{"id":1460,"date":"2019-07-17T08:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeservis.com\/blog\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2019-07-17T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:23:41","slug":"think-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/17\/think-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Get positive
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A positive attitude catapults you into your most effective state. Even if there is no other reason to be positive, that’s more than enough reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of things happen that can understandably put you in a negative mood. Your most powerful strategy is to get yourself out of that bad mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever may have put you in a bad mood, certainly don’t invest yourself in supporting and excusing and justifying it. Instead, put your energy into changing your perspective to a positive one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know from experience there are certain specific things you can think, do, and say that will quickly and genuinely improve the way you feel. You can’t immediately change the circumstances, or whatever just happened, yet you absolutely can change yourself and your response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledge that you have every right to feel negative, and then make the powerful choice to be positive instead. There’s never been a case where your negativity improved a situation, so do what it takes to get positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When life has been disappointing, frustrating, painful and unfair, respond in a way that will bring out your best. Get positive, and get yourself quickly to a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Ralph Marston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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