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Thought Patterns To Create Success
Let's say you're ready to change some aspect of your life - perhaps the way you eat or how much you weigh. If you've ever decided to create a permanent change in your life before, you know it's going to take a lot more than simply acting (i.e. eating or dieting) differently. What's required for permanent change is a shift in your old limiting self-talk and lots of positive energy. To achieve permanent transformation, you're going to have to tap into your own inner power. And this is where the energy of your words and thoughts comes in. Success is built on a solid foundation of positive thoughts and feeling good. Your words, thoughts, ideas and belief systems are the key players in building such a strong and solid foundation. They set the stage for the way you experience everything in your life. Negative thinking habits, on the other hand, can have a devastating effect on your outcome. Negative thoughts continually create bad feelings and cause misery or upset over life circumstances. Here's where the vicious cycle continues. You have negative thoughts, you feel bad, you find some way to feel better (eat, binge, anorexia, purge, drugs, alcohol, sex, drugs, shopping, etc.). The truth is, we're designed to feel good. That's our natural state and what we are always trying to come back to. Your overeating may in part be an attempt to feel better. There's lots of ways to feel better. But if you can learn to speak gently to yourself in the first place, you can save yourself from feeling bad! Negative thinking patterns are learned ways of thinking. The following lists some of the most common types of destructive thinking patterns that occur: ALL OR NOTHING THINKING OVER-GENERALIZATION CATASTROPHIZING AND MINIMIZING DISQUALIFYING THE POSITIVE EMOTIONAL REASONING SHOULD STATEMENTS You try to motivate yourself with should and shouldn't, as if you have to be whipped or punished before you could be expected to do anything. The emotional consequence of using should on yourself is guilt - which tends not to be an effective long-term motivator. LABELING AND DISPARAGING MENTAL FILTER PERSONALIZATION *Things you ARE responsible for: your attitude *Things you are NOT responsible for: what other people think of you (* From Francie White, MS, RD Inner Escapes Workshops) CONSTRUCTIVE SELF QUESTIONS What am I thinking or dwelling on? Copyright 2005, Dr. Annette Colby, all rights reserved. Dr. Annette Colby, RD For free inspirational newsletter, articles & info visit: http://www.LovingMiracles.com
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