{"id":2726,"date":"2011-03-11T01:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T08:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2011-04-07T23:46:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T06:46:41","slug":"does-positive-thinking-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/life-coaching\/2726\/does-positive-thinking-work","title":{"rendered":"Does Positive Thinking Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2727\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2011\/03\/youcan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2727\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2727\" title=\"youcan\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2011\/03\/youcan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#39;t feel bad if you don&#39;t believe this!  There is another way.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Positive thinking works, that is if you are already a positive person and view the world in an optimistic way.\u00a0 The trouble is that it is estimated that 80% of the world see life through negative lens.\u00a0 Perhaps that includes you.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a right or wrong thing, but simply indicates that everyone is wired differently.\u00a0 The self-help movement has promoted the hoax that a strong-willed individual who follows the \u201cright instructions\u201d can succeed in any endeavor.\u00a0\u00a0 Those seduced by the quick-fix mentality are likely to be disillusioned, badly and quickly.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re part of the disenfranchised majority, what do you do?\u00a0 First, you forget about positive thinking.\u00a0 What you want to do is to rewire your brain.\u00a0 You do that by preparing and working toward your intention or practicing the skill you want to attain.<\/p>\n<p>As with anything new or strange, you probably won\u2019t be very good at first so don\u2019t worry about getting quick results or satisfaction.\u00a0 Rather stick with it and remember that it usually takes about a thousand hours to achieve competency in anything worthwhile.\u00a0 Focus on taking baby steps, but keep taking them.\u00a0 Set modest objectives and take action.\u00a0 Actions and only actions will be what rewires your brain and bring you closer to your goals, especially if your reservoir of positive thinking is low or nonexistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive thinking works, that is if you are already a positive person and view the world in an optimistic way.\u00a0&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/life-coaching\/2726\/does-positive-thinking-work\" title=\"ReadDoes Positive Thinking Work?\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2109],"tags":[5917,5918,5919],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-coaching","tag-positive-thinking","tag-kaizen","tag-baby-steps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2011\/03\/youcan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions\/3206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}