Being positive is the key to life. When you focus on the possibilities of tomorrow, you can create your future. When you dwell in the past you are just accepting failure. Check out “I feel good, I knew that I would.”

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One thing I heard a long time ago, and try to practice is this:

When you go to bed at night, right before you go to sleep, think of 3 good/great things that happened to you that day. It doesn’t have to be monumental things, it could just be the fact that you didn’t burn dinner, or you heard a bird sing in a particularly beautiful way.

Part 2 of this tip is that when you first wake up in the morning, think of 3 things in your life that you’re thankful for. Again, it can be anything, think big or small, like being thankful for waking to see another day, having a roof over one’s head, family members, the cup of tea you’re about to have, etc. It really gets you in a positive frame of mind and starts the day off right.

Still working on that blog of mine…. any day now… stay tuned… :-)

For me, on another post here, several people made comments about a comment I made – one of them started similar to: “Sorry to break your heart, but…..”

The thing for me is, it has never been about pleasing others, but about what gets me in my comfort zone, professionally, personally and religiously. Sometimes that is making others happy, sometimes it is doing things against the grain and sometimes it is being ridiculed or otherwise degraded.

The thing is – all the little things can make a different – catching a nice view of the Rocky Mountains on my way to work, when the sun hits them just right pretty much makes the day good, no matter what happens. When we miss things like that, we start losing positive outside of the computer and it all goes downhill.

It changed my life!

Everyday when I wake up I count my blessings…That always puts me in a positive mood ;)

Act positive, think positive, smile positve, speak positive, percieve positive, dream positive, and then you would automatically become more positive.

Of course this would spill over into your writing, causing all your readers to be more positive.

For the one I publish supporting a parents basic human right to have a choice in the education of their child(ren) in Germany, it is about keeping the end goal in mind. Focusing on the outcome and imagining what that would be like keeps one positive despite the knock-backs and contrary government actions.

For another blog though, its authenticity is in sharing the positives and the negatives – it is about being real. Sometimes I think that there are too many ‘phony’ people out there only putting their best foot forward and that can cause another to stumble.

So it depends on what type of focus yours has.

Of course, as you said, no situation can be entirely negative. Positivity, like a lot of other things, shows itself when one is looking for it. :)

I stay positive by feeding my mind with the positive daily – whether that’s through reading books, daily motivational emails I receive, listening to one of my motivational tape series, or meditating, I find that I need to do something to feed my mind the good stuff everyday. It’s just like exercise for the body, but instead this is positive food for the mind.

**I’m glad to hear you tell us about your optimistic outlook on life – I never thought of you as being a negative person but it’s neat to hear about your mindset.

Doyle Slayton
Executive Director & Sales Strategist
http://www.SalesBlogcast.com

And there is a time and place to feel down and be okay with that. We all experience that. That’s life.

If you’re constantly complaining about bad situations, it just makes them worse. But if you take everything with a smile or laugh things off, that does wonders for your mentality (and productivity, and content, etc…)