Researchers estimate our thoughts are predominantly negative. Increasing the amount of constructive thoughts is something to strive for. Studies indicate that gratitude is one of the best ways to boost your positive mindset. Learn how thankfulness can be a key for you to change your life.

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Martin Seligman, Ph.D. is the founder of the positive psychology movement, and author of Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life and Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. These are books I recommend highly.

In this video, he describes an exercise where you examine what has gone right in your life that day, rather than dwelling on what has gone wrong. Many studies show that focusing on what you have to be grateful for increases your overall mood and well being. It trains the subconscious to scan for things to be grateful for and creates a sense of optimism.

In the exercise, you think of constructive things that have happened, and what caused them to occur. This allows you to focus on what’s positive. And energy flows where attention goes. So this is an easy technique to begin boosting your positive thoughts.

attitude · beliefs · believe · gratitude · optimism · positive thinking · self-help

You can’t change other people. But by changing the way you respond to them, it can change the way they treat you. It’s not about fixing them or the situation. It’s about honoring yourself and your well-being. When you set boundaries, you change the dynamics of the situation and take back your power.

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When you leap forward in personal growth, it can be disorienting. You’ve outgrown your old awareness and have to change the way you respond to life. You can’t go back to the old way, or put the genii back into the bottle. Here are a couple of strategies that can help re-orient you to your new inner landscape.

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We’ve all had days where nothing seemed to go right. And the harder we tried to make things better, the worse they got. Unfortunately, by focusing on the negative, it just creates an atmosphere that draws more of it to you. The fear something will go wrong makes sure it will. Here are 3 tips to get out of that frame of mind and back on track.

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You tend to filter current situations through your beliefs. If you tend to believe that nothing good happens for you, you probably overlook opportunities that come your way. This means you don’t take action on them, because you don’t realize there’s any action to take. But you can change those beliefs and filters. Here’s an exercise to practice turning negative beliefs around in your daily life.

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Most of consciously would love more good in our lives. But some people unconsciously restrict it, based on fear of offending others. Here are a couple of reasons why you might avoid accepting good, and some new attitude possibilities to resolve them.

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Setting an intention is a powerful way to make changes in your life. And it’s actually a promise to yourself. But if you tend to break promises to yourself, your subconscious will not believe that you’re willing to do what’s necessary to achieve your goal. If you’ve had a habit of falling short of your goals, you’ll have to gain its trust again. Learn one way to begin gaining its cooperation when you really want to make a change.

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Change isn’t easy. If you don’t find a strong motivation and reason to make the effort to improve, then you’ll fall back into old patterns. Here are some tips of what you can do to empower and intensify your motivation to follow-through on your intention.

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Being aware of your true intention is important in all areas of your life. It’s not only vital when you set goals for yourself, but also when you’re communicating with other people. Here are four examples of how the underlying intention of communication can help or hinder you.

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