How do I develop a more positive attitude?

Answer 1

Try doing some community service or mission work. Once you see how terrible the life of another can be, it suddenly makes you have a much more positive outlook on your own life.

Answer 2

The secret to positive attitude was inadvertently given to me by a friend. For every situation force yourself to think something positive. For example, lets say you are talking about a person. We tend to concentrate on the bad aspect of that person. Ok, so you said something bad about them. Now you must say at least something good about that person. Said it out loud. Do this for everything. If a wooden table brake. Is ok to be a bit mad but now look for something positive about it. Maybe it gives you an excused to buy a new one. Or now you have more living room space. The idea is that by saying one positive thing you will take the focus away from the bad and into the good.

Answer 3

There are some people who are just gifted in their positive attitude, and you can learn a lot from them. Ralph Marston is one such man. Here's what he posted on his website today, and if you like it check the site often, or subscribe to his uplifting daily messages:

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The way you live
By sincerely admiring beauty, you become more beautiful. When you truly appreciate the creative work of others, your own creativity grows stronger.
Act with respect toward others, and you'll develop a deeper respect for yourself and your own possibilities. Be generous with those around you, and you'll find that life is more generous with you.

Spend time in peaceful surroundings, and you'll continue to carry that peace within you. Listen to the words of someone who is filled with positive passion, and that passion will find a place in you as well.

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Answer 4

It's not something that comes easily or quickly. It takes several small practices that are implemented over time.

It's literally a daily thing. It means instead of making a negative comment about something (yourself or anything else), making a positive one. Or try and find the positive in something. For instance, I'm sick of winter already, but the good thing is that it is already February and it makes me look forward to warm weather even more.

It also means looking at yourself and deciding what you really want. If you know what you want, it'll give you something to work toward, and having a goal makes you think positively.

Good luck to you!

Answer 5

Here are a few tips for increasing happiness in daily life:

1) Endeavor to change the way you look at things. Always look at the bright side. The mind may drag you to think about negativity and difficulties. Don't let it. Look at the good and positive side of every situation.

2) Think of solutions, not problems.

3) Listen to relaxing, uplifting music.

4) Watch funny comedies that make you laugh.

5) Each day, devote some time to reading a few pages of an inspiring book or article.

6) Watch your thoughts. Whenever you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, start thinking of pleasant things.

7) Always look at what you have done and not at what you haven't.

Sometimes you may begin the day with the desire to accomplish several objectives. At the end of the day you might feel frustrated and unhappy, because you haven't been able to do all of those things.

Look at what you have done, not at what you have not been able to do. You may have accomplished a lot during the day, and yet you let yourself become frustrated, because of some small things that you did not accomplish. You have spent all day successfully carrying out many plans, and instead of feeling happy and satisfied, you look at what was not accomplished and feel unhappy. It is unfair toward yourself.

8) Each day do something good for yourself. It can be something small, such buying a book, eating something you love, watching you favorite program on TV, going to a movie, or just having a stroll on the beach.

9) Each day do at least one act to make others happy. This can be a kind word, helping your colleagues, stopping your car at the crossroad to let people cross, giving your seat in a bus to someone else, or giving a small present to someone you love. The possibilities are infinite. When you make someone happy, you become happy, and then people try to make you happy.

10) Always expect happiness.

11) Do not envy people who are happy. On the contrary, be happy for their happiness.

12) Associate with happy people, and try to learn from them to be happy. Remember, happiness is contagious.

13) Do your best to stay detached, when things do not proceed as intended and desired. Detachment will help you stay calm and control your moods and reactions. Detachment is not indifference. It is the acceptance of the good and the bad and staying balanced. Detachment has much to do with inner peace, and inner peace is conductive to happiness.

14) Smile more often.

Answer 6

First of all you should do affirmations. Write down stuff like "i am capable of X" "I will do X" "i like doing X" and such several times every day. It greatly helped me even though i did not expect it to.

http://stress.about.com/od/optimismspirituality/a/optimismquiz.htm
Do this quiz.
http://stress.about.com/od/parentingskills/ht/raiseoptimists.htm

Here is wikipedia on optimism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism


Also here is a page on developing a positive attitude http://www.successconsciousness.com/positive_attitude.htm

Answer 7

Think positively, rid out negative feelings and thoughts. Try to see the positive in every situation even if it's hard.

Answer 8

HEHE...i'm trying to do that right now!!! honestly, you kind of have to get in the mind set...if you don't think that way, it's reallly hard to truely act that way....you need to let yourself feel everything, i mean, you can't push bad feelings aside......my thing is to just remind myself that tomorrow's a new day and i never have to see today again....and if it doesn't matter in a day, a month, or a year, it doesn't matter at all......when things get really tough, just remind yourself that, no matter how bad normal life gets, it DOES get better....and if things hit rock bottom, there's no way but up.....hold on to good, happy memories....that's all i know how to do so far......and get away from lots of negative people.

Answer 9

Look inward and you will see things you never knew.Hidden gold and and gems there await your eyes.Search for that which gives you joy for it is the menu of your life.Make a list things that you have instead of what you don't have.Your attitude will change with effort and time.Be easy on your self and all will come together

Answer 10

With any topic it can be difficult to be positive; war, poverty, work, personal relationships, fear, etc. Just open your mind and know there are unlimited possibilities for everything. Also know that within this vast array of possibilities all things are not going to be positive.