Make Optimism Your Key to Success

Dr. Purushothaman
September 21, 2013

Our perception depends, to a large extent, on the way we think. Optimism is an important key to success because on it rests our worldview and judgments. With positive thinking, come inner peace, improved relationships, satisfaction and better health and happiness. This helps the daily chore of life to move along smoothly, making your life look radiant and promising. However, one must also accept the fact that positive thinking or optimism can be quite contagious because people surrounding you will take to your moods and reflect them.

If you are thinking about happiness, success and good health, you can cause people to think like you and help you out. This is because other people will enjoy the vibes that a positive mind generates. To make positive thinking your key to success and yield results, it is important to have an open minded view about life and expect a successful result in anything you do. Not only that, to be successful, you need to make sure that the actions that you take will bring about success.

If you want your positive thoughts to bring results, it is much more than merely repeating certain words or telling yourself that things will be alright. The primary principle should be a dominant attitude, not just thinking positively for a few moments, but sustaining it all along. Do not let your fears creep back into your mind after some time. Put some effort and introspection in to realize the key to success. Here are some of the key considerations:

- Are you prepared to change yourself from within?
- Will you change your thoughts?
- Will you develop a mental power which can affect you, your surrounding and people positively?

Tips to Think Positively

To hone the power of positive thinking, there are a few tips for you to follow. These include:

- Using positive words while talking and thinking. Think about what you ‘can’, what you are ‘able’ to do, and what can be ‘done’.
- Allow yourself only to feel strong, happy and successful.
- Ignore and disregard positive thoughts. Do not allow these thoughts to creep into your mind and replace them with happy and constructive thoughts.
- While talking to others, use words which bring up feelings and images of strength, success and happiness.
- Before commencing any action or plan, visualize the successful outcome it will bring. If you perceive with faith and concentration, you will actually be amazed at the results it will bring about.
- Read at least a page of an inspiring book a day.

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