Positive Thoughts: Overcome Failure and Be Successful

Our mental state is derived from our thoughts. Control the thoughts, control life. Self-Talk used in the right direction ensures the brain stays positive.

The experiences we have, good or bad, are determined in our mind. Our thoughts and emotions are one and the same. Sometimes, they get illogical.

How many times have we had horrible conversations with ourselves? “I am such an idiot!” “No one can count on me!” or the worst “I don’t want to live anymore!”

How many times have we blown an event out of proportion? Something that wasn’t even major to our life in the long run.

You hear that voice answering the questions I just asked? Ladies and Gentlemen say Hello to your Self-Talk.

As we go about our day, we do lots of things that are irrational. We repeat this process even though we know it is wrong. Additionally, we do not feel our emotions gradually becoming negative from adverse thoughts.

The thoughts are not always out in the open. They are not waving their hands in front of your face telling you they are there. Some of the time the thoughts are faint, yet still dragging us down. You can be in the middle of a project and think, “I am not good at this! Why do I even try?” or dwell on the fact that what are doing isn’t good enough. This process will leave us in a miserable state. In fact, these negative thoughts will have us feeling crippled and powerless. Sometimes even psyching us out so much we have a panic attack from worry.

None of this will make your life any better. As long as they are there, you are at odds with yourself. If you repeat this kind of self-talk, the smallest problems seem like the biggest. We have adapted our lives to think that these thoughts are normal. So much so, the negativity flows through us on autopilot. We never stop and think about how this is affecting us daily. Thus, when the day is complete and we are ready for bed, our body floods with even more anxiety at all the stuff we did not do.

Let’s take a simple example like mowing the lawn. It is one of those scorching hot days. Work was overwhelming and your commute home sucked. The entire day you built anxiety over having to go home and finish this task. We know that the chore is only going to take 15-30 minutes to complete. Not to mention, we bought a riding lawnmower last year and don’t even need to be exerting any physical effort. Our chore list is massive and this is only one of the things we need to get done. Cutting the grass is nothing major but these small chores add up in our brain to be something massive. We then neglect the important things becoming weakened by life instead of invigorated.

Why do we oppose things in our lives? It is because we have built up a scenario for ourselves that is shrouded in negativity. The phantom that is holding us back from enjoying our lives is our brain. It is setting up roadblocks from a positive, fulfilled life.