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1381: Optimism: It's a Choice by Ellen Burgan of If It Brings You Joy on How To Be More Positive Minded

2019-09-22 | 🔗

Ellen Burgan of If It Brings You Joy shares her thoughts on optimism being a choice.

Episode 1381: Optimism: It's a Choice by Ellen Burgan of If It Brings You Joy on How To Be More Positive Minded

Ellen Burgan is a midlife woman who loves to have fun, yet has a big appreciation for the art of relaxation. She prefers to live spontaneously and go where the wind blows. If It Brings You Joy is a blog that inspires ideas to make life a little better for yourself and others. Ellen has a passion for bringing joy to her life and share her ideas with you.

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I'm a brand new author to the show Ellen shares ideas on how to rekindle yourself. Priority clarify passions to live a purposeful life, discover new joys slow down to enjoy the journey and a lot more of the site linked in this episode description and what that was here, our very first post from her as we optimize your life Optimism is achieved By Ellen burden of ever brings you joy, dotcom optimism is not just cheerfulness for no reason is anxious decision to live your life, choosing to have a positive attitude and expect good things to happen. Being optimist can up you live life to the fullest quote. Positive thinking is more than just tagline. It changes the way we behave, and I firmly believe that when I, positive and not only make me better, but also makes them
around me better Harvey Mackay Harvey Mackay is a business man, author, or an syndicated columnist, offering career and inspirational advice. I particularly liked, I quote, because it points out that my attitude affects me and others around me, making if better for someone else miss a good feeling. Knowing that I have a positive fact on, someone else would definitely bring me joy importance of an optimistic attitude. Your attitude is essential to your happiness, and research has proven that optimistic people are happier your optimistic and see a bright future, you'll naturally find more joy in life. In preparing for this post, my research uncover the following reasons you might want to strive to be more optimistic. Positive optimistic people tend to handle stress, better, have healthier relations, live longer, healthier lives, be more productive, be more likely to reach their goals. Optimism
there's a lot better than pessimism. You ve control of your experience, clean up your attitude to realise that only you can bring more. The feel good optimism into your life. If you are a glass is half empty temper person here, some idea. Her high can grow your optimism by training, your brain to think more optimistically five, simple daily habits: to become more optimistic number one slow down and be mindful. Sometimes a busy lifestyle makes you feel, rushed and scattered. Slowing down cannot be present in a moment and then I'll be. You'd be mindful defined the good in day to day life situations number to believe. Good things will come As my friends are Abraham Hicks, say quote, a belief is just a thought. You keep thinking manned glow, if you want something different than what is, then you have to envision it and believe in it. Don't work against yourself, stop pessimistic doors before they build momentum and get you to believe back
rather than good, will happen. Scattering pessimism on your path or just give you a bumpy ride that simply isn't necessary, believe and expect good things to come. Number three practice. Thinking positively. If you make thinking positively part of your daily ritual when you had a challenge will be better mentally equipped to tackle it with an optimistic attitude. Practice is key because thinking positively needs to be an automatic reaction and practice really does make that happen. You'll be more apt to see the good and challenges the day brings you my favorite method of practicing positivity is each night. I think about three good things that happened in my day. Number four surround yourself optimistic positive people attitude is contagious, start limiting the time you spend with negative Nancy's native, people can be emotionally draining resist the temptation to join a com,
They revolving around pessimism or complaining. We you find yourself stock in one. Try to influence conversation to be more positive and optimistic in nature. Complaining, something with which I really need a continually watch myself complaining temporarily help me feel, like I'm part of little community, but afterward, it makes me feel pretty bad about myself. I'm getting better at recognising a complaint session and knowing I need to get out of it. I dont be myself up if I do get involved in complaining, but because I recognized it, I know that I am growing bottom line seek out happy people, it's pretty easy to spot people with a half full class, a number five b, a too to your attitude. If you're consciously aware of your attitude, you can adjust it when you find yourself less than optimistic. If you realize
the complaining or being more aware of what you lack verses. What you have stop and purposely refocus there. Might me of the inspirational quote by Helen Keller quote so much has been good to me, I have no time to pond over that which has been denied end quote. Being Conscious of having a grateful attitude even for the little blessings in your life. Will certainly to be a positive and optimistic person strive to remain positive and be choose. Optimism Some tools to build an optimistic mindset am remain there in the end. The true test is how you feel about yourself. Did you attack your day with optimism? Did you find the bright side, or maybe even find humor and things you can't? Control did have a positive effect on the people you encounter when you're, proud of your actions and reactions, you're, probably on a good path to being an optimistic person. Optimism won't cure all our troubles, but will make life more joyful.
It's your choice. Do you choose to be optimistic or pessimistic? You just listen to both. Titled optimism is a choice by Alan bargaining. If it brings you joy, Dar, come a real, quick thanks to anchor for hosting this podcast cast anchor is the easiest way to make a cast. They'll distribute your podcast for you, so so can be heard everywhere. Spotify Apple, podcast, Google, podcast and many more. You can easily make money from your bike ass to with no minimum listener. Ship anchor gives you everything you need in one place for free, which you can use right from your phone or computer creation tools, light record and edit your podcast, so it sounds. Great download the anchor up or go to anchor dot fm to get started come by Ellen site if it brings, you join our com and take you to Ellen for giving me mission to narrator articles, you can finally to this posed in this.
So description and old podcast our come out of all this. I think the one Struggle with the most is also probably complaining. I think a more optimistic in nature tunnel. Have to be as an entrepreneur, but the one thing I can. Myself doing is complaining every once in a while, and it really does turn things negative. You can see in front of them. But it doesn't really help anything as hard not to do it because it so easy to complain. Some people have come up tricks like wearing a rubber band is a reminder. Even snap, when they complain, but an hour, into that method, treaties meditate as a mindfulness practice to be aware of thoughts and then catch them before I take action and start to complain. If I that works best, now. If you have any other tricks I'll do a fortune.
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