Negative thinking is one cause that is or stopping you from reaching your greatest potential. I know of people who have a habit of thinking negatively and it often translates into speaking negatively. They usually bring down the atmosphere and the feelings of those around them and themselves. If we aren’t careful we can get caught up in this negative talk and thinking. and it becomes normal to speak badly about a situation or someone or oneself.
For many it is easier to think the negative wholeheartedly rather than the positive. When a negative thought comes up into our mind, we often agree with it. But if we want something positive to happen we often have doubts. Why is it so easy to think the negative wholeheartedly? Thinking negatively and speaking negatively is easier to do than speaking positively and thinking positively because we are taught or programmed to do this at an early age. In the Book From Good to Great, it mentions that the cause of these negative thoughts are from beliefs that were “programmed” into your subconscious mind and soul. That is why it is difficult or challenging to stop these negative thoughts from holding you back. An example of this programming is the phrase, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Many people of my generation, the Baby Boomers, heard this saying it was called Murphy’s Law, named after an aerospace engineer who came up with this phrase. At the time many people were saying this and when something didn’t go right or the way they planned they would say this. So you can see how many people of my generation were “programmed” or taught to think this way. But although it was meant to help an engineer think about all the possibilities of a system failure it was not helpful to the soul of an individual. It began to wire people to think that something will go wrong no matter how much they wanted things to go right.
But you can break free from your negative thoughts. In Chapter 10 of the book From Good to Great, I have section called; Breaking Free of Negative Thoughts. Start by removing your negative thoughts and emotions through the energy healing techniques mentioned in the book, Then program the positive, don’t let the negative thoughts continue. I like to use the EFT method or tapping. Start to speak the positive and think positively. Listen to yourself and if you catch yourself saying the negative, simply stop and say the positive. It will take some time to form this habit of speaking and thinking positively so practice this daily, until it becomes a good habit.