5 Best Ways to Develop a Positive Attitude and Change Your Life
5 Best Ways to Develop a Positive Attitude and Change Your Life
When it comes to living a quality life, attitude is everything. A positive attitude has a lot of benefits that will change your life such as boosting your energy, enhance your inner strength, inspire others, and gain you the resilience to deal with difficult challenges. With positive attitude, you can increase your life span, decrease depression, reduce levels of distress, and develop better psychological and physical well-being.
Have you ever seen someone who had a terrible attitude? Perhaps they were extremely negative and pessimistic and not much fun to be around; or they complained non-stop about everything or how terrible their life was? I guess that you must have found it draining to be around them. Negative attitudes do not only make someone miserable, but also everyone around them.
A positive attitude, on the other hand, turns you into a person that everyone wants to be with; a person that constantly experiences great things, and a person who loves their life! Do you want to be that kind of person? If so, read on for some easy ways to develop a positive attitude.
Here are 5 ways you can develop positive attitude:
- Do what you love. This applies to hobbies and fun activities, and to one of the most important things of your life which is your work or business. Do you enjoy your job? Are you spending most of your time on something that makes you feel purposeful and fulfilled? If not, consider exploring other career options and moving toward a job or business you will love. When you regularly do things that make you happy, you can’t help but feel better about yourself and your life, which fosters a positive attitude.
- Expect the best always. It is easy to get into the habit of seeing doom and gloom in every situation but doing so keeps you forever focused on the negative. Instead, make a conscious decision to expect the best, even if your first impulse is to think negatively. Affirm as often as you can, “This is going to work out great! Wonderful things are going to happen today!” The more you do it the more you’ll begin to believe it, and the more you’ll begin to experience just that.
- Build yourself up. Think and speak positively to and about yourself every day. Most of us are in the habit of talking down to ourselves, which leaves us feeling hopeless, frustrated, and pessimistic. Get into the habit of building yourself up with positive self-talk and positive thoughts. Affirm your good qualities and downplay your negative qualities. Affirm that you are a work in progress; not perfect but great nonetheless!
- Build others up. As often as you can, try to encourage, support and compliment the people you encounter each day. That goes for people you know as well as strangers you meet in your daily travels. The more you focus on emphasizing the positive in others the more likeable you’re going to be, and the better you’re going to feel about yourself too!
- Think strength. The more you worry about your weaknesses and “failures” the more pessimistic and negative you are going to feel. Instead, consistently affirm your strengths, talents, and capabilities. You will end up feeling empowered and in control of your circumstances, which cannot help but improve your attitude!
Thanks Dr. Fred