Personal Finance News Saturday 1/26

Phil's Personal Finance Tip of the Day:

Positive thinking has no negatives

January 24, 2013 By Harvey Mackay

One of life’s great annoyances is the tendency of folks who ask you to perform an impossible task, list the issues they foresee and the problems that have plagued previous attempts — and then admonish you to “think positive.”

Wow!  Does that mean you are so good that you can achieve what no one else has?  Or are you being set up to fail?

Because I am an eternal optimist, I prefer to believe the first premise.  Positive thinking is more than just a tagline.  It changes the way we behave.  And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.  I think that good attitudes are contagious.  I want to start an epidemic!

A friend who also prefers to look for the silver lining suggested I Google “The Positive Pledge” by author and inspirational speaker Jon Gordon.  Several promises stand out among the fifteen in the pledge, including:

• I pledge to be a positive person and positive influence on my family, friends, co-workers and community.
• I vow to stay positive in the face of negativity.
• When I want to be bitter I will choose to get better.
• When I meet failure I will fail forward towards future success.
• I believe my best days are ahead of me, not behind me.

The full pledge is a terrific framework for a positive attitude, because we know that positive thinking isn’t always easy.  Negative thoughts can creep into our mind – and jump out our mouths – when we least expect them.  The trick isn’t to fight them, but to manage them so they don’t paralyze us.

To read the entire article from Harvey Mackay.com:
http://harveymackay.com/column/positive-thinking-has-no-negatives/

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