How to be Positive

  1. Admit that there are problems. You can’t change them if you don’t admit faults. Accept the facts, if you have been negative or inactive. This will make it easier for you to become positive!
  2. Make a decision to do your own thinking and have control over your attitude. That means deciding to overcome any negativity that may be around you. Think of what you can do today and how you will react that will make a difference to your life, instead of allowing people and situations to dictate.
  3. Associate or mix with people who can provide something of value to you. Avoid those who sap your energy and motivation. If you can’t avoid them, or don’t want to, learn how not to let them get you down.
  4. Start saying positive things, especially about yourself. How you communicate to yourself affects your thinking and your emotions, as well as your self-esteem.
  5. Try new things. Experiencing a wide variety of life in a positive light will do wonders.
  6. Read more. Read about how those people who fought fear with courage and succeeded in life. Through reading, you will gain new knowledge and understanding and it will help you clear whatever is blocking your thinking and create more ideas.
  7. Set goals no matter how impossible it may seem at the moment. Keep yourself busy working on them. Once you reach one, you will get inspired. When each goal is achieved, no matter how small, you will gain confidence and your self-esteem will increase.
  8. Change your mental pictures. What and how you see yourself and your surroundings make a difference to your thinking.
  9. Start questioning yourself on your behaviour and attitude. Ask yourself why you are resisting or producing the habits or attitudes that you dislike. Stop each time you catch yourself in a circumstance that brings about negativity and doubts.
  10. Smile at strangers. Although this may seem a little weird, it actually makes you feel more positive and happy. You may even brighten that other person’s day with just a smile.
  11. Volunteer or help others. Helping others leads to a happier outlook on your own life. You’ll feel great at the end and make you feel like a good person.