The questions you ask yourself direct your focus.

What you focus on grows.

When you focus on positive possibilities, you feel better.

When you focus on pessimistic possibilities, you feel worse.

So, how can you focus on positive possibilities???

Use this strategy over and over until it starts to become your default way of thinking.

‘WHAT IF UP’ versus ‘WHAT IF DOWN’

Read the following “What if” Questions. (out loud if you can)

• What if it doesn’t work out? 
• What if it’s not possible?
• What if I can’t do it?
• What if it’s a disaster?
• What if things never get better?
• What if they get upset?
• What if we can’t ever move beyond this?
• What if I’m just wasting all of my time?
• What if I can’t handle it?
• What if I’m not good enough?
• What if it all goes wrong?
• What if I never feel better?

How do these “What if Down” statements make you feel?

Now read the next set of “What if” Questions. (out loud if you can)

• What if it works out great?
• What if it’s possible?
• What if it turns out perfect?
• What if I succeed?
• What if it helps the situation immensely?
• What if we can work it out?
• What if I’m investing my time in something wonderful?
• What if I’m stronger than I think?
• What if I’m excellent at it?
• What if I/we can move beyond this?
• What if this is a great idea?

How do these “What if” Up Questions make you feel.

Can you feel a difference?

Are you what if “upping” or what if “downing?”

You must CHANGE YOUR THINKING to 

CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Thoughts of worry produce anxiety.

     Sad thoughts produce depression.

             Thoughts of irritability produce anger.

What type of FEELINGS are your habitual THOUGHTS producing?

When you change your thoughts, you change your feelings, and when you change your feelings, you change your behavior and when you change your behavior, you get different results in life.

WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR!

Have you ever done a search on google? or I should say –when you do a search on google……

Do you search for what you want?

 or 

Do you search for what you don’t want?

    Ridiculous, right? 

Why would you search for something you don’t want?

    Yet, in our life, we often do this.

Our brains are like google.

      Our mind is doing searches all day long. 

You’d be surprised how much you

 search for things you don’t want!

…..Reasons you’re so sad

…..Reasons you can’t get something done.

…..Reasons why you’re not quick enough

…..Things you don’t like about yourself

…..Things you don’t like about your spouse

…..Things you don’t like about other people

…..How disorganized you are

…..All the things you should already have done

…..Everything that’s going wrong

…..The things you dislike about your life Ø

…..Why you should feel guilty

…..Why you should be embarrassed

The list can go on and on and on and on………………..

      Your brain is just like google.

It’s an obedient servant and it will come back with answers for all of these.

It will tell you what’s wrong with you, why you can’t get things done, why you’re so disorganized and on and on.

What if you changed your google search to look for the things YOU WANT?

…..Reasons you have to be happy

…..Reasons why you can accomplish so much

…..Reasons why you’re so efficient at getting things accomplished

…..Things you love about yourself

…..Things you love about your spouse

…..Things you admire in other people

…..How organized you are

…..All the things you’ve accomplished

…..Everything that’s going right in your life

…..The things you truly love about your life

…..Everything that’s wonderful about the relationship you’re in

Again, your brain is just like GOOGLE and it will come back with all the answers.

It will tell you all the reasons you have to be happy, all the things you’ve accomplished and everything that’s going great in your life.

But to get the BEST results, you have to search for those things that you DO WANT in your life.  

So what are you doing??

Are you searching for what you WANT??????

or

Are you searching for what you DON’T WANT??????

Happy people focus on all the GREAT THINGS
in their life.

They constantly look for the GOOD in everything.

They find MEANING and OPPORTUNITY
even in hardship.

They actively practice GRATITUDE every day.

(Even for the small things. The roof over their head, the food on their table, the loved ones around them, the fresh air they breathe.)

Happy people know that what they
……FOCUS on GROWS.

Unhappy people focus on the LACK in their life.

They COMPLAIN about what is missing.

They spend a great amount of time wishing
things were DIFFERENT.

They DON’T APPRECIATE what is right in
front of them.

They think it will get them closer to what they want.

The truth is that focusing on what you lack in life….
………. just makes you miserable.

It’s like telling yourself that you can’t be happy with life until things are just the way you think they should be.

The problem is–

No matter what you have–

……it never seems to be enough.

All we ever really have is the
…..PRESENT MOMENT.

Focus on APPRECIATING what’s in front of you right now.

Remember the days when you wished for some of what you have in front of you right now.

Measure your life on how FAR you have COME.

Do not measure your life based on an ideal picture that you have not yet attained.

Enjoy your life now.
Find and focus on what you do have to
………..APPRECIATE

The best WAY to GET MORE of what you want out of life is to APPRECIATE what you have right NOW.

A POSITIVE EMOTIONAL STATE is one of the best ways to stay MOTIVATED and move ahead in your life.

The best way to get into a positive emotional state is through GRATITUDE and APPRECIATION.

Don’t let yourself be miserable because your life isn’t exactly the way you want it to be.

Choose to be HAPPY NOW.

Your life is happening RIGHT now!