in yourself and what you are capable of achieving? If you have very limited expectations about what is possible, then it is extremely unlikely that you will achieve greatness. We seldom, if ever exceed our own expectations. The expectations you have, limited or expansive, have a powerful effect on how your life will turn out, and so if you want to change the way your future will turn out, change your expectations about what is possible for you.

Dare to dream about all the wonderful possibilities that are available to you, believe you can achieve them, create a positive mental attitude, by feeling gratitude for everything, which is working in your life and you will have created the perfect circumstances for inviting all the success you desire into your life.

About the Author
Andrew Horton is one of South Africa's top sales training experts. He will support, uplift and inspire sales professionals to explore the limits of their potential and awaken the sales giants, which resides within all of them. His sales training presentation is aimed at inspiring sales professionals, helping them to become re-energised and eager to achieve their sales targets. The sales tools and powerful tried and tested practical sales techniques, they will be introduced to during his presentation, will help any sales professional to immediately up their game and to become a real sales giant, within their markets. Visit my website at http://www.andrewhorton.co.za/sales-training

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