Some priceless advice on how to think positive thoughts all the time
believe in yourself, and good things do start happening.
Your mind is a “thought factory.”
It’s a busy factory, producing countless thoughts in one day.
Production in your thought factory is under the charge of two foreman, one of whom we’ll call Mr. Triumph and the other Mr. Defeat.
Mr. Triumph is in charge of manufacturing positive thoughts.
He specializes in producing reasons why you can, why you’re qualified, why you will.
The other foreman, Mr. Defeat, produces negative, depreciating thoughts.
He is your expert in developing reasons why you can’t, why you’re weak, why your inadequate. His specialty is the “why you will fail” chain of thoughts.
Both Mr. Triumph and Mr. Defeat are intensely obedient.
They snap to attention immediately. All you need to do to signal either foreman is to give the slightest mental beck and call.
If the signal is positive, Mr. Triumph will step forward and go to work.
Likewise, a negative signal brings Mr. Defeat forward.
To see how these to foreman work for you, try this example.
Tell yourself, “today is a lousy day.” This signals Mr. Defeat into action, and he manufactures some facts to prove you are right.
He suggest to you that it’s too hot or it’s too cold, business will be bad today, sales will drop, other people will be on edge, you may get sick, your wife will be in the fussy mood.
Mr. Defeat is tremendously efficient. In just a few moments he’s got you sold.
It is a bad day. Before you know it, it is a heck of a bad day.
But tell yourself, “today is a fine day,” and Mr. Triumph is signaled forward to act.
He tells you, “this is a wonderful day. …The weather is refreshing. … It’s good to be alive. … Today you can catch up on some of your work.”
And then it is a good day.
Now, the more work you give either of these two foreman, the stronger he becomes.
If Mr. Defeat is given more work to do, he adds personnel and takes up more space in your mind.
Eventually, he will take over the entire thought manufacturing division, and virtually all thought will be of a negative nature.
The only wise thing to do is fired Mr. Defeat. You don’t need them.
You don’t want to go around telling you that you can’t, you’re not up to it, you will fail, and so on. Mr. Defeat won’t help you get where you want to go, so boot him out. Use Mr. Triumph 100% of the time.
With any thoughts into your mind, ask Mr. Triumph to go to work for you. He’ll show you how to succeed.
This brilliant illustration of the power of positive thinking is from a classic personal development book entitled the magic of thinking big, written by David Schwartz.
It is true that when you think positive thoughts, your life responds in miraculous ways.
Begin now to remove negative thoughts and to replace them instantly and start to think positive thoughts. This is a key component to successful and happy living.