For Your Better Life

Have you noticed that for many people recent times have been tough. This is a great opportunity for people to utilize their ability to create positive attitudes and a bright future. Theres a

Self-Care is the Key to a Brighter Future

knee jerk reaction that says “Oh my god this shouldn’t be happening”. That reaction is normal. What happens next is where the shift begins. Sure, you’re facing challenges when times are tough, but this is the exact right time to engage creativity and redefine the challenge as an opportunity.

Use this Book to Help You Get Through Those Tough Times.

When times are challenging it is important to make time for self care and nurturing. Being able to stay centered during chaotic times will help you to calm emotional upset and redefine situations in positive terms.

Finding the blessings in disguise is a talent that you only get to develop when times are tough. This skill is being able to look at rough situations and find the diamonds in the rough (blessings in disguise).

Hard Times, the Cornerstone of Creativity

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If necessity is the mother of invention then challenge is the father of creativity. As you face a challenge try saying to yourself “What a great opportunity, I get to be creative”. As you reinforce this belief your creativity will blossom. There is an alternative to awakening your creativity in challenging times. You could just be a victim. In my opinion this is boring and a waste of a good opportunity. So when the road gets tough I invite you to get excited and know that you can bring more of the good stuff inside of you out to create a brighter future. So in the coming months when people say “times are tough” you can say “great, now lets get creative”.

As you are creating a Brighter Future I will be there,

Your Attitude in a Positive Way

There are things that you are doing everyday that bring you more happiness and satisfaction. Great! Keep doing them. Or in folk wisdom “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”.

There are things you are not doing that would not add much to your life. Continue not doing them.

The invitation here is leave the previous categories alone and focus on the next two in order to have your attitude be more positive and worth catching.

Read this book to help your attitude be more positive.

Add something you are not doing that you know would add value, decrease stress and be a great addition for maintaining your attitude very positively. This is the plus one part of the equation. It can be something that you are not doing and want to do or it can be something you are already doing and need to do it more. For this exercise pick something that you can do everyday or at least several times a week.

• This may include:

  • Exercising

  • Meditating

  • Eating healthy food

  • Listen to Great CD’s

  • Doing what you love more

  • Laughing with friends

  Dancing is a Good Way to Keep Your Attitude Positive.

  • Help others

  • Write articles

  • Play sports

  • Go to the gym

  • Do the next step for your business

  • Read good books

  • Play with kids or pets.

  • Hike

  • Dance

  • Clean

  • Organize

  • Garden

  • Spend time with loved ones

  • Encourage, Yourself and Others

Now make a commitment to add one of these into your life. Note how often you will do it and write it down so that you can check back. After you have added it for a while report what difference it is making in your life.

Listen to these interviews designed to help your attitude be positive and your life be fun.

Next is the minus one part of the equation. Think about something that you do currently that if you did it less or not at all it would make a great difference in your life. You would be more joyful and less stressed if your let it go or did it less.

• This may include

  • Whine and complain

  • Watch TV

  • Find fault

  • Eat junk food

  • Go to the track

  • Gamble

  • Discourage friends

  • Spend time with negative people

  • Stay up late and miss sleep

  • Drink too much alcohol, coffee, etc

  • Smoking, drugs

  • Be unsupportive

  • Avoid important conversations or tasks

  • Surf the Internet

  • Argue “with your spouse” or anyone else

  • Bite your nails

  • Think negatively

  • Doubting, Yourself and Others

Now you want to start with just one thing that you will add and one thing you will subtract. It is important that the list is short, very short, one thing to add and one to subtract. Write down both and

Keeping Your Attitude Positive is Easy as 1, 2, 3

keep track of your progress for three weeks. If it is not yet set as a new habit then renew your commitment and work with it for another three weeks.

Plus one minus one is an effective way to start a new habit or to wean you off of old habits. Three weeks is the amount of time that is recommended for starting a new habit or breaking an old one. That is the general rule yet you can adjust it to your situation. Some things may need a little more time and commitment to release them or add them.

Do simple math and create a life with more passion and purpose. Oh yeah and they will help keep your attitude positive too.
Plus one Minus one and don’t forget to have fun

See you again soon.