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Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

 How you feel about this question can give you a glimpse into your explanatory style.

How you view your world, your life, your circumstance, affects everything you do. From your health, to your success ,to your ultimate happiness.

 And it’s changeable.

 It’s not an all or nothing situation. We all have elements of Pollyanna and Scrooge but it’s the habit we are looking for. What is your kneejerk reaction to your world? What is your tendency when something positive or negative happens to you? How do you explain what happends to you?

 The key to optimistic thinking is to take control of your thoughts and talk back to them.

 Demand evidence.

  “I’m not good enough.” “Nobody cares about me.” “I’ll never succeed.”

 Really?

 Prove it.

 Emiliya Zhivotovskaya suggests using these tag lines to force your brain to think differently about your life.

 1 )    That’s not true because…

2)    Another way of seeing that is…

3)     The most likely outcome is… and I can…

For example:

 “I’m so fat!”  That’s not true because I have a healthy BMI, I’m eating well, and I’m working on becoming more active.

 “I don’t get anything done.”  Another way of seeing that is that I do get things done, it’s just that lately I’ve been have been busy doing other tasks.

 “I’m going to be alone for the rest of my life.”  The most likely outcome is that I will eventually find someone, there is no logical reason for me to be alone for the rest of my life, and I can speed the process up by getting really clear on what I want and going out with friends to meet new people.

 You have the ability to choose your thoughts, choose responsibly…