7 Ways To Maintain A Positive Attitude

Written by Jyoti Singal - 30 Comments
Categories: self improvement

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In today’s life when one is thronged with worries and tensions all around, it is very difficult to maintain a positive attitude. And often the more you try and be positive, the more it seems the negative energy around you gains strength. So here are 7 ways to change our modus operandi, be positive and work towards a healthier lifestyle.

Do Not Wait for Happiness.
Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to work towards happiness. You need to create a happy environment around you today to remain happy tomorrow. This is called an attitude. If you adopt a positive attitude, life becomes a rewarding game instead of a challenge to ‘get through.’

Clarify and Prioritize
Learn to know what you want. If you know what you expect from yourself, your future becomes clear and your goals become attainable
• Clarify your purpose : A purpose is something you fulfill each moment when you are in balance with your life. (A purpose is a simple, positive statement of why you are here). A purpose isn’t a goal statement, which one can achieve.
• Discover your purpose: by identifying & prioritizing your most important roles in life (at home, at work, community etc) List the positive qualities that you aspire to possess: Honesty, Philanthropic, Accommodating, Tolerant etc.
• Visualize your future, with a clear picture in your mind of what you want to accomplish in your lifetime (you can become what you think you are and what you see). One of the most powerful techniques for achieving life goals is visualization (creating a mental image of something happening in future). Believing in and seeing your dreams can motivate you to become what you want to be.
• Set goals for yourself (To help your dreams for the future become a reality, you need to set short & long term goals) to stay on course.
To provide steady fuel for your energy, create a list of long term goals to be accomplished in life time & break them into several interim short term goals to help you chart your progress.

Be Resilient
Resilient people are those who face setbacks but ultimately, with perseverance, recover from them. Try and be strong and face life’s difficulties as challenges; respond accordingly with action, rather than with fear, self-pity, inferiority or blame. While life can be very challenging, an important step in becoming more resilient is to develop the habit of positive self talk and to remind yourself that you are strong and can grow stronger and wiser as you handle life’s challenges.

Self Pep Talk
One’s inner dialogue is one’s biggest strength and critic. Listen to your inner self and talk to it. Motivate yourself rather than getting motivated by others. It is the inner voice that makes us critical of ourselves. Rule your inner voice!

Laugh Away
Humor is the best medicine. Make laughter a part of your day. Laughter is known to be a mood elevator. When feeling low, read funny stories or go through a joke book. Allow yourself to open up. See the funny side of things and you will realize, life is a complex, yet funny game.

Seize the day
Carpe Diem, as the proverb goes. Always enjoy the moment. Do not worry about your past or future. Live for the day. What has happened is irreversible and what will happen is unknown, so try and enjoy what you have. Like someone has rightly said:
“The past is history, the future is mystery.
Today is a Gift, That is why we call it the Present”

Be an Optimist
This is the golden rule to maintaining a positive attitude. Always believe in yourself. Being an optimist does not only mean to see the brighter side of life. To be an optimist means to view the surroundings wherein you maximize your strengths and achievements and minimize your weaknesses and apprehensions.

It is difficult to change yourself in a day But at least give it a try. A positive attitude in life will help you go places. Just curb that fear in you and move towards the right path!!
Remember, I CAN and I WILL.

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  • http://www.OptimisticJourney.com Jarrod@ Optimistic Journey

    Great post Jyoti!!

    These are wonderful tips. I especially love “Do not wait for happiness!” Sometimes I often have to remind myself that happiness doesn’t come when everything is in it’s rightful place and things are looking up, happiness or Joy is a choice that we have to make no matter what things appear to be.

    Thanks so much for sharing!!

  • http://www.richardshelmerdine.com/blog/ Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

    I agree with the person above me. Happiness is something you have to seize on purpose, not something you come across one day.

  • http://www.happeetime.com cyrildx

    Great post !! I think the easiest to do is to laugh whatever happens. Keep smiling!!
    Cyril

  • http://enlightr.com Craig Thomas

    Very nice, positive post! :) I’ve been a die-hard optimist for a good few years and everything in my life seems to go right! I only end up with conflicts when faced with pessimists who can’t stand that I’m happy lol

  • http://www.successupermarket.com/blog/ Martyna Bizdra

    Hey!

    thanks for this nice reminder! yes, I agree with you, and I would add one more:

    RESPECT THE BURDEN

    every difficulty means new fascinating opportunities, just see how new fortunes are being made- inventiveness, seeing the troubles as the keys to the doors of the future

    Thanks
    Have a great day!

  • http://www.mpdspace.com/blog/lloyds-posts-archive/ Lloyd Christie

    A positively great post

    So refreshing, it good to be reminded of the golden rule’s of maintaining a positive attitude.

    I positively Thank you

  • http://www.officearrow.com Lauren – OfficeArrow

    My favorite tip here is don’t wait for happiness. Create a happy environment around yourself right now and you’ll be happy later. I think a large part of this is getting rid of the waste in your life. Take a hard look at who or what is holding you back or causing you pain in any way. It can be very difficult to let go of something that’s bad for you because maybe that bad thing is totally within your comfort zone or maybe you’re really scared to let it go, but we all deserve to be happy! Loved this article.

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  • Edward

    Very nice one! thank you! thank you! :)

  • http://www.mastery-journey.com outstanding

    and more point is that stop trying to be perfect it”s more relaxed and helpful to accept the we are human being , full of fault and foibles . stop thinking of your self as flawed being and accept the’ negative ‘ bits as part of a well rounded personality . accept your self as you are . if you took away all that you consider to be’ bad’ you wouldn”t be the wonderful human being you are . it”s helpful to improve but it”s unhelpful to to be perfect .

    great post Jyoti and thanks you for sharing this keep it up

  • Jyoti Singal

    hi jarrod. Thanks for appreciating my article. well, its very right. we need to make things right for us rather than waiting for them to become right and bring happiness

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hi richard. I guess we all know happiness is to be created. and definitely it is not for a day. Remember ‘Carpe Dieam’, which means sieze the day!

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hello Cyril, You think very right. One should just laugh all the way. Laughter makes you feel light and forget your worries, for sometime atleast.

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hi Craig, Good to know that you have been a die hard optimist for some time. I guess you can share some experiences with us.

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hello Martyna, You are very right. Only when there are troubles, do we seek solutions. So we must respect the burden

  • Jyoti Singal

    Thanks Lloyd, for appreciating the post. just that we should follow these golden rules and not let them be on paper only.

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hello Lauren. thanks for liking my post. you know you are true in saying that we need to remove the waste around us. that itself helps in creating a healthy environment, and later brings happiness.

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hi, Its actually true that we should accept ourselves as normal beings, full of vices and virtues.

  • Jyoti Singal

    Hi Edward, you dont have to thank me. Just that my post should help improve ones attitude. All the Best!

  • http://www.pricebonus.com/ Michelle

    Hello Martyna, You are very right. Only when there are troubles, do we seek solutions. So we must respect the burden

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    in today’s life when one is thronged with worries and tensions all around.

    thanks for sharing

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    “the only time failure should come before success is in a dictionary.”
    copyright joseph p.martino

  • http://www.rootband.com/ Larry

    Thanks Lloyd, for appreciating the post. just that we should follow these golden rules and not let them be on paper only.

  • http://www.dirtyhearts.net/ Sean

    Hi Edward, you dont have to thank me. Just that my post should help improve ones attitude. All the Best!

  • http://www.clearduct.com/ Charles

    Hi Craig, Good to know that you have been a die hard optimist for some time. I guess you can share some experiences with us.

  • http://www.supertucker.com/ William

    Hello Martyna, You are very right. Only when there are troubles, do we seek solutions. So we must respect the burden

  • http://improveyourbrainimproveyourlife.blogspot.com/ michael

    read my article tomorrow is an other day..
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Tomorrow-is-an-other-day

  • $Phillip the COOL!$

    I just need to learn 7 ways how to have a good attitude!! Not all of this!!!!!

  • http://vatakamohan Vataka Mohan

    It is exllent i never read this type of article.So i felt very happy to be while ween.I never forget these 7 tips in my life.This is wonderful and

    Thanks to all of you

  • http://vatakamohan Vataka Mohan

    wonderful