stephenh

You're here to make money right?

I mean there are a lot of forums out there that rabbit on about anything but as an excuse to actually taking some action.

I have as one of my favourite books "Power Of Positive Thinking" but it is no substitute for action.

I find that positive books help to change my mood when I get a bit flat but what really works is some sort of action.

Even a seemingly non profit action like starting a garden (Rodale does a great book with great sales copy called Square Foot Gardening) or going for a swim in the ocean has been really effective for me over the years.

The great thing I find with a garden (I like herbs as they have a purpose) is that I use it as a metaphor for my business. It shows me the need for daily, proper action and that there is a natural cycle of growth and reward.

Any other warrior closet herb gardeners out there?


Stephen

jhongren

Him I want to add:

Positive thinking => brings about action => you need a plan to guide you => faith which is again Positive thinking

It is a cycle and it takes mental discipline and this determines how many cycles you are willing to go through.

John

Bill Brickman

Stephen,

Agreed. The point you make is vital. Positive thinking alone can't achieve anything monetarily. There must be action that follows.

More specifically there must be action that has focus and clarity based on a desired result.

Vagueness doesn't work in this game. Getting clear and specific about what you want and how you plan to get it is the name of the game.

Best to all,
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nooraza

Yeah, positive thinking is not everything, but its make lots of different. Positive thinkers act differently compare with negative thinker.

Positive thinking will eventually lead you to make an action, but the negative thinking will stop you from moving forward.

jhongren

Negative thoughts can haunt a person and even paralyse them. It is really serious.

So discipline our mind to be positive thinkers every moment of our lives.

Cheers,
John

jhongren

Negative thoughts can haunt a person and even paralyse them. It is really serious.

So discipline our mind to be positive thinkers every moment of our lives.

Cheers,
John

ArTsYwRiTeR

Positive Thinking plus Determination/hard-work plus the Right Opportunity will turn one's life around.

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paul8368

I think it can but not on its own.

I took a course in developing a positive attitude including positive affirmations and of course positive thinking along with a work life balance and other similar topics. It lasted about three months and was company wide one day a week for an hour with "homework" in between.

It worked well within the organisation we achieved a lot but after a while the emphasis left us and I personally continued with my positive affirmations and setting smart goals.

Specific Measurable Agreed Realistic Timely

These were intended to be a management tool but I used them as a self management tool as well. This included taking action on the goals as they all had specified timescales associated with them.

It came as a shock to me when I realised I had met all my original goals, I found the course in the cupboard and reviewed my notes and although my 5 year goal had taken me 8 years I had actually got there with positive thinking and a completer finisher ethos.

Positive thinking alone won't get you there but it can help if you apply it every day

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gussie789

You have really good responses and they are right positive thinking brings about positive action

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stephenh

Warriors

Thanks to all for the replies.

paul8368 I totally agree about the goal setting deal. It is surprising how it works so well and yet how few do it.
I know a guy who does nothing else but get people to list goals then keeps them focused on those goals and taking action. He is booked solid.

jhongren and nooraza yeah I completely agree about. I read a book awhile back I think "Ask and It Be Given" by the Hicks / Abraham gang and they had some great exercises at the back for breaking that numbing negative cloud. Simple stuff but anything that interrupts the pattern (hello all nlp junkies out there) is worth it. John Harricharan sells a $97 course called Power Pause based on this principle and he has strong testimonials from a lot of big players.

Cheers
Stephen

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optimism is the key in every bills.

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edd666666

Hi I am a big fan of positive thinking as shown in the article below:

Can Watching “Star Trek” Make You Happy And Successful?

Interested in being happier and more successful? We can all learn a lesson from an episode of TV’s “Star Trek” that gets in under our radar and teaches us the importance of focusing on the positive.

In one episode of Star Trek the crew lands on a vacation destination planet where they could create any reality they wanted, just by thinking about it. At first the crew has a great time creating wonderful things, but gradually they become bored and tired and begin to focus on negative things, which creates negative situations for their reality there. Many of us run our lives the same way, by starting out focusing on the things we want, but then shift our focus to what we don’t want and our lives turns out as badly as the “Star Trek” crew’s in that episode.

So how do you focus on the positive? You need to make a decision to focus on the positive, it doesn’t just happen. As a motivational expert, I stress the importance of having goals to guide your life and “focusing on the positive” should be one of them.

People attending my seminars are surprised when I tell them to announce to the people they are in contact with that you intend to focus on the positive. My personal experience with this is that the reactions you receive to this will run the gamut from total acceptance to almost outright hostility. I advise you not to let the reaction of others to affect your own thoughts and behavior. By announcing to the world that you intend to focus on the positive, you reinforce your decision to be positive by putting yourself on notice and encouraging other people to give you feedback on how you are doing regarding being positive.

Scientific research can help you take full advantage of a positive focus to make decisions. Research shows that we tend to become happier as we move through the day. Our mood is generally lowest when we wake then peaks at noon, then declines till four in the afternoon, and then begins to build to its highest point of the day around 10 PM. So use those peak times to make plans, set goals, tackle hard jobs, etc. Make decisions when you are the most upbeat during the day in order to reduce the negatives in your life from pulling you back.

It also helps to realize that you can only control yourself, you can’t control things like the weather, things that other people do or don’t do, mechanical failures and so on. Focusing only on what you can control takes a lot of pressure off you and leads to greater happiness.

Business and Life Coach Theresa A Smith spends time having her clients become very clear about what they want of life and then helping them focus heavily on pursuing the steps needed to attain the life they want. She finds knowing what you want out of life and then working towards it is the number one step her clients can take that gives them long lasting happiness.

I publish a free daily One Minute Motivator via email and youtube and in a recent one I said “ Every day we have a choice. We can choose to focus on negative thoughts that leave us feeling insecure, frightened and cynical or we can choose to focus on positive thoughts that empower us and fill us with a sense of optimism about our world and our role in it. What type of thoughts we choose to focus on, grow stronger, and the other type will grow weaker. Make the choice to focus on the positive, and you will find it gets easier the longer you do it.”

In my book Sixty Seconds To Success, I make a similar point. “Your focus is your future. You get what you focus on. You can focus on the things that will move you and your projects ahead, or you can focus on things that will not. Focus brings all your power together and enables you to do things in one area that you couldn’t do without it. Picture yourself achieving your goals, and your chances of achieving them go up dramatically. Believe it and you’ll see it.

What you think about on a daily basis is what your future will be like. Tibetan monks believe that if you want to know your future, look at what you’re doing right now. Everything we do now affects what will happen next. Our life’s a chain of now’s and all the things we did in those now’s. Now is what counts and now is what will make your future.”

The two worlds are there for each of us to choose which to live in. Choose the world of your dreams and focus on the positive in your life-it’s as close as your next thought- and before long your dream will be your reality.



Edward W. Smith is the author of Sixty Seconds To Success, the host of the Bright Moment cable TV show and publishes the free daily email of the One Minute Motivator(quick peak performance tip). Go to Bright Moment for more information.