The No.1 Habit Billionaires Run Daily _ Mel Robbins

Billionaires Do This For 10 Minutes Every Morning

How to Think Positively to Achieve Success

 

A lot of cynical people believe that thinking positively is a crock. How is it possible that being obnoxiously optimistic is going to provide you with the tools that you need to become successful? No matter what you think it isn’t going to change the world around you, right?

While that may be true, thinking positively has been proven in studies to change your mind and body for the better and help you to recognize the opportunities around you. Whether you want to believe that blind optimism is the key to success or not, there is little dispute that being a positive thinker enhances your quality of life and makes you more likely to seize the opportunities that are around you and stay motivated to follow those opportunities down a path to success.

The first thing you need to do in order to begin to think positively is to really examine yourself and your negative thoughts. Be honest with yourself about where these negative thoughts creep up and begin to consume you. It is common for the human mind to overvalue negative input over positive input, so make sure that you know yourself very well and are willing to understand that your negative thoughts are not necessarily going to be productive. Interrupt negative thoughts with positive thoughts and rewire your brain so that you can think positively and achieve success.

This can be done in a number of ways. You can begin a dialogue with yourself that you alone are invested in. Remind yourself of all of the positive things that you have to gain and what you need to do in order to get there. This will increase your focus and provide you with a built-in fan base that will continue to move you forward no matter how challenging things may be.

It is also important for you to recognize your own belief system and the ways that it might be faulty. Each of us are raised with certain expectations of the world that sometimes just get in the way. Think about how you believe the world operates and consider the ways that these beliefs are actually holding you back. If you find yourself limited by your own perception, then it is not too late for you to change those beliefs and focus on something much more positive and productive.

Thinking positively can help you to view the world in a more objective light so that you are able to pick and choose the information that will help you along the way as you begin to plan for your successful venture. As long as you stay true to your own vision and don’t doubt yourself, you will find that your fears are unfounded and you actually are capable of success. Only you know what you are truly capable of, so do not trust any other authorities if they tried to make you doubt that. 

Remember, your vision is your own, and only you can make your dreams come true.

Changing Your Physiology to Change Your Mind

Changing Your Physiology to Change Your Mind

In order to perform your best, you need to be in the perfect state of mind.

That means that you need to have just the right chemical balance of neurotransmitters in order to be slightly aroused and alert but not to the point of being stressed to distraction. During times of relaxation, you of course want to tone down that stress to achieve a relaxed state of mind, which is also optimal for being creative.

You can use nootropics, brain training, visualization and more to achieve this, or you can rely on your natural cycles and simply choose the right time to work. Our body goes through natural cycles based on what we eat, what the weather is like and even our breathing.

But alternatively, you could also consider actively influencing these physiological factors in order to trigger the most desirable mental state for the given activity.

The Role of Physiology

You can also manipulate your physiology in order to alter your mental state and to change the way you feel and perform at any given time.

For example, if you wanted to be more alert and focussed, then you should avoid a heavy lunch. A heavy lunch requires energy simply to digest and as it triggers the release of feel-good endorphins, which also happen to be inhibitory neurotransmitters, it actually makes your brain more sluggish.

This is one reason that many people claim they feel more alert and focussed when they are in a fasted state (it possibly also has to do with the release of ketones, which are preferential for certain specific mental activities).

Conversely, if you find yourself becoming anxious and grumpy, then consider seeking out more food in order to fix that chemical balance.

Likewise, if you turn the temperature down slightly, then you will also increase your arousal. The colder you are, the faster you breathe and the faster the blood flows through your veins. You also produce significantly more norepinephrine and testosterone. This is why it can be such an effective tool to take a cold shower, to jump in a plunge pool, or even just to splash cold water on your face.

Another good way to fight the fight or flight response though and to restore your homeostasis/calm is to practice correct breathing. Correct breathing technique is often referred to as ‘belly breathing’ and it involves first relaxing the diaphragm and then allowing the stomach to expand as the lower portion of the lungs drop into it, before feeling up the top of the lungs and expanding the chest. This slower, fuller breathing can modulate the response of your parasympathetic nervous system in order to restore a sense of calm – especially if you make each breath longer and count for 4-5 seconds on every exhale and inhale. Next time you’re about to give a speech or do an interview, try this technique to calm your nerves.

Master Your Emotion

Many of us make the mistake of believing that our emotions arise from our thoughts, but more often it is our thoughts that arise from our emotions. And what do our emotions arise from? Our feelings. These have an evolutionary purpose remember, so they are all about driving us toward survival – finding food, resting when we can and avoiding danger.

If you’re having a bad day and you think the world kind of sucks, then before you do anything rash, ask if you might be over tired (which makes us groggy but eventually results in a fight or flight response), overly hungry or even ill which can create brain fog by causing inflammation via the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Either way, look after your body if you want to have the best chance of controlling your mind and consider the context for how you’re feeling at any given time. The reason you can’t focus might even be because your belt is digging in…