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How To Awaken Positive Thinking
By: Fatima Atif Khan(8-I)
Your thoughts have an
important infuence on your
attitudes and behaviour.
We might think that happy people
are always full of happiness, they have
positive thoughts all the time. But is that
true? It is common, for even the happiest
people, to have negative thoughts at times.
But a positive mindset and a positive attitude
can help us say positive about the situation.
Try to keep a calm sate of mind and adopt
these positive thinking exercises the next
time you fnd yourself with negative
emotions. Believe in the power of positive
thinking!
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.”
Our thoughts have an important infuence on – Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
our attitudes and behaviour. Negative
thoughts can lead to negative behaviour and
a negative experience.
Positive Thinkingpeople, things, and situations as well as what
and how we choose to take certain actions.
How we think afects how we perceive
Positive thinking is an optimistic state of mind, which sees the bright side of life. A
Positive thinking isn’t just about using more positive frame of mind brings more harmony and happiness, improves relationships, and
positive words to feel good and forcing attracts success into your life.
yourself to believe that everything is a
positive experience.
You certainly want your life to be happy and
improve in every area. Who wouldn’t? You
would certainly want to lead a positive life,
happy and satisfying life.
Changing your mindset from negative to
positive, building new habits, and bringing
inspiration into your life can be quite simple
This of course, requires some work on your Here are some inaccurate thought patterns that we could correct by making the effort
part, but that’s not hard work, and the to think differently:
rewards are great.
In this article, I would like to focus on several 1. Externalising - blaming others for how we feel
of the topics related to positive life and For example, "I am really irritated by what Jessalyn has just said!"
positive living. Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I am upset by Jessalyn’s comments but
blaming her will not help. I should refect on what she had said and see if there are some
truths in it. I can then take charge of the situation."
. 2. Mind reading - assuming we know the other person's thoughts
I n t h e i r m i n d ’s e y e , t h e y s e e t h e i r p l a n s For example, "I am so disurbed that Sian Heng ignored me. He must be angry with me."
a n d th eir goa ls a s a ccom p lish ed . Th is Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I feel disurbed that Sian Heng ignored m e,
d o e s n ’t m e a n t h a t e v e r y t h i n g w i l l w o r k and I can't read his mind. I may want to clarify with him why he did that."
ou t sm ooth ly.
3. Over-generalising - making sweeping judgements about someone based on one or two
incidents.
For example, "I feel so frusrated that he is always holding back information from me!"
Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I may feel frusrated that I am not updated
on the latest information, but I should try to cool down and clarify his actions with him."
Try it next time and you may find yourself becoming a more positive thinker over
time.
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By: Fatima Atif Khan(8-I)
Your thoughts have an
important infuence on your
attitudes and behaviour.
We might think that happy people
are always full of happiness, they have
positive thoughts all the time. But is that
true? It is common, for even the happiest
people, to have negative thoughts at times.
But a positive mindset and a positive attitude
can help us say positive about the situation.
Try to keep a calm sate of mind and adopt
these positive thinking exercises the next
time you fnd yourself with negative
emotions. Believe in the power of positive
thinking!
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.”
Our thoughts have an important infuence on – Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
our attitudes and behaviour. Negative
thoughts can lead to negative behaviour and
a negative experience.
Positive Thinkingpeople, things, and situations as well as what
and how we choose to take certain actions.
How we think afects how we perceive
Positive thinking is an optimistic state of mind, which sees the bright side of life. A
Positive thinking isn’t just about using more positive frame of mind brings more harmony and happiness, improves relationships, and
positive words to feel good and forcing attracts success into your life.
yourself to believe that everything is a
positive experience.
You certainly want your life to be happy and
improve in every area. Who wouldn’t? You
would certainly want to lead a positive life,
happy and satisfying life.
Changing your mindset from negative to
positive, building new habits, and bringing
inspiration into your life can be quite simple
This of course, requires some work on your Here are some inaccurate thought patterns that we could correct by making the effort
part, but that’s not hard work, and the to think differently:
rewards are great.
In this article, I would like to focus on several 1. Externalising - blaming others for how we feel
of the topics related to positive life and For example, "I am really irritated by what Jessalyn has just said!"
positive living. Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I am upset by Jessalyn’s comments but
blaming her will not help. I should refect on what she had said and see if there are some
truths in it. I can then take charge of the situation."
. 2. Mind reading - assuming we know the other person's thoughts
I n t h e i r m i n d ’s e y e , t h e y s e e t h e i r p l a n s For example, "I am so disurbed that Sian Heng ignored me. He must be angry with me."
a n d th eir goa ls a s a ccom p lish ed . Th is Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I feel disurbed that Sian Heng ignored m e,
d o e s n ’t m e a n t h a t e v e r y t h i n g w i l l w o r k and I can't read his mind. I may want to clarify with him why he did that."
ou t sm ooth ly.
3. Over-generalising - making sweeping judgements about someone based on one or two
incidents.
For example, "I feel so frusrated that he is always holding back information from me!"
Correct this thinking pattern by rephrasing - "I may feel frusrated that I am not updated
on the latest information, but I should try to cool down and clarify his actions with him."
Try it next time and you may find yourself becoming a more positive thinker over
time.
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