The Powerful Positive Thinking Rule Book

Yes, it really is as easy as that, but sadly, positive thinking fails for many because their expectation has been falsely raised with the promise of easy riches and abundance and untold happiness and success – and because of this, most will fail to receive any benefit.

Positive thinking is like everything else in life – there are rules – and when you get them right, everything else you desire will follow. You cannot be a brain surgeon or the pilot of a fighter aircraft overnight – you need proper training – and it is the same with positivity.
So, for my regular readers I have devised the Powerful Positive Thinking Rule Book. It might not be what you want to hear, but if you can embrace these things, all the material possessions you desire will follow and happiness can be yours. These are the basics and when you can get them just right – the magic really begins.

Before you start

These are the things that you should set as goals. They are based on common sense and action, two of the core principles of Powerful Positive Thinking, but if you need help as to the best way to achieve them then please look at some of the other blogs on this website or e-mail us at hello@powerfulpositivethinking.org for some old-fashioned advice. It’s always good to hear from you.

Rule Number 1 -The things you should eliminate from your life

• Stop gossiping about others and grumbling about your life.
• Killing time for the sake of it is wrong.
• Stop saying that fate is against you.
• Stop walking around looking miserable looking for obstacles that are not there.
• If you keep finding fault with others and take offence where none is intended then you can never be positive.
• Don’t keep losing your temper or keep boasting about what you think you can do, especially when you do not deliver.
• Stop talking yourself down
• Don’t say unkind things about others and forget about the past, it has gone forever.
• Stop being self-pitying and comparing yourself unfavourably with others.
• Don’t wait for chances to turn up. Take action and grab opportunities.
• Day dreaming is fine but back it up with action.
• Stop longing for what others have and make your own future.

Rule Number 2 – Be kind to others

• Be prepared to do things others like, even if you don’t.
• Never assume that you are always right and others are wrong.
• Stop keep talking about yourself.
• Stop thinking others are trying to put you down.
• Encourage and support other people’s ideas.
• Stop being jealous of the success of others.
• Stop being angry with everyone else when you are in a bad mood.
• Never talk about others behind their backs.
• Think what you can do for others and not what they can do for you.
• Stop contradicting others. Think of their feelings.
• Always look interested in what others have to say.
• Keep your mouth shut when you have to.
• Don’t sneer at the achievements or convictions of others.

Rule Number 3 – Take time to play

• Learn not to take life too seriously.
• Understand that you do not always need money to be happy.
• Be prepared to break daily habits and do something different.
• Teach yourself how to enjoy every day things.
• Find time to keep in contact with old friends and be prepared to make new ones.
• Learn how to give to others.
• Live in the now. You cannot change the past and future is not ours to decide.
• Be grateful for what you have.
• Enjoy the company of your family and people you love.
• Be spontaneous – work will be there when you get back.

Rule Number 4 – If you want success

• Be more diplomatic and stop worrying.
• Stop being indecisive and overly sensitive.
• Learn to say No when you have to.
• Don’t let your prejudices prevent success.
• Never be too proud to take advice.
• Trust your own judgement and intuition.
• Learn to let go of things holding you back
• Take care of the detail.
• Be brave and develop leadership qualities.
• Ensure that everyone buys into your belief.
• Be prepared to support your team.
• Learn from any failures for next time and do not be discouraged.
• Be focused on achieving goals.
• Keep an open mind.

Rule Number 5 – Change your habits

• Stop being lazy, indifferent or delivering second best.
• Allow you real talents to shine instead of hiding them.
• Acknowledge your faults and change them.
• To respect other people’s views and opinions.
• Be responsible for your own actions.
• To constantly learn new skills.
• To be aware of what is worrying or concerning others.
• Learn to control you temper and not to be a bully.
• To encourage and support others.
• To take care of the way you look and act.

Rule Number 6 – Believe in yourself

• Learn to overcome baseless anxieties and worries.
• Learn how to be more resourceful.
• Teach yourself real people handing skills.
• Resolve to be confident in all that you do.
• Never be negative about others.
• Learn to concentrate and focus on things that matter.
• Do not blame others for your failures.
• Do not try to be all things to all people.
• Never give up if you do not succeed straight away.
• If you have won the argument learn to stop digging.
• Stop being self-effacing.
• Be yourself.

Rule Number 7 – Look for the good

• Vow to be the best that you can.
• Accept that bad things happen sometimes but they will not affect your life.
• See obstacles as another step towards success.
• Always expect great things of yourself.
• Have faith that you will achieve your goals.
• Vow never to be discouraged.
• Live in the expectation of success.
• See other as allies and not opponents.
• Vow to turn your dreams into realities.

Rule Number 8 – Eliminate bad financial habits

• Keep a proper track of where your money goes.
• There are no “get rich quick” schemes. Live with it.
• Take care of loose change. Billionaires do.
• Don’t let others take advantage of your generosity.
• Do what you can afford – not what others expect.
• Get everything in writing.
• Be prepared to take menial jobs. Pride doesn’t pay the bills.
• Don’t take unnecessary risks with hard earned money.
• Vow to save each month, even small amounts.
• If you are in serious debt vow to seek proper help, problems will not disappear.
• Don’t live beyond your means.

Rule Number 9 – Take care of the things that matter

• Keep up with what’s happening around you. No one likes a dinosaur.
• You really cannot beat the system. Be ahead of the game.
• Take care of the little things, but don’t forget the big picture.
• Don’t get too big headed. Pride will always come before a fall.
• Save money, but not on the things that are important.
• Never run yourself down.
• Learn to be optimistic about the future.
• Learn from others.
• Always ask for honest opinions. Others see things differently and you may appreciate their input.

Rule 10 – Stop keeping up appearances

• It doesn’t matter what others think so don’t spend money you don’t have to create an illusion.
• Avoid using credit cards and other finance schemes.
• Have a game plan.
• Don’t put your security at risk by trusting others.
• Do you really need all those “luxuries”?
• Know how and where your money is going.

Rule 11 – the simplest rule of all

• Always remember to say thank you for everything.
• Gratitude is the key that opens every door in the Universe.

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How to think hard and be successful with a positive mindset

Everyone has a story of someone they know who has toiled all hours to achieve their goals – and they will frequently use that example to tell you that it is the only way to really get on. If that is the case, then why do we see so many hard-working men and women, exhausted at the end of each day with little to show for it.

So, what really is the key to success at work and what has it got to do with positive thinking? Thank you for asking because I am happy to tell you that there is a strong connection - and if you really understand how positive thinking works – then you can attract all the success you want without being drained or frazzled in the process.

How to work hard and to be successful should be renamed. It should be called how to think hard and be successful. That’s what top celebrities and leading businessmen the world over practice again and again – it is positive thinking in action and they know it works.

Check out these Superstars

People such as Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey, Jenifer Lopez and Denzel Washington, to name just a few, all practice positive thinking. They use affirmations each day to reinforce that positivity. They have never forgotten their humble beginnings and determination to succeed.

Yes, they all worked hard to develop their talents, they each chased every opportunity – that’s called positive thinking in action – but they never lost focus. They did not just work for work’s sake, they cultivated faith and a belief that all their efforts would end up in success.

Jim Carrey, today a leading Hollywood star, is is reputed to be the biggest believer in the power of positive mindset. Many years before becoming a successful superstar, he had this firm belief and vision that he would make it to the top.

He is on public record saying that nothing in this world happens without a thought and intention behind it. The rest is history, as they say and he is proof that imagined success and faith have turned him into a global celebrity.

Denzel Washington used affirmations to help him overcome a drinking problem. Jennifer Lopez, even now she is famous is reported to set aside at least 15 minutes a day to use positive phrases and affirmations and we know that Oprah Winfrey came from poverty to world fame supported by her belief in a positive mindset.

Don’t give up on your dreams

But what about you? Are you so busy working to pay the bills that you have forgotten all about your dreams? Are you living to work or working to live, but most importantly – have you given up any thoughts that life could be so much better?

So, what are you going to do about it? Don’t give me any excuses that you are too tired. I don’t want to hear that you feel beaten or overwhelmed because only you can take control of your life, only you can make a difference – and it starts with a single thought.

Start to day dream, begin to imagine how your life could be. Yes, I know you already do this on a daily basis, especially when you are feeling particularly down, but these are just random thoughts without structure or purpose – c’mon your mind is better and stronger than that.

Give your dreams purpose

Start to take a long hard look at these thoughts and give them purpose. Focus on goals that you believe can be achieved. Do not be tempted to go for the big prize in one leap – you will probably fail – but make instead a strategy that gets you there in easy steps.

Visualise success and have faith that your dreams will turn into reality. Reinforce them with daily affirmations that match your dream. Always be positive when you use affirmations – say them as if you have already achieved your goal and let the Universe do all the hard work.

Success comes when you think hard, when you have faith and when you are truly focussed. It comes from the mind and turns your hard physical work into reward. You will slowly see success with more money, promotion and recognition.

Use your positive mindset to change your life. You have the power to do this and it happens as soon as you decide that enough really is enough.

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10 New Year resolutions to help turn you into a “Super Positive Thinking Person”

Of course you are – what’s there to think about. But what are you really going to do to make positive change, or will it be the same as last year – lots of good intentions until you meet the first set back – or will it be different this time?

Maybe you are just wondering what you should be doing – so let me help. Here are my 10 best New Year resolutions to turn you into a Super Person – and if you are ready, we can begin.

Number One – No more negative words or phrases

When you say bad or negative things then you are attracting all the wrong stuff. Words like I am never lucky, I am not a winner, I cannot do this, other people are better than me, really do you harm.

You are telling the Universe that you are already beaten. Substitute them instead for words such as: I am always lucky, I can meet any challenge, no one is better than me, I am a winner – and the Universe will receive a totally different message.

Number Two – Change those thoughts

Negative thoughts are like words and are equally as corrosive. When you keep thinking of all the things that can go wrong and all of the stuff you don’t want to happen in your life, then the complete opposite happens – because that’s what the Universe mistakenly thinks you want.

Change those thoughts into all of the things that are going right. See your life getting better. Always think about how you want your life to work and discard any potential problems – the Universe will sort out the rest.

Number three – Like what you see

If you don’t like the image that’s looking back in the mirror then be assured – no one else will as well. If you see and focus in on every little blemish then all you will do is magnify that negative self-image and project it to the rest of the world.

Focus instead on the good things you like, learn to love yourself because there is no one else on this planet quite like you. If you think a couple of things need changing such as a new hair style, maybe some dental work – then vow to do it – but most importantly of all, look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are the main man or woman and you’re looking good – and do this every day.

Number four – Stop being so angry

When you are angry and bitter all of the time then you can never be a super positive person. You switch off everyone around you, you will lose your friends and most people will not like you very much or be willing to help or cooperate – which will make you even more angry.

Vow to get that temper under control, learn not to react in quite such an extreme way, foster patience when you are in situations that cause you stress and make you lash out. You can never be a positive person if you are angry all of the time.

Number five – Eliminate fears and anxieties

Fears and anxieties will always stop you from ever being positive. They will nag away at your self esteem and prevent all of the good stuff from coming into your life. Most of these fears have no basis in fact – they are simply things that your imagination has created and over the years you have magnified these thoughts and made seem worse than they really are.

If you need professional help then look for it, but if most of your fears are just natural anxieties then see them for what they really are and visualise different and more positive outcomes. As an example, just because you have had a row with a friend does not mean they will be out of your life forever. Vow not to magnify these things out of proportion.

Number six – Vow not to be alone

If you are starting the new year and you feel totally alone with your whole life crashing around you then it is going to be difficult to be positive. Only you can decide where your life goes from here. It is your choice to leave things as they are – or take action – one of the key components of powerful positive thinking.

Decide that this is the year when you are going to make changes. Decide that you will be ready to try new things. Choose to be brave and resolute and the Universe will be listening and guiding you in the right direction. Take control and the rest will follow.

Number seven – Choose to be decisive

If you are unable to make your mind up about anything, how do you hope to go forward in a positive direction. If you are a procrastinator it means that you keep putting off the things that would really take your life forward.

Vow that this year is the time when you will make positive steps to change all the things that you dislike in your life. You have left them long enough, but nothing will happen until you are ready to take some action and when you do, the Universe will be there to help.

Number eight – Always have faith

A key component of positive thinking is to have complete faith that everything you do will always work out to be good – even if sometimes that does not seem to be quite the case. Faith can make great things happen – you simply have to believe that you will always benefit in a good way.

If you combine faith with positive thinking then you are more likely to attract the things that you most desire such as wealth and happiness. See these things happening in your life and have faith, a real belief that only good stuff is coming your way from this moment on – and it will.

Number nine – Decide to fall in love again

If you are finding it hard to attract love into your life then decide to do something in a positive way to attract new people into your life. Join a club, go to a night school, become part of a drama society, but choose to take action. When you do this with the aim of meeting new people then the Universe will be listening.

If you are in a happy established relationship then decide to fall in love again with your partner. It’s enormous fun when you begin the remember the things that made you feel hot the first time you met – and very positive.

Number 10 – Choose to be your own person

Only you can allow yourself to be bullied, to be put upon, to be used as a doormat. If others are taking you for granted then now is the time to do something about it. Choose to help others under your terms, only do what makes you feel comfortable.

There are millions of selfless human beings across this planet who help others for no reward and no expectations, but just make sure that if you are one of those people that nothing can damage your self-esteem. Make sure that people see you for the super positive thinking person you really are. Make that choice.

Thank you everyone for reading and a Happy New Year.

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Want to change your life? Then it’s time to get scared

It is hard to be a positive thinking person when the entire planet seems to have gone mad. It is so much easier to talk about disaster just around the corner and to flood your mind with thousands of negative thoughts and outcomes.

When it starts to get tough, the natural default position is to do nothing, to sit back and see what happens. How many times have you heard people tell you that they will “cross that bridge when they come to it?”

Let’s imagine for the moment that the bridge in question is just around the corner and its bristling with armed guards with orders to prevent you crossing. You might just make it across like one of those Hollywood superstars in a disaster movie, but I would not count on it.

So, what happens now? You are where you are, you have a choice to improve on what you have, to make a better life for yourself, to take on new challenges, to make things happen – in short – to do something that scares you.

Moving forward means getting away from your comfort zone, to be willing to take a chance, to learn to be positive, to formalise a strategy that offers new opportunities to improve yourself and deliver everything you have ever dreamed of -and it is all in your hands.

But what if? These are three words that destroy the concept of positive thinking. As soon as you start listing all of the things that can go wrong then you are already beaten. You have just talked yourself out of ever moving forward.

Forget those three little words and substitute them with two others – “I can.”  I can get this new job, I can lose that extra weight, I can improve my relationships, I can start that new business and improve my finances – please feel free to add your own I can just here.

The day you decide to exchange what if for I can then you will be on the road to recovery, to improving your life forever – and things really start to get moving when you add positive thinking visualisation with some common sense and action.

Visualising means using the power of your imagination to work out the future you really want. Feel excited about the prospect of it being yours, see yourself enjoying all the benefits on offer, but always remember to keep it real.

When you first start out with positive thinking outcomes it is very easy to be unrealistic. Much better to go forward with small baby steps that you know you can achieve and the big stuff will follow later. As you visualise your goals start adding in the actions that you are willing to take to turn those dreams into reality – this will reinforce your vision and help bring it to fruition.

Of course, you could continue to sit back and see what happens, wait until you reach that distant bridge. If you never take a chance, if you never try anything different then it is of course impossible to fail.

No one will blame you for it, but you will know that when the going got tough you were not prepared to take action and consider alternative options. You did not want to do something that really scared you.

For those that did decide to do something they will find that every day is scary, because every mile forward is a step into the unknown. Such people know there will be set backs from time to time, but they have planned for them and will learn from the experience.

So decide that now is the best time ever to take those tentative first steps to a brighter future. It is time to get really scared because you are in charge of what happens next.

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No one can make you feel inferior – unless you choose

She was the wife of Franklin D Roosevelt, who was President of America during the World War 2 years, and was ahead of her time in the way she campaigned for women’s rights and her ideas that we are shaped by our thoughts.

Here are a few more of her famous quotes:

• "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water."
• "Do one thing every day that scares you."
• "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
• "Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."

Not only was Eleonor an inspirational woman. But she also realised that people respond to the negativity of others and this in turn can prevent them from ever obtaining their goals. She knew that negative people have this nasty way of always bringing you down to their level.

They do it because they are jealous of another’s success or looks. They do it because they feel inadequate and in a perverse way, they believe that if they can have some kind of power over you, then it will make them feel better.

Negative people are usually bullies although not so much in the physical sense. They prefer mental aggression, preying on the fears of others in a more vindictive way which saps the energy of their victims, destroying enthusiasm, positivity and joy.

Sadly, many of these mental bullies have no idea that they are blighting the lives of others. They are completely oblivious to their caustic words, sneers and put downs, dismissing their actions as banter or some sort of joke.

If you are allowing someone like this to affect you in any way then, as Eleonor Roosevelt noted all those years ago, you have given that person permission to make you feel inadequate or inferior – and only you can decide when it all stops.

These negative people should no longer have any place in your life. Not so easy of course if those concerned are close relatives, fellow employees or even bosses – but get rid of them you must – or alternatively you need to summon up the courage to deal with these issues.

If these negative people are acquaintances then vow from this moment on not to have any further contact with them. You will feel that a huge weight has been lifted from your shoulders by getting rid of those who never really had your best interests at heart.

If we are talking about those much closer to home then you have to decide that from this moment on, they will not make you feel inferior or inadequate in any way. If you feel that you do not have the courage to confront negative bullies then you must choose instead to see their words and actions for what they really are – jealousy on their part and a way in which they believe they can control you.

Choose from this day on that you a free spirit and that no one has any control over the way you feel. Choose to see the words and actions of negative people for what they really are – consider them if you must for a second or two - and then vow that these have no place in your life.

If you have felt subservient or weak for a very long period then it is going to take a little practice on your part. But every time you analyse a negative barb and see it for what it really is then you have won a little victory.

In time those victories will build up and slowly you will learn to ignore them and because you are not reacting, then those negative people will look for another victim - and well done you because in the words of Eleonor Roosevelt, you have chosen not to let anyone make you feel inferior.

This will allow your positive thinking enthusiastic nature to shine through the darkness totally unfettered by the baggage of those unfit to bask in your shadow – and it all starts as soon as you are ready.

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