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much more positive one.
Don’t just make up a phrase like“I’m a winner today and
tomorrow and every day.” That’s like trying to feel good by
eating a candy bar. Feels good for a minute, but it has no depth.
You have to actually go inside your brain and have a conversation to reverse the negative thought on a permanent basis. Then
you can reinforce that positive thought with positive phrases
and wording that supports the thought that you want to keep at
the top of your mind.
Focus on Your Strengths and When Things
Went Well
There are two sources within you that you can always turn to
when you want to start anew. First, what are you good at doing,
and, second, when have things gone well for you in the past?
If you take the time to think about your strengths, you will
see that there is hope for the future in almost every situation.
You can begin with your strengths and start to move forward. In
addition, remind yourself of times when things have gone well
for you. Keep a journal of your small successes each day and
very soon you will see that you have a proven ability to be effective in a wide variety of situations. It is possible for your negative thoughts and negative emotions to overwhelm you and
hurt your performance at work. Take the time to consciously
focus on your strengths and how you can use them, and to
consciously recall when situations have gone well for you. The
time and effort you put into those exercises can significantly
help you to recapture a feeling of hope, optimism and excitement for the future.
Move from Negative Tension (Stress) to Positive
Tension (Flow)
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The ultimate act of shifting the way you think is to move
from a state of negative tension, or stress, to a state of positive
tension, which is flow or total positive engagement in work that
is meaningful to you.
I think stress is created when people feel they are working
an inordinate number of hours a week with no end or break
in sight, when they feel they are being controlled by outside
sources and are powerless to change anything, when they focus
more on not having a certain outcome than on the journey to
achieve the outcome, and when they are Y[