I am going to ask you to something a little odd right now. First off, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head right now? Would you label them as positive, or negative? Now let's say you walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what your thinking? The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer number two can be pretty generic. Although people will not be able to tell you exactly what you think, they will more or less have an idea of how you are feeling. Here's another question. When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as if something terrible had happened? Or does everybody there perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen? And it doesn't end there. Your attitude can also affect your customers and their willingness to buy from you. The attitude you carry can be either positive or negative. Positive thoughts have an attractive, almost consuming effect on people. They are admittedly invigorating. Plus, the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude. Negative thoughts on the other hand have a negative effect on other people. Making you and whatever it is your offering them undesirable. Aside from making you look dull and boring, negative thoughts can turn a normal gathering into a funeral wake. A positive attitude attracts people, while a negative attitude repels them. People tend to avoid those who carry a negative attitude. We can also define attitude as the way of looking at the world in general. If you focus on the negative things in the world, you'll have a negative attitude brewing up. However, if you choose to focus on the positive things, you are more likely to carry a positive attitude. You have much to gain from a very positive attitude. For one, studies have shown that a positive attitude promotes better health. Those with this kind of attitude also have more friends. projecting a positive attitude also helps one to handle stress and problems better than those who have a negative attitude. A positive attitude begins with a healthy self-image. If you will love the way you are and are satisfied, confident, and self-assured, you also make others are around feel the same way. A negative attitude has an opposite effect. So, carrying a negative attitude has a twofold drawback. You feel bad about yourself, and you make others feel the same way. If you want to have a positive attitude, you should try to feature healthy thoughts. This is probably very hard to do nowadays since, all around us, the media feeds us nothing but negative thoughts. A study shows that for every 14 things a parent says to his or her child, only one is positive. This is truly a saddening thought. If you want a healthier outlook in life, you need to think happy thoughts, and you have to hear positive things as well. So, what can you do? Well, for starters, you could see a funny movie, you could play with children, spend some time telling jokes with friends. All these activities fill you with positive stimuli, which in turn promotes positive attitude. As always, if your troubles are overcoming your positivity, even in your darkest hour, focus on the good things in life, you canl always have hope. Problems become something you can overcome. You really don't have much to lose by adopting a healthy, positive attitude. Studies show that such an attitude actually retards aging, makes you healthier, helps you develop a better stress coping mechanism, and has a very positive effect on all the people you meet every day. So, what's not to like about a positive attitude? Why don't you adopt one today and watch your sales increase.
Richard Cray was born April 1970 in Detroit MI. Started opening businesses in his early 20s. Michelle Cray born Sep. 1972 also from the midwest started in the service industry at only 15 years of age. Currently Richard and his wife Michelle own and operate a Casual Fine Dining restaraunt in Commerce MI. and have various online E=commerce business that they operate from their home office.
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