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Rational Positive Thinking!   Our stress comes from our perception of a situation. Sometimes we become unreasonably harsh with ourselves, or jump to wrong conclusions about people, and this can give us negative thinking.   Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking are simple methods that help us to change negative way of thinking.   Stress is when we feel out of control. Then people feel threatened by the situation, and they believe that they're not able to meet the situation. Situations are not stressful in their own right. It is our interpretation of the situation.   We are sometimes right in what we say to ourselves. Some situations may actually be dangerous, - physically, socially or in our career. Here, stress and emotion are part of the early warning system.   Sometimes we are harsh and unjust to ourselves and avoid friends or co-workers. This, along with other negative thinking, can cause intense stress and unhappiness and can damage our self-confidence.   You are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyzes mental skills.   Negative thoughts flit into our consciousness, do their damage but we do not notice.   Thought Awareness is the process by which you observe your thoughts and become aware of what is going through your head.   Sit very quietly Just observe your 'stream of consciousness' do not suppress any thoughts. Instead, just let them run their course while you watch them. Then let them go.   Another more general approach is Stress Diary. When you analyze your diary at the end of the period, you should be able to see the most common and the most damaging thoughts. Tackle these as a priority. Whether you have - Fear about your performance or of problems. Worry the audience (especially important people in it like your boss) or the press may react to you. Thinking of negative consequences of a poor performance. Self-criticism.   Thought awareness is the first step in the process of managing negative thoughts.   The next step in dealing with negative thinking is to challenge the negative thoughts. Look at every thought you wrote down and challenge it rationally. Ask yourself whether the thought is reasonable. What evidence is there for and against the thought? Would your colleagues and mentors agree or disagree with it?   Write your rational response to each negative thought in the diary or page.   Similarly, make sure you take the long view about incidents. Just because you're finding these new responsibilities stressful now, doesn't mean that they will ALWAYS be so for you in the future.   If you find it difficult to look at your negative thoughts objectively, imagine that you are your best friend or a respected coach or mentor. Look at the list of negative thoughts and imagine the negative thoughts were written by someone. When you challenge negative thoughts rationally, you should be able to see quickly the thoughts are wrong. Where there is some substance, take appropriate action. Often negative thoughts are genuinely important to achieving your goals.   Positive Thinking Opportunity Seeking. By now, you are feeling more positive. Prepare rational, positive thoughts and affirmations to counter any remaining negativity. Look at the situation and see if there are any useful opportunities.   By your affirmations, you can remove the damage that negative thinking may have done to your self-confidence. Your affirmations is strongest if they are specific. You should have through study of affirmations.   Summary: This set of tools helps you to manage and counter the stress of negative thinking. Thought Awareness helps you to understand the negative thinking, unpleasant memories and misinterpretation of situations that may interfere with your performance and damage your self-confidence. Rational Thinking helps you to challenge these negative thoughts.   Affirmations neutralize negative thoughts and help to build your self-confidence. It opens the opportunities that are present in a difficult situation

 

 

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