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Think positive, live happily, but how?
Global Village Space |
Jeffrey Lau |
Many of us may have heard of the importance of positivity but few can really tell why it’s important. Barbara Fredrickson, a university professor in Psychology, discovered how negative emotions affect our minds.
In the experiment, participants were asked to tally some objects they listed. Results showed that participants with negative emotions named remarkably fewer than those with positive or neutral emotions.
People are more likely to generate positive thoughts and recall positive memories when they are sitting up straight.
The conclusion is, negative emotions do narrow our mind, forcing us to pick from limited options. This phenomenon is especially observable when we are in a life-threatening situation, where we have to take immediate action. When we are trapped with a reduced number of choices as a result of emotions coming into play, we make wrong regretful decisions.
So it’s really important to think positive.But… how? Thousands of articles online teach us how to think positive in the most clichéd ways possible. You should cheer up, crack a smile, look on the bright side of life…blah…blah..blah…
Read more: 8 Secrets to achieving Success & Happiness
Start with your posture: sit up straight! It’s more than etiquette
While one may think cultivation of positivity always requires conscious effort, indeed it doesn’t. Sitting up straight may appear irrelevant to positivity. But a study reveals the association between posture and positive thoughts.
The result shows that people are more likely to generate positive thoughts and recall positive memories when they are sitting up straight. So, sit up straight right now! Sometimes tiny things in life all contribute to our well-being without us noticing
Have a teaspoon in your pocket
Whenever we feel like formulating a negative thought, put the teaspoon into another pocket.
What else can a teaspoon do other than stirring our refreshing cup of coffee? Well, a Quora user, William Peynsaert, thinks of a brilliant idea to use a teaspoon for our evasion from negativity. All we need is a teaspoon. Nothing more. Well, technically, we also need a pair of pants with pockets. In case we are not wearing any.
Read full article:
Think positive, live happily, but how?
Global Village Space |
Jeffrey Lau |
Many of us may have heard of the importance of positivity but few can really tell why it’s important. Barbara Fredrickson, a university professor in Psychology, discovered how negative emotions affect our minds.
In the experiment, participants were asked to tally some objects they listed. Results showed that participants with negative emotions named remarkably fewer than those with positive or neutral emotions.
People are more likely to generate positive thoughts and recall positive memories when they are sitting up straight.
The conclusion is, negative emotions do narrow our mind, forcing us to pick from limited options. This phenomenon is especially observable when we are in a life-threatening situation, where we have to take immediate action. When we are trapped with a reduced number of choices as a result of emotions coming into play, we make wrong regretful decisions.
So it’s really important to think positive.But… how? Thousands of articles online teach us how to think positive in the most clichéd ways possible. You should cheer up, crack a smile, look on the bright side of life…blah…blah..blah…
Read more: 8 Secrets to achieving Success & Happiness
Start with your posture: sit up straight! It’s more than etiquette
While one may think cultivation of positivity always requires conscious effort, indeed it doesn’t. Sitting up straight may appear irrelevant to positivity. But a study reveals the association between posture and positive thoughts.
The result shows that people are more likely to generate positive thoughts and recall positive memories when they are sitting up straight. So, sit up straight right now! Sometimes tiny things in life all contribute to our well-being without us noticing
Have a teaspoon in your pocket
Whenever we feel like formulating a negative thought, put the teaspoon into another pocket.
What else can a teaspoon do other than stirring our refreshing cup of coffee? Well, a Quora user, William Peynsaert, thinks of a brilliant idea to use a teaspoon for our evasion from negativity. All we need is a teaspoon. Nothing more. Well, technically, we also need a pair of pants with pockets. In case we are not wearing any.
Read full article:
Think positive, live happily, but how?
