10 Daily Tools for Positive Thinking

By nature, I am not a positive thinker. I have to work at it. Positive thinking will not do anything by itself, but as Zig Ziglar said, “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”

The success or failure of many things you do in life depends on how well you do those things. A few simple tricks can put you in a positive frame of mind, which will not only increase your effectiveness, it will also amplify your enjoyment of life.

“We do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” – Archilochos

When I woke up this morning, my body went through its familiar litany of complaints. It’s cold, this hurts, that hurts, I saw this thing on Facebook yesterday and I’m still mad.

Now, if I let my frame of mind remain controlled by those first thoughts I have upon waking, my day would just go downhill from there — and I’ve seen this happen, many times.

What I have learned, being the manager of a crotchety and ornery body, is that I cannot allow my body to dictate my mood. I have to define my mood in advance, and then institute habits and actions that will generate the mood that I want.

For me, good moods are not natural. I have to work at maintaining them.