In order to appreciate the The 5 key benefits of positive thinking,one must first understand what a positive mindset is.
In this blog post, we will be talking about 5 key benefits of positive thinking and how it affects some very basic areas of life.
These areas include:
1.PSYCHE( MINDSET)
2. ATTITUDE
3. HEALTH
4. SUCCESS
5. EMOTIONS
WHY IS POSITIVE THINKING IMPORTANT?
In life, there is no doubt that humans want good and positive events to happen in their lives.
But sometimes, life does not guarantee that one would always have what one desires.
This makes humans strive to be better in every aspect of life everyday. Hence thinking positively, is a huge challenge.
It is something that should be learnt and practiced.
Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits to the mind,thoughts, words and images that are conducive to growth,expansion, success and health.
A positive mind anticipates happiness,joy and a successful outcome in every situation that life presents .
.A positive person participates or competes with a healthy mindset and builds up on skills. with self-confidence, determination, perseverance, faith and hard work.
The advantage of thinking positively is remarkable.
In fact, the idea that your psyche can change your world is too good to be true! A person that thinks positively, thinks about what he wants and how to get it or work towards getting it
POSITIVE THINKING AND YOUR PHYCHE(MINDSET)
Now the mindset or psyche is a very important factor in achieving the favorable results of positive thinking.
If one wants to look into every humans’ mind, one would be shocked to find that the human mind is so distracted over the challenges of life
. This includes basic needs of life like shelter, food, water, light ,family etc. These issues clog our minds and can make it very difficult to have a positive mindset.
Brian Tracy in his book,”Use the Power of Positive Thinking to Transform Your Life”, he places a lot of emphasis on Mindset!
Once your mindset is focused and you can think calmly and in the right environment, there is nothing that you cannot achieve.
Especially when you set your mind to it.
POSITIVE THINKING IMPROVES YOUR ATTITUDE
Attitude defines who you are and how you behave. Put simply, attitude is your personality.
There are two types of attitude.
Positive or Optimistic attitude
and Negative or Pessimistic Attitude.
Optimistic people are people who think positively in every situation of life . As a result, they have better attitude in going through life in the face of challenges.
Pessimistic people are people who have negative attitude and shrink whenever there is a challenge .
They would even discourage people who think positively!
Like a poet would write:
“Optimism is a treasure chest locked up inside your soul where hope sleeps on a luxury bed and is fed good news and happy things regularly so it will always be weather proof and strong enough to resist encouraged decay.”
There are a lot of differences between a positive attitude and a negative attitude. Here are just a few of them.
- Attention: Positive attitude pays attention to good virtues. Negative ignores it and pays attention to faults and shortcomings.
- Results: Positive attitude has good rewards while Negative has punishments.
- Goals: Positive attitude achieves long term goals successfully. But Negative attitude only achieves initial set goals and gets discouraged at accomplishing long term goals.
- Problems: Positive attitude looks out to solve problems. Negative attitude on the other hand creates problems.
- Emotions: Positive attitude emits joy, peace, love, hope. Negative attitude emits envy, jealousy, irritation,hopelessness,despair.
Opportunity: Positive attitude sees possibilities and takes opportunities. Negative attitude sees limitations and shrinks at opportunities
Attitude varies depending on goals, economic status, motivation, skills,belief and opportunities.
To actually know one’s att
For instance, a person with positive attitude is a person, who still smiles when there is no money to buy basic needs!
A POSITIVE MINDSET CAN IMPROVE HEALTH.
When I was diagnosed with a serious health condition ,several years ago,I was initially devastated.
I felt that my whole world had come to an end.
I had to surround myself with positive thinking people .listen to uplifting podcast,read positive thinking books .
Think of how I could help anybody in the same situation.
Having this positive mental attitude greatly improved my predisposition to my condition at that time.It really helped me to recover faster than normal.
According to The New York Times, “There is no longer any doubt that what happens in the brain influences what happens in the body.
When facing a health crisis, actively cultivating positive emotions can boost the immune system and counter depression.
Studies have shown an indisputable link between having a positive outlook and health benefits like lower blood pressure, less heart disease, better weight control and healthier blood sugar levels.”
AS A MAN THINKS ,SO IS HE. A popular biblical saying that should be taken to heart.
There is this cliché,” Health is wealth”. If you are not healthy, you cannot be wealthy. This is a simple logic.
A POSITIVE MINDSET AND SUCCESS
People say that success comes to those that work hard.
I say that success has come to me ,because I worked hard with A POSITIVE MINDSET.
Without a positive thinking attitude,it will be difficult to cultivate an entrepreneurial mind.
Without an entrepreneurial mind,you will give up when hours of handwork does not yield immediate results.
“Success is a journey” by Brian Tracy. This is another of Brian Tracy’s books which is still on the power of positive thinking with reference to Financial Success as well as Success in other endeavours in life.
He talks about the simple yet essential steps one can take to to achieve the greatness that lies within.
Success does not come in one day. According to poet Longfellow:
“Those heights by great men ,won and kept
Were not achieved by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upwards in the night.”
In other words, one learns to succeed in life by working hard with a positive mindset while others are sleeping !
A POSITIVE MIND AND EMOTIONS
Every human being is emotional. The ability to control emotions is what is called discipline.
In life, the ability to accept certain situations and forgo certain situations lies on the power of the mind.
There is a saying that 10 per cent is the actions or situations that come to us in life while 90 per cent is how we react to those actions or situations.
This sums up to 100 per cent.A positive mental attitude helps you to have good emotional control.
In the face of adversity or difficulty, there is a surge of emotions like fear, anger, disappointments and the like.
But with a positive mindset, one can persist in the face of fear or disappointment .
When one completes a major task , overcomes a great obstacle or achieves an important goal, one experiences emotions of exhilarating joy, satisfaction, happiness and personal pride .
Here is some good news! You have within you,right now, everything you could ever need or want to be a great success in your life .And guess what? It comes through the power of positive thinking.
IN CONCLUTION
Positive thinking ,is being able to look at any situation in your life, understand the best possible outcome to that situation,formulate a plan to reach that outcome and then have the courage to execute that plan within the set time frame.
The advantage of positive thinking is the ability to see the invisible,feel the intangible and achieve the impossible.
It is to resolve that whatever life hands you, you will carry on with a positive mind and faith. With these, nothing can stop you from achieving the greatness for which you were created.
If you have any other advantages you know of, please do not hesitate to add it in the comments.
These content was written by INI AFIA
Edited by ENORITA JAMES
