How Positive is your Attitude?

Henry J. Kaiser has said,

"When a tough, challenging job is to be done, I look for a person who possesses an enthusiasm and optimism for life, who makes a zestful confident attack on his daily problems, one who shows courage and imagination, who pins down his buoyant spirit with careful planning and hard work, but says, 'This may be tough, but it can be licked.'"

Is that your outlook?

Some people use positive thinking to remain in denial of events, feelings and circumstances. This allows them to postpone dealing with things indefinitely. Positive thinking, though, is a powerful tool once you realize how the mind works. Remember that the brain cannot tell the difference between an actual "real-time" event and the playing of the same event in the mind. That is why affirmation and visualization work!

The human cortex is composed of some ten billion neutrons, each with numerous axons which form synapses between the neutrons. When you think, remember or imagine, these neutrons discharge an electrical current which can be measured. The same is true when you learn something. Neutrons form a new pattern in your brain tissue. This pattern is remembered. They are replayed, or reactivated, whenever you remember a past experience.

Recent brain research states that the brain contains over a trillion brain cells and that, by the end of an average life span, most people have only activated or partially activated 2.5% of them! Are you using your mind to its fullest? It takes fewer brain cells to understand a positive statement than a negative one. Are you using that information to affirm yourself and your desired outcomes?