The power of optimism and Yesterday

Blitz Ezine #268 Dec. 5, 2006

The power of optimism and Yesterday

The Blitz-Promotions News Letter
Issue no. 268, December 5, 2006

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In this Issue
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- The Power of optimism
- Yesterday
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Food for thought
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"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
- Mark Victor Hansen

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Why Optimism Fuels Success
By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Life Adventurer
© 2005 All Rights Reserved
http://www.quantum-self.com

Lately our everyday reality seems to leave little room for optimism. People around the world are suffering from very real natural and personal crises. Our TV’s and newspapers are packed with sadness and fear.

In times like these it is very important to hold tight
to a powerful life success tool – optimism.

Why optimism? Because optimism physically lights up a very important portion of your brain that increases your ability to create positive answers to challenges.

So what is Optimism?
You might fairly ask what optimism is.

First: optimism is not just a Pollyanna “everything is wonderful” attitude.

It’s actually a refined mental style of how one chooses to respond to life. Webster’s Dictionary defines optimism as “an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events, or to anticipate the best possible outcome.”

But you might fairly ask how you can be optimistic in the face of today’s often overwhelming personal challenges?

Let’s face it, life can be real tough at times. But even in the midst of personal turmoil and overwhelming crisis, the same thing holds: We choose how to perceive what is happening, and also choose how we will respond.

Our Greatest Life-Success Power
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed at times and fall into a pattern of non-optimistic choices. This often occurs as part of the “attitudinal meltdown” found with chronic or overwhelming stress.

But this ability to choose our mental outlooks and actions is actually the greatest life-success power we humans have. Every moment we have a choice to either let things wear us down and feel depressed, or to set our minds in a more positive direction.

Virtually everything happening to you right now offers this choice. And it doesn’t even matter if that “thing”
is “good” or “bad.” Even if something undesirable happens, you still have the power to choose how you will interpret and respond to that event.

Mayo Clinic researcher Dr. Toshihiko Maruta, reports that optimists have a dramatically higher level of physical and mental functioning than pessimists.. "How you perceive what goes on around you and how you interpret it has an impact on your longevity, and also affect the quality of your entire life."

The Optimism-Financial Success Connection Optimism is also at the very heart of financial health..

Why do I say this? Ask almost any self-made millionaire about their path to prosperity and you’ll get a similar
story: Just like learning any other skill, learning to create lasting prosperity is learned. And the learning process is based on trial and error.

Consider the term “trial and error.” “Trial” means you’re going to try a lot of different approaches to accumulating wealth, and “error” means not all of them are going to work.

I’ve personally been there myself. On my personal path to creating financial independence I’ve tried many different approaches. A few of these trials have been successful, but many have led straight into out-and-out struggles. And have there been errors along the way? Oh yes!

Here’s the big lesson I’ve learned along the way: One of the most important tools in your “financial health tool bag” is the ability to remain optimistic. There are other important tools to be sure … like passion, drive and focus. But without optimism, you’ll never get beyond where you are today.

But optimism isn’t about denying reality. And it isn’t about being idealistic, or chasing after some totally unrealistic condition or situation

“Intelligent Optimism”
Many people seem more adept at practicing dissatisfaction than optimism. They worry about money, complain about their business, and compare themselves poorly to others. In terms of the physical health of their brains – they are actually building and strengthening the neural networks associates with their problems.

But most psychologists agree that the aptitude for optimism is not genetically determined. In other words, anyone can learn to be optimistic. All it requires is a good grasp of reality, along with practice.

In a very interesting cover story, the French magazine Psychologies (January 2005) suggested we focus on "intelligent optimism."

Intelligent optimists don’t deny problems, they adjust to them while still seeking an opportunity for progress. Intelligent optimists don’t allow themselves to get carried away by circumstances they can’t change.
They instead focus on things within their grasp, and that they can enjoy.

Intelligent optimists also know that for every problem there is (at least the beginning of) a solution, and that the search for that solution can be inspirational in itself. They are also not afraid of negative thoughts, which they realize offer some protection and help them stay realistic.

Just Nod “Yes”
Intelligent optimism starts with a realistic attitude
-- with facing the reality of your current situation, identifying what you can’t change, and going to work on what you CAN change or improve.

Here’s an interesting tool that can move you along even faster developing intelligent optimism: Nod your head “yes.”

A recent Ohio State University study proved that nodding or shaking your head serves as "self-validation" that confirms to us how we feel about our own thoughts.

The researchers found that nodding your head up and down is, in effect, telling yourself that you have confidence in your own thoughts – whether those thoughts are positive or negative. Shaking your head does the opposite: its gives you less confidence in your own thoughts.

“One of the most surprising things we found,” explained lead researcher Dr Petty, “is that if you're thinking negative thoughts while you're nodding, this actually strengthens your disapproval. What head nodding does is to increase your confidence in your negative thoughts.
In contrast, when the thoughts were mostly positive, then nodding increases confidence in these thoughts.”

Try this: As you go about your day today, be aware of how you are responding to what is happening around you.
Try making a conscious choice to respond, rather than just automatically react in your customary way. Nod your head to remind yourself that you are holding a positive, optimistic attitude.
http://www.buildmindpower.com

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Internet Tip of the Week
by Bob Osgoodby

Yesterday

“Learn from the past. Live in the present. Create your future.”
— Lorrin L. Lee

Yesterday was a great day, everything seemed to go just right.
The day started with a beautiful sunrise and very comfortable temperatures. I grabbed the dogs’ leash and Mojo and myself went for a long walk on the beach.

When we got home, I checked my email and the person I had just added to my franchising program was going “great guns.” She had her own web site and was attracting new clients at the highest rate ever. She was even bringing new recruits into the program.

My daughter stopped by and we had a nice lunch together. We reminisced about a lot of things, including some of our friends who we hadn’t seen for quite a while. Like magic, or so it seemed, a dear friend who we hadn’t seen for a long time called, and he and his wife were in town for a couple of days. We set up dinner date at my place, and spent a great evening together – a perfect ending to a wonderful day.

This morning it was raining, my cable service was down so we had no TV, no Internet Access and no Telephone, which in my business is like a “death knell.” We all face trying times in our life. I felt that today was going to be one of those days when nothing would go right, and things would be going downhill all day.

I started to get depressed, but then thought about yesterday.
But yesterday is gone and will never come back. Starting to feel sorry for myself, I remembered a saying my father said many years ago. “Don’t sweat the petty things.” How right he was. My cable service will be up and running in a short time, so why not use this “quiet time” to plan for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a whole new ball game, and a brand new start. Why not take advantage of today to do some solid planning.

So many people get discouraged when things don’t go exactly as they hoped for, and give up. People who try to start an online business to supplement their income are a perfect example.
Initially they were full of hope and energy and everything seemed to be on track. But when they didn’t immediately reap the benefits of their efforts, they wrote it off as a bad experience.

They were sweating the petty things. If it was a good opportunity when they started, what has changed? If you can’t stand rejection, being in business is not for you. Don’t live in the past. Today’s rejection, is not the end of the world.
Rather, try to figure out why your efforts are not working, and plan for tomorrow.

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