Eleanor Roosevelt
Updated February 6, 2025
Harvard Medical School reports that people with positive attitudes can live longer. Their “How to achieve a positive attitude” list begins,
- Savor pleasure as it’s happening
- Stay in the present moment [rather than past or future]
- Focus on what can be controlled
- Practice gratitude
Indeed.com finds that positive attitudes help people grab opportunities quicker and overcome obstacles better. Indeed’s top tips for staying upbeat include,
- Describe yourself and your life with positive words
- Try to make others happy
- Focus on what you get to do instead of what you have to do
Along with seeing glasses as half full [rather than half empty], the Berkeley Well-Being Institute recommends looking for silver linings and practicing random acts of kindness. Their web site offers inspiring videos, including Brian Tracy’s “7 Keys to a Positive Personality.” He recommends changing the computer acronym GIGO {Garbage In, Garbage Out] to Good In, Good Out. The input could be Good thoughts, Good influences, Good ideas, Good notions. All can cause Good outcomes.
This prayer prayer is credited to Marianne Williamson,
May every aspect of my being be converted to Truth.
May every cell fall into place and serve a higher plan.
I no longer wish to be who I was.
I wish to be more.
And if you want some really big smiles along with great insights, view Zig Ziglar’s video below, “Attitude Makes All The Difference.”
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