Positive Thinking by: Amit Abraham

How Positively Do You Think?

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"

It is time to really test your thinking. Given below are a few statements. You are required to read them and respond to them positively or negatively. Be honest with yourself.
1. There are people who are much better than I am.
Yes/No
2. I always want things to be done my way. Yes/No
3. I firmly believe that the first impression is the last impression. Yes/No
4. I do not make hasty decisions. Yes/No
5. I lack faith in abilities. Yes/No
6. I welcome healthy criticism from others. Yes/No
7. I never do backbiting. Yes/No
8. I am known to crack jokes at the cost of others.
Yes/No
9. I wish I could have been more handsome / beautiful. Yes/No
10. I patiently listen when others are talking. Yes/No
11. Most of my problems do not seem to have solutions. Yes/No
12. A mine oles of polluted thoughts. Yes/No
14. I am straightforward and honest. Yes/No
15.
Creativity is only for the builders, developers and artists. Yes/No
I strongly believe that I am indispensable. Yes/No
17. I have a high opinion about myself. Yes/No
18. I hold respect for all class of people. Yes/No
19. I am always right in what I say and do. Yes/No
20. I like to take up new challenges. Yes/No
21. I trust every decision I take. Yes/No
22. I do not like to take additional responsibilities.
Yes/No
23. Making lame excuses is an art that not everyone can master. Yes/No
24. I always think twice before I act. Yes/No
25. I always speak positive about myself. Yes/No
26. I seldom speak positive about others. Yes/No
27. My heart rules over my head. Yes/No
28. I do not have many good things to say about myself. Yes/No
29. I can achieve what I dream of. Yes No
30. All efforts are mostly positively rewarded. Yes/No
31. Gracefully accepting criticism is the key to success.
Yes/No
32. I complain when things are not done in my favour.
Yes/No

After you have marked your responses give 1 point each to the Yes you have ticked against question no's. 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 31 and 1, 5 gach for, 15, 16, 109, 22, 2a, st ustion no a 2.
Thereafter total your score for both. If you have scored between 27-32 you have high positive thinking, Between
20-26 you have average positive thinking. Between 13-19 it is neutral. Between 7-12 it is negative and between
0-6 it is very negative.
If you are a positive thinker, it is well and good. But if not, you can be one. The only thing you need is a desire to think positive.

-How to develop positive thought?

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. Man is always born free yet everywhere he finds himself in bondage. He is bound by what his parent's think of him and expect him to do. He is bound by the expectations of society. He is bound by religious thought and philosophy. He is bound by what others think. In short he is bound by everything that matters. We have to free ourselves from bondage. We have to free ourselves from within. We have to evolve as independent thinkers.
If we cannot have independent thoughts we cannot develop our'self into a better one. However, even though being independent, our thought should take into consideration not one but all humans and animals who coexist with us. So let us begin to develop and expand our horizons as independent thinkers.
The points given ahead do not follow any hierarchical order. They are just guidelines for developing positive thought. Positive thought is infinite and it goes on and on.

-Constantly indulge in self-evaluation

We are generally inclined to believe what we are not because it satisfies our ego. People say flattering things about us and we believe them. Generally most of us only think thing's worth believing in if its hard to believe.
But we have to critically evaluate ourselves. We have to know our good as well as our bad qualities. We have to work upon the weak ones and improvise them. We are what we are and we have to strive to be what we want to be. So keep indulging in honest and critical self-evaluation. This self-evaluation will pave the way for you towards positive thinking.