Positive Hype

When being positive isn’t enough. (a re-edited blog I posted from last year)

Being positive is far more beneficial, fruitful and effective than being negative. Your attitude toward life, people, situations and relationships will often be, as leadership guru John Maxwell says, “the small thing that makes a big difference”. I don’t believe though, that simply “being positive” will ultimately give you the outcomes and results you want in life. Waking up in the morning and forcing yourself to “be positive”, and ignoring your emotions is just draining. Choosing to “be positive” is helpful yes, and it certainly beats moping around and being negative about everything. The thing is though, a healthy attitude is so much more powerful in creating the outcomes you want in life, than just a positive attitude. The reality is “being positive” doesn’t change what’s going on in my world, it simply changes my view…