{"id":32736,"date":"2015-05-08T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=32736"},"modified":"2015-05-09T02:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T10:02:33","slug":"how-to-be-more-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

<\/p>\n

What is Negativity?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me it is “Thinking of unpleasant events from the past and\/or anticipating unpleasant events in future, and overall feeling sorry for yourself.”<\/p>\n

The question is, is there a magic button that you can flick to stop negative thoughts, not that I have heard of.<\/p>\n

The good news is that I don\u2019t believe you need a ‘Negative thoughts switch off’ button. Also I don\u2019t believe switching off negative thoughts can help make you a more Positive person.<\/p>\n

In fact, I say pushing away negative thoughts is not even good for you, here\u2019s why<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. You can run, but you cannot hide, you can never eliminate negative experiences from life or prevent them from happening in future, it is just not realistic to expect it. If you have hopes and dreams, some of them will be fulfilled, some won\u2019t and that is just how it is.<\/li>\n
  2. It is not something you can control anyways, you have to be brain-dead to stop thinking of the not so happy events of your life<\/li>\n
  3. Putting all your focus on pushing away your negative thoughts, can make those ill-fated incidents (real or imagined) magnify in proportion and get a stronger grip on you<\/li>\n
  4. It is called delusion if you choose to not pay any attention to the negative events in your life, you will never find a solution to the root cause of your issues<\/li>\n
  5. If you don\u2019t acknowledge your problems, you will lose your chance to turn them to opportunities; more often than not the negative events of your life are the ones most loaded with opportunity, they give you just the right amount of discomfort you need to change your status-quo<\/li>\n
  6. It is a lot of resources in terms of time and energy fighting your negative thoughts, is it worth it? Do you really get the amount of results you would like for that much investment?<\/li>\n
  7. Never acknowledging negative things in life can make you rather annoying to be around, you won\u2019t seem like a real person, because real people have problems in life, acting otherwise makes you seem superficial and pretentious<\/li>\n
  8. If you somehow manage to pull off a happy front at all time, nobody will reach out to help you simply because you don\u2019t seem to need any help, there\u2019s a difference between being truly happy and just pretending to be happy, and the later can put you in a rather lonely place<\/li>\n
  9. If you are a goal oriented person, you should be able to fail fast, learn and move on, not knowing to accept the failures will discourage you from trying again<\/li>\n
  10. Pushing away negativity does not necessarily make you happy, it can lead to more frustration, disappointment and stress, given that it is almost impossible to do in the first place<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will say it again, don\u2019t push away your negative thoughts, they are there for a reason, they are for you to find a solution to, and that\u2019s what you need to focus your energy on.<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s the bonus good news, there is another way to bring Positivity to your life than fighting Negativity!<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s easy. Take 2 minutes (literally), to think of something positive. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    If you can\u2019t think of anything nice that happened during the day, consider some of these possibilities:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Take a closer look at all the events of your day, are you sure nothing can be interpreted in a positive light, or have potential long-term benefit, learn to translate accordingly.<\/li>\n
    2. Tackle a problem head-on, after all, this is the Information Age, expert advice is available at your fingertips, fellow sufferers are available to share their stories, do one thing that takes you in the direction of solving your problem<\/li>\n
    3. Sign-up for something that interest you, commit yourself to having a good time<\/li>\n
    4. Sign-up for something that challenges you, nothing like overcoming a challenge to make you feel confident and good about yourself<\/li>\n
    5. Join a similar minded community (e.g. a meetup group)<\/li>\n
    6. Give something to someone, solve someone else\u2019s problem, it not only puts your problems in perspective, it also makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside to leave someone else a little bit happier<\/li>\n
    7. Appreciate the small things, there are many positive things that happen all the time, and go unnoticed, learn to capture them<\/li>\n
    8. Commit to grow as a person, do something that makes you a better person even if in the smallest possible way<\/li>\n
    9. Share your thoughts with someone, it\u2019s always good to offload, and what do you know you may also put your brains together to find some opportunities or solutions to your troubles<\/li>\n
    10. Challenge your negative energy, if you feel like lazing around, instead just get up and go to the gym, after 30 mins in the gym, you will feel over the moon in overcoming the challenge, and now you have earned your lazy time as bonus<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Negative thoughts are not what\u2019s preventing you from being a Positive person, just put in 2 minutes of your time on Positivity<\/a>, and see if your world changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The good news is that I don\u2019t believe you need a Negative thoughts switch off button. Also I don\u2019t believe switching off negative thoughts can help make you a more Positive person. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12163,"featured_media":33009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2162],"tags":[4641,1011,595,66,387,4629],"yoast_head":"\nHow Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-08T15:13:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-05-09T10:02:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"596\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erin Falconer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png\",\"width\":596,\"height\":376},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/\",\"name\":\"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-08T15:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-09T10:02:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2da8ae162c097bdb749ab098472b4cc5\"},\"description\":\"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2da8ae162c097bdb749ab098472b4cc5\",\"name\":\"Erin Falconer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1173c63284b173ff225e5f87a1af5028?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1173c63284b173ff225e5f87a1af5028?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Erin Falconer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/author\/erin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person","description":"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person","og_description":"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/","og_site_name":"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pickthebrain","article_published_time":"2015-05-08T15:13:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-05-09T10:02:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":596,"height":376,"url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_creator":"@pickthebrain","twitter_site":"@pickthebrain","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erin Falconer","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/","name":"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-08-at-8.12.21-AM.png","width":596,"height":376},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/","name":"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2015-05-08T15:13:02+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-09T10:02:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2da8ae162c097bdb749ab098472b4cc5"},"description":"How changing very small things for only 2 minutes a day can make you a more positive person.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-be-more-positive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Just 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You A Positive Person"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2da8ae162c097bdb749ab098472b4cc5","name":"Erin Falconer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1173c63284b173ff225e5f87a1af5028?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1173c63284b173ff225e5f87a1af5028?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Erin Falconer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/author\/erin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}