9 Ways to Overcome Negative Thoughts

9 Ways Kill Negative Thoughts ?

Are your negative thoughts impacting your results and future?

Negative thinking is a challenging habit to defeat.?

We all know what kind of enablement does negative thought leaves us with. It slowly eats away your spirit, your motivation, your inspiration to an extent that you do not have enough left to support your hopes and dreams. ?

Negative thoughts are damaging because they affect everything that comes afterwards. This includes your decisions, goals, actions, and results.

?Negative thinking can impact every area of your life. It limits your effectiveness and poisons your outlook on life. If the time you have to spend on self-development is limited, dealing with your negative thinking is good way to allocate your time.?

So how can I overcome negative thoughts:?

1.????Stop Acting Victim.

When you have the mindset of a victim, you’re entering doomsday buy pushing yourself to a plethora of negative thoughts. A victim has neither hope nor options. There are always ways to move forward. You have choices.

2.????Identify your negative thought patterns.

Your thoughts can be just as habitual as your morning coffee or your cigarette break. Notice your repetitive thoughts and when they occur. The first step to changing these thought patterns is to catch them when they first begin. When you notice negative thinking, change your thought. It is important at this time you either think of positive thought or redirect your thinking and focus to whatever you’re doing at that moment. Another powerful way that has always worked for me is to refocus your thoughts to some event in your life or think of a person that/who brings joy and happiness in you.

3.????Read positive quotes each day.

If you can’t find the time to read a book, at least read a few positive quotes each day. Doing so you tend to develop a different perspective of things around you. You develop a positive mindset over a period of time.

?4.????Be in the Present.

Sure, you can look ahead, as needed, to make plans. But your thoughts should remain rooted in the present. I love this movie Kung-Fu Panda and master Shifu’s teaching to Po- Yesterday is History, tomorrow is a mystery, what you have today is a gift and that is why it is called the present. Thinking about the past results in frustration and regret. Thoughts of the future can cause anxiety. Keep your mind on your current surroundings and task. There’s no reason to worry about the next step. Take care of the current step first.

5.????Ask yourself, “Is it a Fact or an Opinion?”

This was something that I learnt in one of my conversations with a senior in one of my organizations. You don’t know as much as you think you do. You make a lot of assumptions based on faulty knowledge. This can lead to the belief that a situation is less solvable than it really is. If you don’t have accurate beliefs, you’re already at a huge disadvantage. Next time- ask the question than assume. We all know by now that Ass+u+me = Assume ??

?6.????There is nothing called Perfection.

The ultimate manner we can actually start sabotaging ourself is go behind being perfect. A word that holds no strength, a word that makes us run the rat race. Expect that you won’t be perfect at anything. When perfection is the goal, you’ll always fall short and that opens the door for negative thinking. It’s a trap!

7.????Spend time in what makes you feel good.

It’s easy to have positive thoughts if you’re doing something enjoyable. Spend time with your partner or a good friend. Make a list of things you like to do and spend some time each day doing at least one of them. Enjoy yourself each day.

8.????Meditate.

An age-old mantra to keep mind calm and positive is to meditate. Meditation seems to be a cure for everything. It’s one of the best ways to learn more about your thought patterns. It’s also an effective way for learning to focus and direct your thoughts.

9.????List Affirmation

Start affirming to take control of your self-talk. Instead of inventing positive self-talk on the fly, have a list prepared of positive things you can say to yourself. Build your self-talk around your goals and see the magic.

Monitor your thoughts and defeat negative thinking before it can take root. Replace those negative thoughts with a positive alternative. Make an effort to spend some time each day enjoying yourself.

Little by little, you’ll find that you’re spending more of your time thinking positively, and your life will take a turn for the better!

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