How To Maintain a Positive Attitude Even When You're Stressed?

Maintaining a positive attitude is essential in life, it helps you to become happier and more resilient, it improves your relationship quality and it increases your chances of success in any endeavour. In addition, having a positive attitude makes you more creative and helps to become a good decision maker. Now the question is, it is easy to stay positive when situations are peaceful but it is extremely difficult to smile when you are sad or stressed out. Today CounsellorShivani Misri Sadhoo would share the secret of how to maintain a positive attitude when situations are unfavourable in life.

1.  Resolve to yourself that you will not let bad times defeat you

Always resolve to yourself that no matter what adverse situations life may put you in, you would not allow it to defeat you. You will respond with a constructive and positive attitude.

2.  Resolve to yourself that you will always speak to yourself in a Positive Manner

Build a habit by practising neutralization of negative thoughts or emotions within yourself by speaking to yourself positively. Say things like, “I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific!” Remember whatever is expressed is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself or to others it would get impressed deeply into your subconscious mind and is likely to become a permanent part of your personality.

3. Accept the fact that it is Impossible to Grow Without Difficulties

Always remember that no one can learn, grow and become a successful person in life without facing any adversity or difficulty. Every successful person has grown in their life by defeating their fears, stress, anxieties, doubts and never losing their hope.

4.   Set Goals in Your life

Remember to move forward in life, one must know where he/she wants to go. It is extremely important to set dreams and goals and plan your decisions and actions accordingly to them. Otherwise, you may end up living a repeated routine life that would miss all excitement and adventures of life.

While moving towards your goal, try not to get distracted which keeps you away from your goals and dreams. When things go wrong, resolve to maintain a positive attitude, be cheerful, and resist every temptation toward negativity and disappointment. View disappointment as an opportunity to grow stronger, and motivate yourself and others in a positive and optimistic way.