“Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”
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Everybody advises, “Be positive.”
But how shall you stay positive all day long? Some practical tips are given below.
If you practice these practical tips daily, then you can stay positive all day long.
Take responsibility for your life.
What does it mean? It means you take charge of your life and don’t blame others for your life. You not only take responsibility for what had happened in the past or what happens at present but also, you take responsibility for what will happen in the future in your life. Thus, you can change your future life and can create an environment full of hope.
Set a goal, meet it, and celebrate it.
Without goals, you energies scatter everywhere. When you set goals for yourself, you focus your scattered energy on a single point of meeting your goal. Your scattered energies turn into powerful positive energy. As a result, you meet your goal. Celebrate when you meet your goal. Every celebration motivates you to do better in the next attempt.
Count your blessings and be grateful.
Make a habit of listing good qualities you own. Then, show your gratefulness to those who have helped you in acquiring those qualities. Do it silently just before going to bed. You sleep a sound sleep. Gratefulness reduces negative emotions, increases positive emotions and feelings of happiness. It also results in a positive state of mind.
Keep good relationships at home, workplace, and society.
The study shows how long will you live depends on how much good relationships you keep up. More the good relationships you keep, the less the conflicts you face. It reduces your negative energy. Less the negative energies, more the positive energy you have. With more positive energies you live long. You stay positive in your personal life, work-life, and social life.
Keep promises at any cost.
Keeping promises strengthens every relationship. So keep promises at any cost when you make. In this way, you increase your deposit in your emotional bank account. People respect you. You feel good and people also feel good. The positive emotions flow both ways.
Learn
As a matter of fact, all the physical assets depreciate with time. But, we, the human assets appreciate with time, provided we learn. You can learn from your teachers, parents, wife, son, employees, friends and so on. Even you can learn from a tree, a flower, a mountain and a river so on. Moreover, you can learn from books. In short, switching our learning mode makes us positive. We can learn new things.
Declutter
A cluttered environment blocks your energies. So, when you work in a cluttered environment, your brain can’t think clearly. As a result, you can’t act and work efficiently. When you do proper housekeeping and reorganizing in your house or workplace, it removes the blocked energies. Your working spaces, mental spaces, working conditions as well as the morale of employees improve. Additionally, it reduces your anxiety, improves your sleep, increases your productivity and creativity. In other words, it makes a positive environment where you become positive.
Read books
Reading books expands your mind. Once expanded, the mind does not return to its original state. Reading books reduces your stress by around 68 %, so it strengthens your brain and improves your health. Then, why don’t you make a habit of reading books? If you want to make this habit, then please read my post – https://livefabulouslife.com/2018/03/27/reading-books-making-habit/for details.
Know your employees
When you find the time, interact with your employees. If time permits, go for one to one interaction, listen to them with empathy, and ask for their suggestions. They open up, share their views, and take part in discussions. As a result, you know your employees.
Practice meditation or mindfulness
Daily practice of meditation or mindfulness makes you stress-free and anxiety-free. You sleep better and focus better. Read my post –Mindfulness in life and work-life. for details.
Help others
Why help others? Helping others is a great virtue. It not only helps others directly but also it benefits us. It certainly enriches our lives, purifies us, and keeps us ahead in our spiritual journey. Both of you and others feel good. So, positive emotions flow both ways. You can read my post- https://livefabulouslife.com/2018/06/14/helping-is-important-for-ourselves-also/for details.
Catch your employees doing something good and praise them in public.
The employees of your shop work hard to increase production. When you praise them in public, you inspire them to work harder. When you motivate, positive vibes radiate from you.
Listen to your favorite songs.
A great song can instantly uplift your mood. How it uplifts, you can have an idea in my post- https://livefabulouslife.com/2018/11/27/a-great-song-can-make-you-feel-good/.
Self-development
Self-development helps you grow. Is it so? But how? Initially, it improves your self-awareness, knowledge, skill, and behavior. Finally, it improves your self-esteem, confidence, productivity, and effectiveness. These elements make you positive and help you grow.
Practice positive thinking
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
-Zig Ziglar.
So, why don’t you avoid negative thinking and practice positive thinking? Please follow the tips given in the book in link-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Positive_Thinking if you want success in every area.
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