Posts tagged Optimists
Being Optimistic Is Good For Your Health
Sep 22nd
A recent study published in the journal Circulation showed that a sunnier outlook on life is associated with lower risk of heart disease and mortality. The research, which tracked more than 97,000 women older than 50 for eight years, found that optimists were 9 percent less likely to develop heart disease and 14 percent less likely to die from any cause than their pessimistic counterparts. Those with a high degree of ‘cynical hostility’ were 16 percent more likely than all others to die during that same period. So is your glass half-full or half-empty?
If you are not sure where you stand on the optimist/pessimist continuum take the two week challenge and find out. For the next two weeks, jot down your thoughts and opinions and keep track of the number of positive verses negative feelings. Once you have your data you can determine where you fit in. If you are like the majority of us you will be amazed by how negative your thoughts and feelings are. Turning this around is going to take some conscious thought and a willingness to move closer to the optimist end of the scale.
Techniques for moving towards the sunnier side of the spectrum include sleeping more, making time for family and friends, and increasing your relaxation time by practicing meditation or yoga. Inserting these three recommendations into your lifestyle can make a huge difference. When we are well rested we are better equipped to deal with stress and to stay focused on the positives. Keeping a gratitude journal can also be way to remind you of your daily blessings. Surrounding yourself with upbeat, happy people can also really help your mood. By taking time to reflect and revisit your goals and objectives you will increase your ability to meet them and stay on track for better health both mentally and physically.
Self Improvement Is About Becoming Self Directed
Sep 17th
Achievers are those people who give value to themselves and work hard towards self improvement in whatever they choose to pursue. You would rarely find self directed people grumbling about anything or regretting having done or not done something. They live for the best moments of life and never losing their vision of a bigger and brighter tomorrow.
In complete contrast, failures spend the larger part of their time wallowing in regret, shame and worry. Quite a number of them live in self-blame and never make an effort to correct the mistakes that they have done. This is a sure recipe of failing to achieve self improvement. They assume a lugubrious attitude which is contagious and hence makes their very presence quite irritating to optimists. If you are to attain self improvement then you and optimism should be twins.
A self directed person is one who lives to fear nothing but who lives to influence his surroundings. It is said that you either control the turn of things or be controlled by the happenings of nature. If you only believe in the ability to control and influence your surroundings then you will have an easy time in the furtherance and achievement of self improvement.
A bold freethinker and a self directed individual, discovers something which any other Tom, Dick and Harry cannot see. He becomes the distinguishable entrepreneur and leader who revolutionize the industry within which he operates.
Therefore, you have to focus and believe in your capability that is if you desire to be successful in life. Otherwise if you relax and assume things will turn out well then you will lose focus and hence will carry out your affairs in a desultory fashion resulting in failure.
To attain self improvement you must never allow your circumstances to hold you back. It does not matter what your life background was, we all have equal opportunities to make something good out of our lives.
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