How to become more positive
In order to become more positive you need to get rid of negative thought patterns. Positive affirmations are certainly one of the best ways (if not the best way) to help you increase your positivity.
How affirmations work
They work in a simple enough manner. The main idea behind positive affirmations is that you should repeat specifically written positive statements daily until they sink in and change your default way of thinking by weeding out negative thoughts and inserting positive ones instead. You would basically be reprogramming your mind to think in a positive way.
The statements you should repeat to yourself daily can be anything you desire. Some sample statements to increase positivity may be "I think positive thoughts", or "I radiate positivity around me" and "I am a naturally positive person".
Technicalities
The structure of the statements should not hold negative words in them. For example it is bad practice to use the affirmation "I am never negative" or "Negativity does not bother me".
The circle goes something like this: what we say we think about, what we think about is what we focus on. So if we focus on negative as the subject ("Negativity does not bother me" focuses on the negative and has negativity in the subject), that is what we will be getting, even if our intention was the exact opposite.
Some other ways you can create a richer, more positive life for yourself by using affirmations is to use them consistently. Try using affirmations for at least 30 days, every day. It would be preferable if you could recite the affirmations to yourself two times a day, before you go to sleep and after you wake up, ideally.
You should use the affirmations standing in a confident and relaxed pose, because the posture you put your body in plays a great part in how you feel and how much you believe in what you are saying.
If you are slouching and reading the affirmations without emotion just like you would be reading an advert that has no interest to you, you won't have any benefit from using the affirmations.
What the future holds
If done right you are bound to feel effects that positive affirmations will have on you well before the first 30 days are up. At first they may be only small changes. But they will be noticeable and you will see that using affirmations is not a waste of time, which will create a cycle.
You will repeat affirmations with more vigor and the more emotion and belief you put into your routine, the better they will work, until you catch yourself one day and realize that you have increased your positivity tremendously. Then you will realize the true potential that positive affirmations can have on you when done in a right way.
Christopher Montrose is a firm believer in the power of positive affirmations.
He has rigorously tested the ways in which affirmations have the most
impact, and has decided to share much of what he found out with us.
He recommends the following list of positive thinking positive affirmations for beginners or those seeking to improve their list of affirmations to recite each day.
He recommends the following list of positive thinking positive affirmations for beginners or those seeking to improve their list of affirmations to recite each day.
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