Seven Steps to Remake Yourself with New Thoughts

Seven Steps to Remake Yourself with New Thoughts
by Garrett J. Braunreiter, CSCS, The Energy Coach

There is a great law of the universe that is simply stated: if you think in negative terms, you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.

In other words, BELIEVE AND SUCCEED.

William James said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it." --Marcus Aurelius

You can make just about anything of your life - anything you believe or visualize, anything you pray for and work for. Look deeply into your marvelous mind. Amazing wonders are there. Whatever your situation, you can improve it. You are greater than anything that can happen to you.

Here are seven practical steps for changing your mental attitude from negative to positive, for generating new, creative thoughts. This is not a one-time shot; you must keep on trying these steps for them to work.

1. Deliberately speak positively for the next 24 hours. Speak hopefully about EVERYTHING. About your job, your health, your future. Go out of your way to talk optimistically about everything. Sure, this will be a challenge, especially if your habit is talking defeat.

2. Continue this positive talking for the next week. After the initial 24 hours, KEEP GOING. Then give yourself a day or two to be your "other" self; you'll discover that what you meant by "realistic" a week ago was actually negative talk, but what you now mean by "realistic" is something entirely different. It is your NEW positive-talking self. And you'll notice more people talking pessimistically. You may remark to yourself, "I can't believe so many people talk like that!"

3. Feed your mind as you feed your body. To make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome, positive thoughts. After your 1-2 day "break" from positive thinking, start at once today to shift your thoughts from negative to positive. Buy a self-help/inspirational/motivational book. From the beginning, underline EVERY sentence about FAITH. Do this for the entire book. These statements are the seeds you'll plant into your mind.

4. Commit to memorizing every underlined FAITH sentence. Memorize one sentence each day, until you can recite the entire list from memory. This will take time. But remember, you spent a heck of a lot more time thinking negatively than this exercise requires. Effort and time will eliminate your negative pattern.

5. Who is the most positive thinker amongst your friends? Find out who it is and start cultivating that relationship(s). I didn't say to abandon your negative friends; just get closer to the positive ones, absorb their spirit and strengthen your faith, and come back to your negative friends with your new way of thinking without taking on their negativity.

6. Avoid arguing with negative thinkers. However, whenever a negative attitude rears its ugly head, counter-attack with a positive and optimistic opinion. Another great, universal law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. EVERYTHING IS POLAR - hot/cold, up/down, in/out, front/back, POSITIVE/NEGATIVE. Can't have one without the other. You're not putting the other person down; you're just reinforcing your positive opinion.

7. Ask and you shall receive. God did not put us on earth to fail at everything we try. He wants us to achieve all that we desire. Whether we pray or not, we're sending messages to God of what we want. He will not give you anything greater than what you believe you can get. He wants to give you great things, but even He can't make you take anything you don't have faith in. Be careful for what you ask for!

Want a better, more successful life? Cast out the old, dead, unhealthy thoughts. Replace them with vital, positive, dynamite thoughts. This is how simple it is to remake you, your life.