Thoughts on Positive Thinking Part 2 of 2 series

Now, to continue on this series on Positive Thinking...

The following are last 4 of the 9 principles that I am sharing to help you improve your ability to think positively:

6. Look Everywhere for the Best in New Ideas

Positive thinkers are constantly looking for new ideas. They increase their odds on their success by doing so. Victor Hugo said, “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”

Some people believe that great ideas come only to the geniuses of the world. But finding great ideas is more than a function of attitude than aptitude.

An open-minded, creative person looks for ideas anywhere he can find them. And when he looks, he is slow to reject any idea until he has examined it thoroughly for any good that he can discover. It is said, that the great Thomas Edison, one of the world’s greatest inventors, discovered some of his greatest inventions when he examined a failed invention, but was able to see another unlooked-for use in it.

7. Don't Talk about your Health unless it is Good.

There are a few things in life that give people negative feelings faster than a person who talks about his poor health all the time. The first time or two that it happens, people will be sympathetic. After that, they will become irritated and negative.

Eventually, they will avoid the negative person altogether.

Share negative news about our health only with your closest friends and family.

8. Avoid Pettiness

Positive thinkers don't spend time and energy on petty things because pettiness can sidetrack them from their goals and priorities. This happens when something insignificant creates a wrong reaction in a person--a reaction disproportionately larger than a situation requires.

Consider these cases:

· Sweden and Poland fought in 1654 because the king of Sweden discovered that his name in an official dispatch was followed only by two etceteras, while the king of Poland had three.

· A small boy, by throwing a pebble at the duc de Gruise, led to the massacre of Vassy and the Thirty Years' War.

· The spilling of the glass of water over the Marquis de Torey led to war between France and England.

· A chinese emperor once went to war over the breaking of a teapot.

All of these were really petty to start a war and get a lot of lives killed in the process. But the reality is, many people are petty in nature.

Remember, a person is only as big as the things that make him angry.

9. Develop a Spirit of Giving

Albert Schweitzer, notable doctor and missionary to Africa, said, "The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others." He realized that the most positive contribution a positive thinker can make is in the area of giving to others.

When the people's attention is centered on serving others, they become more dynamic, more forceful, and harder to resist. After all, how can a person resist someone who is trying to help him solve a problem?

Develop a spirit of giving, then start living it...and you will find your life taking a positive turn.

Hopefully these principles will help you to think positively because, in truth, we all need it.

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