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There is almost an uncountable quantity of stories about positive thinking both in public libraries and on the Internet. Many of these recount the author’s personal experiences and eventual success in going from a negative mindset to a positive outlook using positive thinking training and techniques. These testimonials detail the successes gained in business, personal lives and career pursuits in sports, acting and more. They make for fascinating reading and in some cases, demonstrate the author’s ability to overcome seemingly impossible roadblocks to success.

Despite the fact that these inspirational narratives are individual’s stories, they certainly qualify as positive affirmations from which good lessons about the power of positive thinking can be learned. They are interesting and well worth reading.

In terms of subject matter, the Internet has websites that feature stories of how positive thinking played a meaningful role in personal relationships, parent/child conflicts, life in general, business success, attitude change, compassion, friendship, honesty, death & dying, religion, and more. Story titles include Attitude is Everything; Be a Better Person; Blind Ambition; Challenged; Choice in the Face of Adversity; Destiny; Finish Line; God’s Presence; Breaking My Personal Records (sports); A New Point of View and many, many more.

There are business stories that define the challenges of ‘growing up’ newly-started small businesses on a limited amount of funding and how positive thinking principles helped the principals overcome very difficult challenges to achieve success in both near-term and long-term growth. These are not only inspirational, but demonstrate a workable plan of how to apply positive thinking to overcome adversity in business. One such story ended in a key message from the business founder which stated, “I believe in the power of attraction; that you attract what you expect. I expect to have wonderful customers and wonderful clients and that is what I attract.”

Anybody who is truly interested in learning the steps to and importance of positive thinking will do well to check out some of the many stories, quotes and phrases related to the subject on the Internet. While these stories may well just be stories, they might show you the ideal way to live your life positively. After all, the story of the king and the spider might not be true, but it induced a definite positive feeling inside him to achieve higher goals. Stories on positive thinking have helped millions of people across the world and can help you as well as someone you know who needs some help.

Positive thinking has as much power to deliver in sports excellence as it does in personal relationships, business and virtually everything else. The key to winning in any athletic event starts with a proper mindset and a positive attitude about the game. You must fill your mind with good thoughts, be committed to constant improvements in your game and believe, above all else, that you can play better than you ever did before. If you do this on a regular basis, the result is almost always steady improvement that you can see and feel. Positive thinking works very well in athletics, especially when accompanied by physical conditioning and learning all the strategic fine points of competing in your chosen sport.

When you utilize positive thoughts, images, ideas and self talk to improve your game, you are applying all the important parts of positive thinking. Your aim is to do away with any negative images in your mindset. You will forget about mistakes made in the past and concentrate on preventing them in the future. Your goal is to keep striving for your personal best.

Many athletes have heard time and time again about others who have made spectacular improvements in their performance through positive thinking but have never personally tried to apply those principles to their own game. This is as important a personal commitment as physical conditioning. They work hand in hand no matter which sport is your choice. The average athlete doesn’t understand that success is not a reward, a position, a place, or a rung on a ladder. Nor has it anything to do with yesterday, today or tomorrow. Success is a state of mind! It is a mental process that can be learned through repetition and determination. It mandates that you understand who you are, what your goals are and that you lay the important groundwork to achieve those goals. You don’t permit yourself to back off, lie down on the job, lose faith or give up, because those are negative feelings that aid and abet failure. Positive thinking, ideas and self talk lead to success.

If an athlete is not playing up to his capability or he is caving in under pressure despite all the proper training and physical conditioning, it’s possible that his mind isn’t in the game. He needs a solution and the best solution has proven to be positive thinking. Coaches know this all to well. Leading athletes do too.

There is a wealth of inspirational material on positive thinking available on the Internet and much of it is absolutely free. Download some information. Study it carefully. It just might be the answer to the success you crave.

There is a perhaps overly-simple definition that describes the primary difference between negative and positive feelings. It states that negative feelings yield negative results and positive feelings yield positive results. If this is true, and it does appear to be so, then positive thinking should yield positive results and negative thinking the converse. Thus, the value of positive thinking becomes apparent.

Negative thinking throws up barriers between you and others; stops you from trying new things, blocks your success in business and personal relationships and, perhaps most important, makes you unpleasant to be around. It also makes you look at things from a pessimistic perspective. These thoughts come from fear, uneasiness, apathy, and self talk filled with negative expressions like I can’t, I won’t, I shouldn’t, Why should I care, I’m a loser, I look terrible and many more. The cure comes from positive thinking but it doesn’t always come easily after years and years of negative thinking habits. The easiest thing would be to never start thinking negatively in the first place. However, if that were the case, you’d never be reading this article.

Positive thinking opens the doors which are closed to negative thinkers. It gives you the confidence to try new things, take advantage of business opportunities, make personal relationships more rewarding and makes you a nicer person to be around. You tend to look at things from an optimistic point of view and are characterized by self talk with words like I can, I will, I should, I care, I’m a winner, I look good today and others. People with this frame of mind constantly think about the possibilities of growth, getting ahead, succeeding and solving challenges. They work to build good relationships and sustain them over time. Perhaps most important, they ‘like’ themselves, admit weaknesses and find positive solutions to problems rather than throwing up their hands in despair.

Predominantly negative thinkers who are committed to changing their way of looking at things, have to learn how to focus on positive thoughts and attitudes and to act on them. They must also stop giving themselves excuses as to why things won’t work, can’t be done, or are beyond their abilities, and begin taking some positive steps toward telling themselves why not and giving things their best shot. Doing this isn’t usually easy and requires a lot of practice, so they must really be determined to become positive thinkers. Fortunately, there is a lot of help and really good step-by-step instruction available through positive thinking programs that are readily accessible on the Internet.

There are many positive thinking activities available that are designed to train participants in various ways to shift their thinking and attitudes into a positive framework. Some are general and apply to the positive thinking concept no matter where it is applied; others are specifically designed to reinforce particular types of thought processes applicable to business, personal relationships, school or others.

For example some positive thinking training resources:

* Help participants determine their values along with any differences between their career objectives and goals so that they can take positive steps to resolve differences;

* Introduce participants to the ideas behind determining ‘excellence’ strategies from other people;

* Show participants how to problem solve by utilizing their inherent strengths and abilities;

* Detail how to alter an undesirable view of their behavior and replace it with one that they will see in a more positive light;

* Help participants to identify and explore negative beliefs that are keeping them from achieving success and replace them with positive beliefs that they can implement for better self esteem and behavior.

These are just a few of the positive thinking training activities that are readily available on line via the Internet. There are also a significant number of training exercises that build skills; compete fairly; resolve conflicts; and more. These generally include standard tests that enable participants to assess their progress toward positive change. Free downloads of these materials are also available online.

Conflict resolution is greatly aided through positive thinking and there is even a Conflict Resolution Network that can be reached online from http://www.crnhq.org They offer many free downloads including a very-thorough conflict resolving game that is a challenging new alternative to normal debating. In this game, participants deal with an issue selected from numerous possibilities including domestic violence, immigration and development and the environment, with the aim of resolving the conflicts inside it. The end goal, of course, is to teach people how to resolve real conflicts occurring in real-life situations that will almost certainly be faced. Three primary role tasks of the game are analysis, options and solutions.

Most positive thinking activities are intended for adults and high-school age teenagers, although there are a few available for younger children. In any case noone is too young or too old to seek help on positive thinking for a happier life.

Over the years, many positive thinking advocates have crafted lists of the steps one should follow to properly embrace the concept of positive thinking. None are actually the best of the lot. Instead, we have today a very intelligent and lengthy set of steps to take us to the pinnacle of positive thinking. All are words of wisdom and all represent good advice from those who really know.

We can quote individual five, ten or twenty-step messages or we can select what we consider the best of them all and craft a new set. This might read something like the following steps o help you deal with recurring negative ideas:

(1)-Put words to the negative ideas you now harbor and the ‘triggers’ that make them appear in your mind. A few bad thoughts can set off a bad scene and bad scenes usually end up badly. Identify these enemies so you know what you’re dealing with.

(2)-Don’t try to completely forget the negative ideas because they’ve been with you for years and won’t disappear in a flash. However, you can manage them and prevent them from taking control and becoming an attitude.

(3)-Look at your negative thoughts and images objectively. While they’ve been with you a long time, they are not you. You’re the listener, not the originator. You can listen and obey or choose instead to embrace a more positive approach to what you are. See them for what they are and then let them go.

(4)-Stop your negative thoughts and images dead in their tracks the instant they appear. Have some positive ideas ready to replaced them and do so promptly. Never give in to the old ideas that have only held you back from happiness and success.

(5)-Don’t be afraid to debate with yourself. When the negative ideas rear their ugly heads, counter them with something positive. Remember that negative is just a trip back to the same old you and reach out for the new you that you really want.

Sets of steps can be crafted for business situations, personal relationships and virtually anything else. If you fully embrace the concept of positive thinking, you’ll meet all of them sooner or later and realize that they all have but one purpose: self improvement. Though you can find hundreds of books on positive thinking that can really put you on the right track to positive thinking, the above steps will always come handy when you are in doubt.

Sports positive thinking
Positive thinking has as much power to deliver in sports excellence as it does in personal relationships, business and virtually everything else. The key to winning in any athletic event starts with a proper mindset and a positive attitude about the game. You must fill your mind with good thoughts, be committed to constant improvements in your game and believe, above all else, that you can play better than you ever did before. If you do this on a regular basis, the result is almost always steady improvement that you can see and feel. Positive thinking works very well in athletics, especially when accompanied by physical conditioning and learning all the strategic fine points of competing in your chosen sport.

When you utilize positive thoughts, images, ideas and self talk to improve your game, you are applying all the important parts of positive thinking. Your aim is to do away with any negative images in your mindset. You will forget about mistakes made in the past and concentrate on preventing them in the future. Your goal is to keep striving for your personal best.

Many athletes have heard time and time again about others who have made spectacular improvements in their performance through positive thinking but have never personally tried to apply those principles to their own game. This is as important a personal commitment as physical conditioning. They work hand in hand no matter which sport is your choice. The average athlete doesn’t understand that success is not a reward, a position, a place, or a rung on a ladder. Nor has it anything to do with yesterday, today or tomorrow. Success is a state of mind! It is a mental process that can be learned through repetition and determination. It mandates that you understand who you are, what your goals are and that you lay the important groundwork to achieve those goals. You don’t permit yourself to back off, lie down on the job, lose faith or give up, because those are negative feelings that aid and abet failure. Positive thinking, ideas and self talk lead to success.

If an athlete is not playing up to his capability or he is caving in under pressure despite all the proper training and physical conditioning, it’s possible that his mind isn’t in the game. He needs a solution and the best solution has proven to be positive thinking. Coaches know this all to well. Leading athletes do too.

There is a wealth of inspirational material on positive thinking available on the Internet and much of it is absolutely free. Download some information. Study it carefully. It just might be the answer to the success you crave.