Great advice from a recent edition of James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter:
I’ll readily admit that I can be a Negative Nelly.
(OK, I begrudgingly admit it – true to form.)
A Debbie Downer.
“It’ll never work.”
“What will go wrong next?”
“We’re screwed.”
As Mr. Clear (great name, btw) points out, seeing the positive doesn’t involve putting on rose-colored glasses. It’s just – as Amy Krouse Rosenthal put it – paying attention to what you pay attention to.
The negative is a lot easier to find. It’s hard-wired into our reptile brains. And it’s what gets more eyeballs in our algorithm-driven news feed. (Other than rare outliers like the Reasons to be Cheerful site.)
I need to train my eye to see the good.
I need to train my brain to know that the world is not out to get me.
I need to train my heart to be more grateful.
Just like with most endeavors, the more you train, the better you get at it.
Practice makes perfect positive.
And better yet, your positivity can scale to everyone you meet.
See the good – be the good.
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And just for fun, this is always good for a few laughs.
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