To change our recurring thought patterns, first, we have to notice them.
Check-in with yourself and pay attention to your thoughts in the morning, the middle of the day, and towards the end. Ask “Where are my thoughts?” and “Are they supporting me or automatically coming up negative and protective and not helping my life?”
The more we notice, the more we can interrupt our thoughts and redirect them by choosing a different more positive, and helpful thought on purpose.
Then override and overwrite the thought with a positive one – even if you don’t believe it at first. Think about thoughts that will help you be more powerful and confident and that will help you achieve what you want. “I am loving and open and I enjoy seeing people smile and respond to me” or “I can do this, and I am worthy of getting great results”. Whatever it is that is the positive opposite of the negative thoughts you habitually generate – think them on purpose and will them out. Say them out loud if you have to. Feel it. Sense a great outcome. Put emotion into your positive thought. Be vivid. Envision the better you like a fortune teller says what will happen.
Your old lazy negative conditioned mind will want to take over again and again. Say NO! Keep over-writing it with positive thoughts that are helpful in your life. Keep interrupting it until it becomes the new habit of thinking.
More tomorrow…
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Great advice. I try to make a habit of focusing on positive outcomes and what it takes to achieve them. I have found it helps me to use NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) to help automatically redirect me to a positive way of thinking when I experience situations that would have a tendency to introduce negative thoughts. I train myself that when those things happen, I automatically go to the positive thinking.
Thank you for sharing your “daily thoughts” and Happy Anniversary to the SOE!
Good Morning! Live deliberately!
I’m beginning to understand the power of believing in yourself and controlling your thoughts. Thank you for the advice.
Recognize that you are not your thought pattern. You are the awareness behind the thought.
LOVE THIS!!!
Great post! Thanks for the advice. I try hard to keep positivity in the forefront.