| Powerful words "you are not stuck with you". What | | | | Take these tips and apply them with these actions |
| does it mean? Look around you right now and think of | | | | and your life will become what you really have |
| everything in your life and your past. You are, where | | | | wanted. |
| you are, and what you are by what has gone into | | | | |
| your mind. You can change where you are and what | | | | 1. When you wake up each and every morning, before |
| you are by changing what WILL go into your mind | | | | greeting your mate or family, study your written list of |
| from today on. Let's get started on stopping negative | | | | good things in your life. Read it slowly and allow your |
| thinking. | | | | self to feel the emotions associated with each of the |
| Take inventory of everything good in your life. Write a | | | | good things. |
| list of everything you can. Think about that makes you | | | | 2. Take control of our thoughts with this challenge. For |
| happy or could make you happy if you let it. Take note | | | | the next thirty days place a card in your pocket and |
| of anything your mind starts as good and then tells you | | | | mark it every time you say or think a negative thought. |
| 'no that is a negative'. This is the perception you must | | | | Your goal is to have a blank card after thirty days. If |
| change first. For example if you think of your job and | | | | you mess up by saying or thinking a negative thought |
| your mind says "I hate that job" look for what you do | | | | then the 30 days starts all over. Once you go a full |
| like. Even if the pay is low you still do get paid. There | | | | thirty days, reward yourself big-time you deserve it! |
| are several people right now that would trade their | | | | 3. Change your self talk by changing your habits. First |
| unemployment for your paying job. How about medical | | | | reduce your TV time to shows that educate or up lift. |
| benefits, vacations, bonuses and other things that you | | | | Dramas, soap operas and the like do not up life as a |
| are glad you have. | | | | general rule. With this new found time read good |
| Take control of your thoughts. If you find yourself | | | | books and listen to motivational CDs. Listen to each a |
| thinking "he makes me so mad" stop and think about | | | | minimum of 16 times as research shows it takes that |
| what that really means. You are giving someone else | | | | amount to really hear the message and have it |
| control over you. Not such a good feeling is it? | | | | become a part of your own self talk. Listen in your car |
| Knowing someone else owns you. Come with | | | | and before you retire for the night. Get to the point |
| alternatives to your negative self talk. This leads to... | | | | where you can finish the sentences and you will be |
| Change your self talk. Negative people constantly are | | | | talking positively to yourself. |
| putting the negative spin on everything they see, say | | | | 4. Before you retire review your day, set up a plan for |
| and do. You find your first thought when a new | | | | tomorrow and study the good things list again. Allow |
| challenge presents itself is "I can't do that" or "how | | | | the great emotions associated with your list to be your |
| stupid is that idea!" If you can notice that you can | | | | last feeling and thoughts before drifting off to |
| change it. Embrace the challenge and tell yourself over | | | | sleep.Inventory of good, control your thoughts and |
| and over you can do it. Allow nothing to stop you. | | | | changing your self talk will stop negative thinking and |
| Something could slow you down BUT nothing will stop | | | | replace it with uplifting, positive thoughts that will make |
| you. | | | | a difference in your life. |