Riding Above the Waves of Life: How to Let Realistic Optimism Work for You
March 12, 2023
We all want success. We all want to live comfortable lives, staying in control, staying on top of problems. But life seems to batter every one of us with waves of problems that sometimes leave some of us wiped out. But there is a way to rise above it, so that we can 
control the way we ride with the waves, and not have these waves keep us under.
It’s so simple, that you will be surprised. No, you’ll be shocked.
Have Realistic Optimism.
Optimism may evoke images in you of bubble-blowing happy people who irritate to no end. But no, this is different. This is optimism based in reality.
Have you heard the modern saying that you can’t control the circumstances, but you can control how you react to these? Well, you can. Don’t ever think that you are a slave to your circumstances or your emotions. Your mere thoughts can turn things around. And all it takes is practice.
What this takes to practice is the discipline to think the best of every situation, and yet grounding yourself in the realization that anything can go wrong. But when things do fall apart, you know how to react, because you’ll teach yourself how to.
The bedrock of this practice is in learning the essence of choice. If you can choose the words to use to seal a business deal, you can choose the emotions, the thoughts that linger in your mind and use these thoughts to guide your tangible choices.
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The Psychological Reality of Positive Thought and Complex Thought
March 4, 2023
By: Dr Leo Kady
A whole new school of psychiatry has grown up around the development of positive thinking. The key is intercepting negative thoughts. Surprisingly, no matter how positive we think we are, many of us have internal, mostly negative chatter that ties up the cerebral circuits all day long. Much of this chatter is actually pretty idiotic if you stop and listen to it. Most of the time we’re simply ripping ourselves apart. The more negative our mood, the more we’re apt to nag ourselves. The science of positive thought can be learned through certain therapies, of which cognitive therapy is one example.
Cognitive therapy teaches you to catch the negative thoughts in this gnawing pitter-patter and substitute much more reasonable,reassuring, and, most important, more accurate thoughts. During cognitive therapy, the therapist uses various techniques of talk therapy and behavioral prescriptions to help the patient alleviate and change his or her negative thought patterns and beliefs. For example, Read more
CultivateGreatness Success and Growth Blog Carnival #010, Feb 9th, 2007
February 9, 2023
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here we are with the 10th edition of the Success Blog Carnival at Cultivate Greatness! Can you believe it? This issue has 118 Article Submissions! No other Blog Carnival out there, has this many golden nuggets of wisdom to share. 118 articles. Unreal. Thanks for your submissions!
Here we are in February. The year is 1/12th over. Make sure to stay on task with your goals and move forward toward your dreams. You deserve them! Thanks for making the February 8th, 2007 edition of the Cultivate Greatness, Success and Growth BlogCarnival a success!
Cultivate Success & Growth Blog Carnival - February 9th, 2007
Azmi Mufti presents Technorati Likes My Blog posted at Azmi M..
Steve Peters presents How to stick to your goals?. posted at Steves Goal.
Brandon Peele presents Sexuality and Identity posted at GT.
Praveen presents Resetting posted at Tao of Simplicity.
Mark McManus presents How To Induce Faith - The Prerequisite To Achieving Your Goals posted at Build Your Life To Order ™, saying, “Faith in yourself is essential for the attainment of your goals. This 2-part article details steps on how you can create that faith/certainty that you fulfill your potential”
The World Is So Bad, Why Waste The Effort?!
January 7, 2024
It can be quite a scary image you’ll see if you focus on everything bad that is going on in the world. All it takes it turning your tv on or visiting an easy to reach website and your eyes are filled with images of poverty, war, oppression, death, injustice, starvation, genocide and every other bad thing that one can imagine. Choosing to focus in on these things can really put a damper on your attitude and your outlook of life.
I’ve had several people contact me and ask me whether or not it’s even worth reaching for magnificence in a world that is just so bad.
All of the bad things about the world are exactly why you MUST strive for greatness! It’s not a question of why you should or should not exert the effort to do something great with yourself, it’s how quickly can you do something great to help the world become a better place.
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