{"id":759,"date":"2017-07-24T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.harveker.com\/?p=759"},"modified":"2017-07-24T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T17:58:17","slug":"positive-focus-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harveker.com\/blog\/positive-focus-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Positive Focus as a Habit | Personal Development Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positive focus can become your new habit propelling you toward success. But first, you have to learn how to let go of negativity and embrace empowering thoughts.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Cultivate a Habit of Positive Focus<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all either seen, experienced or heard of someone who made the proverbial mountain out of a molehill. The consequences can vary anywhere from entertaining, to frustrating, to even tragic. The everyday tragedy, though, is that so many people continue to maintain a negative perception of life\u2019s circumstances when they could just as easily do the opposite and have a positive focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the most important spiritual laws of money, success and happiness is positive focus while also understanding that we live in a universe of duality:\u00a0<\/strong>up\/down, light\/dark, black\/white, right\/left, in\/out. You can\u2019t have a back without there being a front. Yin cannot exist without Yang.<\/p>\n<p>That duality is always going to be in everything, no matter what. Every good in life comes with a downside and vice versa. So, how do we handle it? It\u2019s our choice. If you always see the negative side of things because that\u2019s what you choose to focus on, then all that exists for you at that time will be what? Negativity.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if you choose to focus on the positive side, what will exist for you? Positivity! You and I know none of this is new, but how many people actually actively work hard to live this way? It&#8217;s easy to get into the habit of seeing things from the negative side, and we start to think that\u2019s how it really is. That\u2019s the hilarious part. We think that what we see is a reality. No! It\u2019s just\u00a0<em>your <\/em>reality! You made it your reality. We have to remember that nothing has to mean until we give it meaning.<\/p>\n<h3>Choose to Have Empowering, Positive Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>The sound is not loud, and it\u2019s not quiet. It is only vibrations going out. That\u2019s all it is. You have the opportunity to paint the picture. <em>\u2018It\u2019s loud for me.\u2019<\/em> For you; sure! You can make it anything you want it to be. It\u2019s nothing until you make it something. You\u2019re going to decide. You color things light, and then they\u2019re light. You color them dark, they become dark. They aren\u2019t anything until you make them something.<\/p>\n<p>So, what would you like to start coloring the things in your life? Light! Positive! What if it turns out to be a disaster? What do you do? You realize it\u2019s not a disaster. It\u2019s nothing. It&#8217;s only neutral. You get to say, <em>\u201cI am going to color it with positivity by thinking that after this \u2018disaster\u2019 passes, something good might happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re the one in charge up here. Your thoughts are just flickers of energy, and they mean nothing until you allow them to take on meaning. That is why you have to choose to have empowering, positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<h3>Make Positive Focus Your New Habit<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s get something straight \u2026 we know that it\u2019s impossible to <em>never<\/em> have negative thoughts, right or right? It\u2019s going to happen, but the question is: how long will you stay stuck in your negative thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s your habits that determine that! That\u2019s all it is. Change your habits by practicing positive focus. Move on from negative thoughts that you allow to become your reality. With a little practice, the positive focus can be your new mindset to push you toward personal development and success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your turn!<\/strong> Now we want to hear from you. Can you think of a situation where a pattern of negative focus cost you something? What was the specific lesson you took away from that? What practices did you implement to start cultivating a pattern of positive focus?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harveker.com\/blog\/listen-intuition-overcome-self-doubt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen To Your Intuition To Overcome Self-Doubt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive focus can become your new habit propelling you toward success. But first, you have to learn how to let go of negativity and embrace empowering thoughts. How to Cultivate a Habit of Positive Focus &nbsp; We\u2019ve all either seen, experienced or heard of someone who made the proverbial mountain out of a molehill. 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