The power of positive thinking

Thinking skills is one of the most underrated interpersonal skills. If you need to attain any thing in life, you need to get into the habit of cultivating good thinking skills.

Daily positive affirmations helps to boost your self esteem and confidence.  It will improve your mood, make you feel good about yourself, and make you stay focused. When your mind aligns well with good positive thoughts, it filters out negative thoughts and declutters your system of all forms of negativity.

Why then don't a lot of people practice it often? As Henry Ford rightly observed, he said "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it".

Everyday, try and think postive thoughts only. Always strive to have a positive, mental and emotional attitude towards life, about yourself and people.

7 powerful positive thinking skills

1. Watch your emotions

Use emotional intelligence to gauge the level of your emotions. Deny yourself the opportunity to be sad, moody, or allow your mind to be affected by negativity.

2. Never allow people's opinion to define you

Choose the people around you that will always infect you with positive affirmations. The people that speak positively to you are the ones that add value to your life. Never allow anyone's opinion to dictate your life. People's biased opinion of you is not a factual assessment of your capability.

3. Mind what you listen to

Be careful of what you listen to at all times. Never allow negativity to filter into your mind and dominate your thoughts.

4. Say words of afffirmation

At all times, endeavour to say positive words of affirmations to your self. Words carry power and they can accomplish good things.

5. Try new things

Get yourself busy and be creative. By being creative, it allows your brain to think in a different way.

6. Read books on motivation

Always try and read books on personal development and motivation. It expands your mind and enables you to think more positive thoughts. Your spirit will be lifted when you read about success stories of other people.

7. Be focused

In order to think good thoughts and achieve your dreams, set S.M.A.R.T goals to keep you focused. As you accomplish each goal and move to another goal, your self esteem levels will go up.

How to Overcome Low Self Esteem

Self esteem is at the core of growing as a person. Having a high self esteem is undoubtedly one of the major elements of sustained success in life. Your self esteem is allied to your belief, or the opinion you have of yourself. Your self esteem is also about what you think about yourself and not minding what others think about you. Knowing who you are and being comfortable with whom you are will create an outer confidence that will almost certainly be felt by others. 

Your self esteem is your inner strength. It is your will of mind that will elevate you from where you are to where you want to be. This requires a strong resolve. Without a strong belief in your self, you will be stuck in the same position. Your confidence and ability to make decisions, let alone try new things will be seriously affected. As a result, nothing will move until you make a firm and resolute decision to move and grow as a person. 

So ask yourself these important questions:

Who are you?

Do you really know yourself?

When you stand in front of the mirror, can you honestly recognize yourself?

Do you prefer where you are at the moment?

Do you know your strengths and weaknesses?

What is preventing you from stepping out of your “comfort zone”?

Is it fear? What are your fears?

Do you worry incessantly?

Has indecision, doubt, procrastination affected your reasoning faculty?

How do you make the best use of your time?

Who do you hang out with? Do they impact your life positively or they are stifling your growth?

There is only one person who can give an honest appraisal of who you are as a person. And that person is you. To reinforce this statement, no one can improve your life for you unless you have a determined conviction within your mind to do so yourself. In order to rid, or at least, lessen the insecurities that are causing this low esteem to fester, you need to embrace one important point. All the successful people in life have all made mistakes in their pursuit of success.

Your ultimate decision to embark on change begins with words. The words that come out from your mouth are powerful weapons that can project positive things to your lives. The same is equally applicable if you employ negative words to your life as well.

For example, if you inform everyone that you are sick and depressed when you are not, your countenance would be that of someone who is sick and depressed. You need to stop living a mediocre life and stop feeling inferior. You need to start growing for a change and a better future. Why? When you stop learning, you stop growing. When you stop growing, you stop living. Don’t settle for average, knowing fully well that there is a better life awaiting you if only you would take action and improve your life.