It isn’t easy staying positive and upbeat. It really isn’t … not at first anyway. The great news: once you learn how to be positive it becomes a snowball effect and you become more positive and powerful.
We live in a world where negativity is becoming the norm.
The media consistently highlights the gloom, doom and drama of life because it
gets eyes. Shocking news gets viewers. At work coworkers love to complain and
find the fault in everything. Few advertisements inspire you to buy a product.
Instead most ads scare you into buying a product with fear advertising or
competitor bashing.
Why do you want to stay positive?
Because life is so much
better, you will live longer and healthier, and you achieve more of your
dreams and become more successful. The law of attraction applies only to those who are ready to receive. If
you are positive you will attract more positive. If you are negative you will
attract more negative. Which one would you prefer?
What ever happen to feel good news? Where are the positive stories of
people overcoming adversity, cancer, and setting new personal records? I used
to be a news junkie, especially politics. Now I rarely turn it on. If it is
important, someone will tell you about it. I always know when it is going to
snow two days before it does because you cannot go into a Starbucks without
hearing others talk about. It is as if they having seen snow in New England
before.
TV, AKA the Drama box. Most television programming is negative drama for the same reasons, it sells better. Out of curiosity I watched a recent episode of Desperate housewives and I admit, the story was gripping. A plane crashed into Wisteria Lane. After watching the whole hour (an hour I can never get back), I realized that there is nothing positive, motivational, or inspirational in the show. A couple is fighting, he dies of a heart attack, multiple people are cheating on each other, someone is plotting the death of someone else, extortion and so.
Not the junk I want wandering around in my subconscious.
Garbage in = Garbage out. Be careful what you watch.
Become well read in works of text art. Read (or use audio books) about people who have achieved great success, great happiness, great purpose, or overcome great adversity. A recent favorite of mine is “The Noticer” by Andy Andrews. Read biographies of our greatest leaders and achievers. They can be historical or contemporary. What you will find is that those who achieve the most and those who are the happiest have common traits such as finding the positive in every event.
Your “INNER GAME”
What about your ‘inner game’? What about reprogramming your mind to naturally stay positive so it is not a battle. You can easily stop the limited programming like “with my luck” and “why does this always happen to me.” This article series will end with "How to Win Your Inner Game"
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Celebrate Life,
Croix Sather
You are so right on, Croix. Most people simply don't accept there are very real and negative effects on your life from absorbing all that junk from today's media. I'm speaking tomorrow at an online conference and part of what I talk about includes this very subject. I'll be stepping on some toes for sure, but I'll tell them it's Croix's idea :)
Posted by: Susanne Scott | February 10, 2010 at 08:50 AM
I agree completely Croix... the news and tv, in general, fills us up with junk. If there is something big going on, I'm bound to found out somehow without watching the news. I learn enough about what's going on by just browsing online. I haven't had cable TV, or anything similar, since 2004, (that may pushing it for some, lol). I also feel biographies can be very impacting. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Elaine Leon | February 13, 2010 at 12:47 PM