Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about this and why some people dismiss it. I guess you could argue that they’re ‘conditioned’ to reject most positive thoughts as a result of their environment or their upbringing. So how would you convince that type of person that positive thinking does make a difference?
One way would be to look at the other side. If you have convinced yourself, or you have been convinced by others that you will never amount to anything, never have a great life and never be happy, how is that going to affect you? I’d suggest that the main effect is that you are never going to amount to anything, you will never have a great life and you will never be really happy. Why is that? Well, if you believe what you and/or others have told you, then you are never even going to make the attempt to improve your situation. Now it may well be that you have no money, your personal life is a shambles and you are just about ready to cash in your chips and call it a day.
One of the things I’ve discovered is that positive thinking doesn’t solve anything on its own. You can’t ‘think’ yourself out of your problems. Having a positive thought though can be the catalyst for a change. It’s the starting point. Once you decide that hey, maybe I can improve things a bit you then get that little bit of motivation to make the attempt. But if you are stuck in a ‘things will never change’ rut then the chances are that things will never change.
When we’re hungry for food or water we just naturally and automatically do something to satisfy that hunger. You can do the same with anything. All you really need to know is HOW to satisfy your hunger for a better life and HOW to satisfy your hunger for a little bit more money in the bank. As Jim Rohn often said, the good stuff is always a little out of reach. We need to read books and then step on the stack of books, going that little bit higher each time we read another one, until we’re high enough to reach the good stuff. If you want to continually improve your quality of life then life itself has to be a continual learning experience.
