Do you believe in being positive all the time?

Ricky Parker · 03-23-2009, 03:22 PM

I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life.

Do you know people who get the idea of being positive skewed with their business and kinda do what I explained above? And if you do what kinda advice would you give them to get back to reality?

(No right or wrong answers here. Just your thoughts)

Jamie Iaconis · 03-23-2009, 03:26 PM

Hi,

Although you lost me at the 2 questions...

I definitely believe in being positive at all times
and to add to that, always (try to) Have Fun!

Jamie

Ricky Parker · 03-23-2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie Iaconis

Hi,

Although you lost me at the 2 questions...

Edited my jabber to hopefully make a little more sense.

(maybe)

Jonathan 2.0 · 03-23-2009, 03:35 PM

Yeah I don't think it's normal to be positive all the time. Massive respect for people who are genuinely positive most of the time though.

FortressDewey · 03-23-2009, 04:22 PM

Many of us deal with stuff all the time, however, I have learned something over the years that whether good or bad, rich or poor, healthy or not.....these too shall pass. It's very pragmatic and helps keep you grounded in life so you can keep trudging forward. (please look up trudge to understand the word, most likely it's not what you think)

honestbizpro · 03-23-2009, 04:49 PM

Well when confronted with negativity I think of 3 things first...hospital, Jail, and a coffin. If I am not in any of those 3 places...it's all good all the time!

Bukola · 03-23-2009, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky Parker

I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life.

Do you know people who get the idea of being positive skewed with their business and kinda do what I explained above? And if you do what kinda advice would you give them to get back to reality?

(No right or wrong answers here. Just your thoughts)

To have a variety of emotions is natural and I believe to be positive or close to it should be our default state. Is the person you are referrning to choosing to be only positive to avoid pain or hide from fears? Or is it their default state that they present to you and others? What ever the reason may be accept them for who they are.

Andrew Lewin · 03-24-2009, 09:21 AM

Life is full of peaks and trophs, I think that your overall mental attitude is the important thing. Which can be generally negative or generally positive while traversing through the emotional scale.

kenboss · 03-24-2009, 08:27 PM

I agree with you Ricky - positivity is a state of mind, nothing more or less, and if it is genuine, a wonderful state to be in. But you cannot and should not force it. The notion of positiveness does find its way into all kinds of weird twists and turns. Some people turn it into a lifestyle that either takes them into a kind of fantasyland, where they are in denial about anything that has a whiff of negativity (instead of dealing with it), or they go for a kind of aggressive positiveness, foisting it on everyone they meet without the slightest sensitivity to others. Supression of so-called negative emotions is another form of that first category - and it's not always healthy. Sometimes we need to experience sadness, grief, disappointment, even outrage, all of which is possible to do while maintaining a positive persepective on those emotions.

For me, benevolence is a better word. There is something almost restricting about the word POSITIVE. But you can think and act in a huge variety of ways when you are focused on benevolence, for yourself and for others.

For example, you may give your small child a good stern scolding, letting her see just how angry you are, after she ignores your call and runs across a busy road. Some would comment that you are not sounding positive, but you sure are acting for the benevolence of the child.

As for the business angle - I remember many years ago going for a telemarketing job. These guys who ran it were unbelievably positive - they could take anything and put a positive slant on it, and went out of their way to make everyone one the team feel good about themselves, and showed us all how to do the same with our prospects on the phone. This was all kind of creepy, to be honest, but I went along until after 3 days I came to realise that what they - we! - were selling was crap, bogus, virtually nonexistent (it was advertising space in a medical directory, the publication of which was on 'permanent postponement') ... that we were all quietly and steadily ripping people off.
These guys didn't deny it - but they had a 'positive' slant on that too: "If we don't get in there, someone else will!"
Needless to say I went home and didn't go back.
Positivity or Benevolence? I'll take the latter any time.

cheers
Ken

Kim Davis · 03-24-2009, 08:49 PM

I would say, your positive attitude is admirable but you will also need commitment, dedication, knowledge, resources, time, support etc...
I am sure we have all run across people that are positively still broke.

parrott · 03-24-2009, 09:01 PM

Not reality to expect to be positive all the time, but when feeling down, it is important to have some tools to help bring yoursrlf out of the dolldrums.
LP

nikhilg · 03-25-2009, 01:29 AM

Accurate thinking is important.

It is necessary to know yourself (as preached by many religions and philosophies) and it is necessary to learn how to think straight. Then you have a better chance of coping with life and being happy no matter what situation you find yourself in.

Success is not guaranteed and there may be many factors that affect the outcome of your business venture. As Sun Tzu said - it is necessary to know yourself and know the enemy.

Positive thinking may be of a certain limited use when you have to motivate yourself to act to achieve your goals. But the task of setting goals should be done while thinking straight or thinking accurately.

If you try to use positive thinking to brainwash yourself and get yourself to believe something absurd then it will not help you. It will harm you and your mental balance will be affected.

There is much more that i can say but I will stop here. This post is already overlong.

regards

Nikhil

PS - take an interest in philosophy - both eastern and western - and learn detachment

ankita · 03-25-2009, 01:57 AM

I prefer always be positive & be optimistic. Becoz everything happen is happen for some good cause. so always b positive. Some times its hard but try to b positive thats my personal opinion.

Lucy Lopez · 03-25-2009, 02:27 AM

I absolutely want to be positive all the time. By positive, I mean staying hopeful, keeping the faith, believing that everything has its purpose even if I may not know, understand or agree with it and exercising the power of imagination to consider multiple possibilities/perspectives rather than settle for the default, fatalistic ones.

Am I always positive? No, but I have noticed that intending to be happy (which is how I prefer to think of it) keeps me on the brighter and lighter side of life!

mikebeta2 · 03-25-2009, 02:41 AM

being positive all the time, is something you can train yourself to do..

robertstr · 03-25-2009, 03:49 AM

I don't think that a person can be positive all the time. If they are so, there is no person getting angry with the others or going crazy and so on.

billbarrett · 03-25-2009, 07:02 AM

I think that people got the idea of positive thinking wrong at all. The common idea is that positive thinking means to live in a pink world trying to believe that everything is going to be fine.

My opinion is that positive thinking means just to look for the solution, not stare at the problem. So, you don't need to think "Wow, I feel great!" all the time. It just means:

1. When you are happy to think: "How to find new and better ways to be happy?"
2. When you have a problem, better think: "How to find the solution?"

What do you think about that?

jayden.fellze · 03-25-2009, 09:21 AM

I always believe in Positive thinking, it enables a person to pursue more in their endeavor, so that their dream will come to reality.

Kay King · 03-25-2009, 09:48 AM

I see people who have peaks and canyons instead of "troughs". They are overly optimistic one day and overly pessimistic the next. That's a result of investing too much emotion into efforts where stability and perseverance are required.

No one is always positive - nor should you want to be.

How could you appreciate being happy if you never know what it is like to be unhappy?

How can you appreciate a day when results are positive if you never have a day when things just don't work right?

kay

fadorg · 03-25-2009, 09:54 AM

Yes i believe in been positive all the time cos the world itself is filled with news that creates negativity and one is not positive i wonder how he is going to cope

IMproducts · 03-25-2009, 02:42 PM

I don't believe it is best to TRY and be positive all the time. In reality that's not going to be the case, so you got to try and wait out through the negative times by positive during those negative times ;-)

Cheers

Chris

joshtheman · 03-25-2009, 03:03 PM

Maintaining a positive outlook may not be that easy. But it is very important when you're trying to relieve yourself of stress.

jacquis · 03-25-2009, 06:38 PM

I find that being positive, or even joyful comes naturally, when a feeling comes up that I dont' really like, and I go into that feeling and embrace it. Facing that feeling, and feeling the power and energy in that feeling without labeling it as 'bad' or 'good', has a very powerful effect and the joy just naturally arises.

naruq · 03-26-2009, 08:43 AM

Being Positive is a state of mind. Just like prosperity is a state of mind.

reynald2790 · 03-26-2009, 08:52 AM

Yes, I do believe being a positive thinker. Because being a positive thinker can lead you to success.

daver99 · 03-26-2009, 09:27 AM

No doubt there are people who are in a state a "positive denial".... meaning they ignore the facts and project a rosy picture without taking action. That can lead to trouble.

However, a positive attitude is crucial to long term success in any area of life. When we see challenges as opportunities, and keep our focus on improving our strengths, we grow in the right direction.

ArtW · 03-26-2009, 10:08 AM

Its always good to be positive it effects your mood, aswell as it dosen't hurt being optimystic on even the darker events. But at some point you want 'always' be positive.

subwaysurfer · 03-26-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Parker

I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life.

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I laughed at the phrase crazy rainbow kingdom, and I do know what you mean. I have learned though, and I base this on many wasted years of being a negative person that it is BEST to maintain a positive or lets say a PROACTIVE outlook in life, in fact, it's crucial for surviving in this life.
I remember watching my son learing to walk. This kid would stand up wobble fall down and bump his oversize head so much it was worth turning off the TV just to watch him.... dont worry he aint brain damaged--- had he not been persistant and had a positive attitude, than he might be nineteen years old and crawling on the floor still, afraid to stand up, based on past negative experiences of falling down. I think we're all BORN with the capacity to have a positive can do attitude and then we lose it over time and blame it on "seeing reality" the question is, WHAT REALITY??? I'm not saying you ignore the eight hundred pound Gorilla in the room when he's in the room with you and everyone else sees him too, but only a positive attitude will enable you to find a shotgun or a bananna to appease him! A fireman has a positive attitude going into a burning building to save a child NOT knowing objectively if he's coming out, A new driver has a positive attitude that he's going to drive down the expressway without crashing into fellow motorists.Even a guy whose courting a girl has a positive attitude without any prior knowledge that she's gonna give him the time of day. To NOT have a positive attitude results in the kid being burned in the fire, you walking to work each day, and staying at home alone instead of enjoying the company of a wife or a girlfriend.

MatthewPope · 03-26-2009, 04:14 PM

I think we need to be realistic about being positive all the time. Life can be downright awful and you WILL have tons of problems to work through. I believe actively seeking looking solutions to your problems, rather than focusing on the cause or the problem, is essentially what positive thinking is.

Sometimes...just sometimes, we need to feel the bad stuff, we need to go through the process. I don't think it's healthy to just ignore everything bad that happens to you.

subwaysurfer · 03-26-2009, 04:20 PM

just like jogging or eating healthy being positive is a habit that has to be developed and maintain. I had a lot of difficulty with it because I wasnt accustomed to it and it felt "corny" to be honest. The fact is that we're not used to hearing people being positive. The majority of the time people will be moaning and complaining about how hopeless how awful how bad and impossible something is, without offering a single solution of how things can get better or how a situaition can even be made more tolerable. Ive found that once you encounter a problem and you sit down and figure out a plan to work with in , get through it and eliminate it, you auttomatically start feeling better, even if you find out your plan has holes in it at first! LOL! at least you can say, well, THAT didnt work, what ELSE can I do. I once read this book in college that some of you may have heard of written by Victor Frankel iexcuse me if Ive mis spelled it- called, "Man's Search For Meaning" Even though Ive read other great books on the subject by Napoleon Hill, Tony Robbins, and Zig ZIglar, This book topped them all. For those who dont know, Frankel was a survival of the Nazi Concentration camps and as you can imagine, experienced all the unspeakable horrors that goes with being in that environment. "Having a bad day, " is putting it lightly. Anyways, being stripped of EVERYTHING, Family, Finances, Social Position, and Self Respect, Victor, who was a shrink, found out that most of his conventional methods and practices didnt help him but what DID work was that he found out that man can be stripped of EVERYTHING literally, as he and many others were, but the one thing that could not be taken from him was his ability to choose how he was going to view his situation. He mentioned that those who survived , were the ones who had GOALS even little ones they set for themselves each day. His particular goal was to write on his experiences in the camp and bring out a positive healing type of message, which he did. To me, this guy is the uncrowned KING of Positive thinking, and proof positive that not only does it work, but is NECCESSARY for survival . A pity that more insnt written on him.

jcisme · 03-31-2009, 04:54 PM

Besides the fact that being positive all the time about everything moves one away from reality, its other effect is that when things do go wrong and they will, one winds up feeling guilty that perhaps they weren't positive enough.

RevenueRabbi · 04-01-2009, 03:36 AM

You should try to be positive about your endeavors... but aware and conscious that not every ball is a home run.

As Wayne Gretzky says: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Be positive all the time... but be a realist as well.

gee1 · 04-04-2009, 09:00 PM

A positive attitude speaks about your thinking towards life, people and situations. Maintaining a positive attitude, speaks of possessing a solution orientated mindset rather than a defeatist one, It also speaks of maintaining thoughts that are healthy to you and others, maintaining hope. An attitude that maintains a clear, realistic and balanced view of life ... not an unrealistic 'everything is rosy all of the time' view.

The reality is even if you are a devout spiritual person that prayers countless times a minute and devotes all their time and money to charity ... you will have your moments of negativity. The real point is ... are they 'every now and again' bouts of soured emotions ... or is it a general trend. Because the former is quite healthy ... as long as you bounce back and don't camp there.

Having some tools and knowledge could help you to bounce back quicker, they could also help you to avoid a large amount of those negative bouts.

Christie Love · 04-04-2009, 11:06 PM

I commend people who always seem to be positive. I mean, why would you want to be negative or so hooked on reality that it breaks your spirit.

When talking to people who are positive, what I see is that they see things in a completely different light than most of us. In one seminar, Tony Robbins asked one of his members, what he was so happy about. He said, as long as I wake up and see that I'm standing above ground, I'm happy. I think that's a good attitude to have.

When I get down about things, I think of all the things I'm grateful for in my life. In fact, I write them down and really compare my life to others who would give their left legto live my life and all the problems that go along with it.

Mark Smith · 04-07-2009, 11:13 PM

yes i truly believe in positivity at all times its important to be positive because it spread to those around!

innhui · 05-02-2009, 06:55 AM

Having a positive mindset helps a person be happy and successful

The question: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Is like asking "is is possible to be happy all the time?". It is a rhetorical question.

I think it would be great to be positive all the time but it is not possible since we are human beings and we cannot be like "clockwork" as we have emotions, and we face all sorts of challenging circumstance

However, I think that being positive helps us to get us what we want in life.
If we are positive, we can be more successful. For instance, if we want to get ahead financially, we do need to be positive about it and believe we can be wealthy. It is this positive mindset that distinguish the poor and wealthy

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AnneE · 05-02-2009, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky Parker

I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life.

Do you know people who get the idea of being positive skewed with their business and kinda do what I explained above? And if you do what kinda advice would you give them to get back to reality?

(No right or wrong answers here. Just your thoughts)

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean. Can you give us an example of the 'drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom' behavior?

I figured if you were asking what advice folks would give, it would help if I understood better what the problem is.

Vincelog · 05-02-2009, 12:18 PM

There will be times when negativity will drift into our life. But we need to get it out of our life in order to feel better and start taking action again. Most probably we will not be 100% positive all the time but making sure that we are positive for majority of the time definitely help us to be happier.

Cheers,
Vincent

Tyrus Antas · 05-02-2009, 02:23 PM

I'm often positive but always realist about life and the world. Makes sense to you? It makes to me.

Tyrus

NothingEverHappens · 05-03-2009, 03:26 PM

I'm often positive but always realist about life and the world. Makes sense to you? It makes to me.

Tyrus

Indeedy . lol

chyneclicks · 05-03-2009, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naruq

Being Positive is a state of mind. Just like prosperity is a state of mind.

I believe so. Sometimes positive thinking is also about being optimistic and having the hopes for a brighter tomorrow.

Kezz · 05-03-2009, 10:17 PM

I think that rather than thinking 'positively' all the time, you should think 'constructively'. The downside to always thinking 'positively', is that in some cases it can actually be destructive to you.

For example, something Tony Robbins uses as an example, is that you can think positively that there are no weeds in your garden until you go blue in the face. That won't stop the weeds from growing.

Sometimes 'positive' thinking can come in the form of denial. Sometimes, you have to accept there is an issue you need to deal with, and look at ways of solving a problem. Sometimes, in order to be constructive, we have to work through what might be construed as some 'negative' thoughts.

For example, a person I knew discovered she had cancer. She failed to accept that she had cancer and to begin taking constructive steps to get rid of the cancer. She kept up the same lifestyle that was probably partially responsible for her illness, and in her mind, she was thinking 'positively', refusing to accept her present circumstances.

Sometimes we cling to 'positive' thought out of fear.

Instead, accept everything to be exactly as it is. You don't have to place a judgment of 'positive' or 'negative' on anything.

Then, look at ways to think 'constructively'. Ask yourself what you can do to build your life and your circumstances into what you want them to be.

You don't have to divert yourself from 'negative' thoughts, but you should do your utmost to divert your attention from 'destructive' thoughts.

Replace 'positive' and 'negative', with 'constructive' and 'destructive' and you'll fare much better.

John M Kane · 05-03-2009, 10:40 PM

ALL the time?
I wish I could be SOME of the time.
Tough when old and body has gone to ****.
Still looking for the key.

Samuel Craig · 05-03-2009, 11:06 PM

I you think you are talking about two different things but giving them the same name. positive thinking is an approach to whatever life throws at you. the other, if I get your meaning , is what I would call wishful thinking.

Wishful thinking is not positive thinking it's just silly.

markfoo76 · 11-20-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by billbarrett

I think that people got the idea of positive thinking wrong at all. The common idea is that positive thinking means to live in a pink world trying to believe that everything is going to be fine.

I agree. Too many people have misunderstood what positive thinking means. Positive thinking doesn't mean "I'm jumping off this building but I'm going to be fine." That would just be ridiculous.

Positive thinking simply means making the best of things in the most trying times by first looking for the good in it.

Cheers~

Mark

Coach Ramy · 11-20-2009, 12:55 PM

It's not easy being positive all the time although I always try! I think it makes a big difference in your success in life

he_who_brings_order · 11-20-2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky Parker

I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life.

Do you know people who get the idea of being positive skewed with their business and kinda do what I explained above? And if you do what kinda advice would you give them to get back to reality?

(No right or wrong answers here. Just your thoughts)

These people who drift from reality with "positive shields", I'd said: "Now and here is nice enough. You do not have to hide in the imaginative world of positivity. The world is already positive."

T.J. · 11-20-2009, 01:41 PM

Yes... I do.

don21stc · 11-21-2009, 01:35 PM

For a period of several months I had dealings with three partners in a company whose collective culture was to be positive in the extreme, even to the extent that if anything actually went wrong, no matter how obvious it was, none of them would dare say anything that could be considered negative such as 'how can we improve the situation' because this would be admitting to his partners that something negative had happened. They didn't allow themselves to think of a 'problem' as an 'opportunity'!
The other plank on which they built their business was that they were sure to succeed provided they managed their time effectively. They didn't realise that their version of time management was for their benefit, not their customers. The combination of always being positive and never indulging in 'idle' chatter or any other time-wasting pursuits was that they predictably went bust.
They failed to see that they didn't communicate with their customers nor even with themselves because of their obsession with their 'principles'.
By the way, I had the misfortune to be one of their customers until I coudn't put up with the poor service and quality any longer.

03-23-2009, 03:22 PM	#1
Ricky Parker I will name him PacMan War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 825 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 24 Thanked 69 Times in 30 Posts	Do you believe in being positive all the time? I see so many people in my opinion get the idea of being positive kinda screwed up. It seems they tend to drift from reality to some crazy rainbow kingdom that they think shields them from real life. Do you know people who get the idea of being positive skewed with their business and kinda do what I explained above? And if you do what kinda advice would you give them to get back to reality? (No right or wrong answers here. Just your thoughts)
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kenboss Ken Williams War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: London, England Posts: 154 Thanks: 96 Thanked 75 Times in 47 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I agree with you Ricky - positivity is a state of mind, nothing more or less, and if it is genuine, a wonderful state to be in. But you cannot and should not force it. The notion of positiveness does find its way into all kinds of weird twists and turns. Some people turn it into a lifestyle that either takes them into a kind of fantasyland, where they are in denial about anything that has a whiff of negativity (instead of dealing with it), or they go for a kind of aggressive positiveness, foisting it on everyone they meet without the slightest sensitivity to others. Supression of so-called negative emotions is another form of that first category - and it's not always healthy. Sometimes we need to experience sadness, grief, disappointment, even outrage, all of which is possible to do while maintaining a positive persepective on those emotions. For me, benevolence is a better word. There is something almost restricting about the word POSITIVE. But you can think and act in a huge variety of ways when you are focused on benevolence, for yourself and for others. For example, you may give your small child a good stern scolding, letting her see just how angry you are, after she ignores your call and runs across a busy road. Some would comment that you are not sounding positive, but you sure are acting for the benevolence of the child. As for the business angle - I remember many years ago going for a telemarketing job. These guys who ran it were unbelievably positive - they could take anything and put a positive slant on it, and went out of their way to make everyone one the team feel good about themselves, and showed us all how to do the same with our prospects on the phone. This was all kind of creepy, to be honest, but I went along until after 3 days I came to realise that what they - we! - were selling was crap, bogus, virtually nonexistent (it was advertising space in a medical directory, the publication of which was on 'permanent postponement') ... that we were all quietly and steadily ripping people off. These guys didn't deny it - but they had a 'positive' slant on that too: "If we don't get in there, someone else will!" Needless to say I went home and didn't go back. Positivity or Benevolence? I'll take the latter any time. cheers Ken

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nikhilg HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 108 Thanks: 31 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Accurate thinking is important. It is necessary to know yourself (as preached by many religions and philosophies) and it is necessary to learn how to think straight. Then you have a better chance of coping with life and being happy no matter what situation you find yourself in. Success is not guaranteed and there may be many factors that affect the outcome of your business venture. As Sun Tzu said - it is necessary to know yourself and know the enemy. Positive thinking may be of a certain limited use when you have to motivate yourself to act to achieve your goals. But the task of setting goals should be done while thinking straight or thinking accurately. If you try to use positive thinking to brainwash yourself and get yourself to believe something absurd then it will not help you. It will harm you and your mental balance will be affected. There is much more that i can say but I will stop here. This post is already overlong. regards Nikhil PS - take an interest in philosophy - both eastern and western - and learn detachment

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03-25-2009, 02:27 AM	#14
Lucy Lopez Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I absolutely want to be positive all the time. By positive, I mean staying hopeful, keeping the faith, believing that everything has its purpose even if I may not know, understand or agree with it and exercising the power of imagination to consider multiple possibilities/perspectives rather than settle for the default, fatalistic ones. Am I always positive? No, but I have noticed that intending to be happy (which is how I prefer to think of it) keeps me on the brighter and lighter side of life!

03-25-2009, 02:41 AM	#15
mikebeta2 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? being positive all the time, is something you can train yourself to do..

03-25-2009, 03:49 AM	#16
robertstr HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Isla de Margarita VE Posts: 124 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I don't think that a person can be positive all the time. If they are so, there is no person getting angry with the others or going crazy and so on.

03-25-2009, 07:02 AM	#17
billbarrett Bill Barrett War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 132 Thanks: 64 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I think that people got the idea of positive thinking wrong at all. The common idea is that positive thinking means to live in a pink world trying to believe that everything is going to be fine. My opinion is that positive thinking means just to look for the solution, not stare at the problem. So, you don't need to think "Wow, I feel great!" all the time. It just means: 1. When you are happy to think: "How to find new and better ways to be happy?" 2. When you have a problem, better think: "How to find the solution?" What do you think about that?

03-25-2009, 09:21 AM	#18
jayden.fellze It's just me! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 471 Thanks: 11 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I always believe in Positive thinking, it enables a person to pursue more in their endeavor, so that their dream will come to reality.
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03-25-2009, 09:48 AM	#19
Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,146 Thanks: 3,713 Thanked 4,144 Times in 2,259 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I see people who have peaks and canyons instead of "troughs". They are overly optimistic one day and overly pessimistic the next. That's a result of investing too much emotion into efforts where stability and perseverance are required. No one is always positive - nor should you want to be. How could you appreciate being happy if you never know what it is like to be unhappy? How can you appreciate a day when results are positive if you never have a day when things just don't work right? kay

03-25-2009, 09:54 AM	#20
fadorg Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Yes i believe in been positive all the time cos the world itself is filled with news that creates negativity and one is not positive i wonder how he is going to cope
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03-25-2009, 02:42 PM	#21
IMproducts Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I don't believe it is best to TRY and be positive all the time. In reality that's not going to be the case, so you got to try and wait out through the negative times by positive during those negative times ;-) Cheers Chris

03-25-2009, 03:03 PM	#22
joshtheman Clinical Hypnotist Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 19 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Maintaining a positive outlook may not be that easy. But it is very important when you're trying to relieve yourself of stress.
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03-25-2009, 06:38 PM	#23
jacquis Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I find that being positive, or even joyful comes naturally, when a feeling comes up that I dont' really like, and I go into that feeling and embrace it. Facing that feeling, and feeling the power and energy in that feeling without labeling it as 'bad' or 'good', has a very powerful effect and the joy just naturally arises.
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03-26-2009, 08:43 AM	#24
naruq Karim Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 664 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 33 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Being Positive is a state of mind. Just like prosperity is a state of mind.
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03-26-2009, 08:52 AM	#25
reynald2790 Music is my Life War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 286 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 16 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Yes, I do believe being a positive thinker. Because being a positive thinker can lead you to success.

03-26-2009, 09:27 AM	#26
daver99 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 109 Thanks: 5 Thanked 23 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? No doubt there are people who are in a state a "positive denial".... meaning they ignore the facts and project a rosy picture without taking action. That can lead to trouble. However, a positive attitude is crucial to long term success in any area of life. When we see challenges as opportunities, and keep our focus on improving our strengths, we grow in the right direction.

03-26-2009, 10:08 AM	#27
ArtW Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Its always good to be positive it effects your mood, aswell as it dosen't hurt being optimystic on even the darker events. But at some point you want 'always' be positive.

03-26-2009, 04:14 PM	#29
MatthewPope Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right now I'm Buenos Aires, Argentina...it's beautiful and warm down here :) Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I think we need to be realistic about being positive all the time. Life can be downright awful and you WILL have tons of problems to work through. I believe actively seeking looking solutions to your problems, rather than focusing on the cause or the problem, is essentially what positive thinking is. Sometimes...just sometimes, we need to feel the bad stuff, we need to go through the process. I don't think it's healthy to just ignore everything bad that happens to you.
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03-26-2009, 04:20 PM	#30
subwaysurfer subwaysurfer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: a house. a very very very fine house Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? just like jogging or eating healthy being positive is a habit that has to be developed and maintain. I had a lot of difficulty with it because I wasnt accustomed to it and it felt "corny" to be honest. The fact is that we're not used to hearing people being positive. The majority of the time people will be moaning and complaining about how hopeless how awful how bad and impossible something is, without offering a single solution of how things can get better or how a situaition can even be made more tolerable. Ive found that once you encounter a problem and you sit down and figure out a plan to work with in , get through it and eliminate it, you auttomatically start feeling better, even if you find out your plan has holes in it at first! LOL! at least you can say, well, THAT didnt work, what ELSE can I do. I once read this book in college that some of you may have heard of written by Victor Frankel iexcuse me if Ive mis spelled it- called, "Man's Search For Meaning" Even though Ive read other great books on the subject by Napoleon Hill, Tony Robbins, and Zig ZIglar, This book topped them all. For those who dont know, Frankel was a survival of the Nazi Concentration camps and as you can imagine, experienced all the unspeakable horrors that goes with being in that environment. "Having a bad day, " is putting it lightly. Anyways, being stripped of EVERYTHING, Family, Finances, Social Position, and Self Respect, Victor, who was a shrink, found out that most of his conventional methods and practices didnt help him but what DID work was that he found out that man can be stripped of EVERYTHING literally, as he and many others were, but the one thing that could not be taken from him was his ability to choose how he was going to view his situation. He mentioned that those who survived , were the ones who had GOALS even little ones they set for themselves each day. His particular goal was to write on his experiences in the camp and bring out a positive healing type of message, which he did. To me, this guy is the uncrowned KING of Positive thinking, and proof positive that not only does it work, but is NECCESSARY for survival . A pity that more insnt written on him.

03-31-2009, 04:54 PM	#31
jcisme Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So. California Posts: 53 Thanks: 9 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Besides the fact that being positive all the time about everything moves one away from reality, its other effect is that when things do go wrong and they will, one winds up feeling guilty that perhaps they weren't positive enough.
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04-01-2009, 03:36 AM	#32
RevenueRabbi Business Strategy Expert Join Date: May 2006 Location: Award Winning Entrepreneur Posts: 1,672 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 592 Thanked 56 Times in 42 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? You should try to be positive about your endeavors... but aware and conscious that not every ball is a home run. As Wayne Gretzky says: *"You* miss 100% of the shots you don't take."** Be positive all the time... but be a realist as well.
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04-04-2009, 09:00 PM	#33
gee1 Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 54 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? A positive attitude speaks about your thinking towards life, people and situations. Maintaining a positive attitude, speaks of possessing a solution orientated mindset rather than a defeatist one, It also speaks of maintaining thoughts that are healthy to you and others, maintaining hope. An attitude that maintains a clear, realistic and balanced view of life ... not an unrealistic 'everything is rosy all of the time' view. The reality is even if you are a devout spiritual person that prayers countless times a minute and devotes all their time and money to charity ... you will have your moments of negativity. The real point is ... are they 'every now and again' bouts of soured emotions ... or is it a general trend. Because the former is quite healthy ... as long as you bounce back and don't camp there. Having some tools and knowledge could help you to bounce back quicker, they could also help you to avoid a large amount of those negative bouts.

04-04-2009, 11:06 PM	#34
Christie Love The Fabulous One War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 930 Thanks: 11 Thanked 79 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I commend people who always seem to be positive. I mean, why would you want to be negative or so hooked on reality that it breaks your spirit. When talking to people who are positive, what I see is that they see things in a completely different light than most of us. In one seminar, Tony Robbins asked one of his members, what he was so happy about. He said, as long as I wake up and see that I'm standing above ground, I'm happy. I think that's a good attitude to have. When I get down about things, I think of all the things I'm grateful for in my life. In fact, I write them down and really compare my life to others who would give their left legto live my life and all the problems that go along with it.
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04-07-2009, 11:13 PM	#35
Mark Smith Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? yes i truly believe in positivity at all times its important to be positive because it spread to those around!

05-02-2009, 06:55 AM	#36
innhui Active Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 95 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Having a positive mindset helps a person be happy and successful The question: Do you believe in being positive all the time? Is like asking "is is possible to be happy all the time?". It is a rhetorical question. I think it would be great to be positive all the time but it is not possible since we are human beings and we cannot be like "clockwork" as we have emotions, and we face all sorts of challenging circumstance However, I think that being positive helps us to get us what we want in life. If we are positive, we can be more successful. For instance, if we want to get ahead financially, we do need to be positive about it and believe we can be wealthy. It is this positive mindset that distinguish the poor and wealthy Inn Hui Lim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover how to develop a wealthy mindset that can make you a millionaire: Wealthymindset

05-02-2009, 12:18 PM	#38
Vincelog HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 258 Thanks: 8 Thanked 44 Times in 25 Posts Social Networking	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? There will be times when negativity will drift into our life. But we need to get it out of our life in order to feel better and start taking action again. Most probably we will not be 100% positive all the time but making sure that we are positive for majority of the time definitely help us to be happier. Cheers, Vincent
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05-02-2009, 02:23 PM	#39
Tyrus Antas Advanced Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 931 Thanks: 36 Thanked 102 Times in 91 Posts	Re: Do you believe in being positive all the time? I'm often positive but always realist about life and the world. Makes sense to you? It makes to me. Tyrus