Do you tend to beat yourself up when things do not go right?  Or, do you tend to find faults with everyone and everything else but yourself?  If these tendencies are true for you, your negative thinking is condemning you to a life of disappointments and the self-fulfilling prophecy of failure.

It has been said and proven true time and time again that "When you change the way you think, you change the way you live."  One of the secrets to enjoying your work and living a happy life is to possess positive thinking.  You have the ability and power to choose your thoughts and conquer your negative inner voice.

There are many keys to success and processes you can learn that teach you "how to" achieve your goals. You can read books and attend training workshops to learn skills and acquire knowledge about what to do and how to do it. The books and workshops will not help you achieve your desired results if you do not "want to" make changes. Your "want to" comes from your attitude.  Your attitude comes from your thinking patterns, a.k.a. "habits of thought."  These are the things your inner voice says to you like whether you can or cannot do something; whether you are calm or overwhelmed; whether you will or will not try; or whether you are deserving or not.

If you truly want to achieve your personal or professional dreams and goals, you must reprogram your negative habits of thought into positive ones.  You must choose to get out of your complacent comfort zone. This is where you begin reprogramming your brain at the conscious level.  At first, this is not easy.  It takes about three weeks to three months to change a habit.  Also, it takes about 20 minutes for a craving to go away.  Everything gets easier with practice.  Stay strong and zap the habit!

How to Zap the Habit

The Habit Zapper™ is a just-for-fun behavior modification tool to help you reprogram the way you react and think about situations. You can use your own rubber band.

Habit Zapper™ Steps:

1. Place the Habit Zapper™ on one of your wrists.
 

2. When a negative thought, reaction or temptation gets the best of you, slightly pull the Habit Zapper™ and release it (ZAP IT!). 

 3. Think and say a positive thought to modify (SWAP IT!) your negative habit of thought into a positive result (ACHIEVE IT!).
 

 Positive thinking is an asset. It is up to you to capitalize on its strength.  By finding more realistic and rational views of yourself and situations, you can lead a life of greater happiness and success.  Take it is easy on yourself and everyone around you.  

Imagine It, Believe It, Become It,

Nancy

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