Amber always wanted to do MBA,but because of adverse economical conditions, her father shows her limitations she decided to do some part-time jobs for MBA, fees but she was not allowed to work.
Now things will blink in your mind why was she not applied for scholarships? She tried but failed her motivation was falling day to day, one day, she decided if she could not do MBA, it is OK. She will do something else. Now she is a successful writer, life coach, and teacher. Did you understand what is the meaning of it? Let me explain to you. Our approach and attitudes toward life decide what kind of person we are. Amber always carries a positive approach. Firstly, she tried on her level best but because of her limitations (economical conditions, academic performance), she understood and accepted that wasting time and dreaming of an MBA will never give her something. So, she decided to do something which fits her limitations now she is an extraordinary person. She did not give up she tried in other stream and achieved success. It is called the positive approach, positivity optimism since theoretically, it consists of different meanings, but the same core (gist).
It is not only Amber’s story. It is the story of many successful people. The reason for giving you this example here is to make you understand being positive, optimistic and positivity is not only a word it is an approach or attitude to life, the characteristic of a person, and behavior towards the situation. Having a positive outlook on life and a propensity to highlight the positive aspects of life.
This is a well-researched article, here we are trying to make your perceptive clear about positivity what is positivity in positive psychology, what are the benefits of having a positive approach to life and we will discuss some techniques to develop a positive mentality.
Definitions of Positive Approach, Attitude, and Mentality
Definitionshelp us to understand something theoretically, there is a minor difference between positive and positivity. Often people ignore these differences and consider both same.
Being Positive is attitude, approach, behavior, and feeling. Whereas positivity is a tendency, Practice, and learning.
“Positivity is the practice of being or tendency to be positive or optimisticin attitude”.Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries
“Positivity is the quality of having a positiveattitude”. Cambridge Dictionary
Here you will find two things are common that is “Positive attitude.” So, it will bink in your mind What is a positive attitude? A very simple and clear meaning and definition of a positive attitude is our behavior, interaction, and reaction toward a harsh situation. You can say it is a state of mind which helps us to look at another side of a coin.
Qualities & Attributes of Positive Attitude
We have completed the first milestone which means now you know what is a positive attitude. So next you will understand the qualities and attributes of a positive attitude.
Understanding is more important here these are not only qualities but also living aspects of life.
Let us see how are they connected positive thinking is a holistic approach if a person has positive thinking it means mostly, he believes in “Do good & cast into the river”. He is more adaptive toward situations means he accepts things and situations as they are. It means he will not deny things (Defense mechanism), he will not avoid situations (avoidance-focused coping) he will not manipulate situations according to his beliefs (confirmation bias). He actively appreciates good things even if, it is not related to him. He can bounce back from those hard days.
More examples ofPositive Mental Set
Positive thinking, attitudes, and strategies are broad concepts. I do understand, understanding it is not an easy task.So, to make your canvas more clear.Here, are some additional examples.
- Encouraging others around you with words of encouragement.
- Extending courtesy to strangers.
- Have a positive influence on others around you.
- Giving importance to relations, not materialist things.
- Being happy for what you have.
- Be happy in sorrow
- Rejoice in the happiness of others.
- Be happy for the future even if you are facing tougher.
- Be positive even if others are negative.
HowPerception is Associated with Good Attitude?
From the beginning, I explained to you (with an example of Amber’s story), our approach and point of view directly affect our perception. Perception is not only a visual concept; it could also be a mental concept. Have you ever heard about the story of a biting snake if no then, I will tell you the conclusion of the story, “There were two men who often go to the jungle for hunting.” Once any insects bitten one of them. (A) But they ignore it after one month they again went to the jungle to hunt. This time they again reached the same place previously where they were. Suddenly one of them saw a snake moving there after that they realize that day the snake had bitten one of them and that snake was very poisonous. After this incident, they were more worried and keep thinking about the snake and biting. (B)
Because of keep thinking about stressful situation, they started overthinking and developed OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), often they felt depressed and, in the end, one of them died just because he believed the snake bit him (C). Later it was called the ABC model. Which was developed by psychologist and researcher Albert Ellis and adapted by Martin Seligman.
Now you must be understood what is the moral of the story and how our approach, attitude, and point of view affect our mental and physical health.
Does Positivity Harms? Difference Between Rightand Positive Thoughts
Be positive, is a general word, and you can easily hear it in your nearby. But what will happen when people will start to consider you wrong, negative, careless, and emotionless just because of this word?
Choosing the correct thought and correct emotion is called emotional intelligence. Sometimes, because of showing lots of positivity seems unrealistic and fake. Positivity is not about avoiding anxious, reverse, harsh, and sorrowful situations. It involves deciding to maintain an overall optimistic outlook while considering both the good and bad aspects of your situation.
Always remember, Due to human being ups and downs are part of our life and positivity is about facing and accepting situations since we cannot control situations but the selection of our reaction in our hands. Negativity also stands for, help human beings to prevent and focus more intently on risks, weaknesses, and dangers. So, if circumstances affect you and you are feeling down. It is acceptable to occasionally feel down or to have gloomy thoughts, but in the long term, it will serve you far better if you choose to respond with optimism, fortitude, and appreciation.
Benefits of a Positive Mindset
A positive mindset not only extends your lifespan, but also, lowers your risk of depression and distress, it increases your resistance to the common cold, enhances your overall psychological and physical well-being. it protects you from cardiovascular disease, and help you to develop coping mechanisms, when you go through difficult times, claimed by experts of Mayo Clinic (2017).
- It maintains your heart rate.
- It maintains your blood pressure.
- It strengthens your quality skills.
- It improves your productivity.
- It sharpens your mind.
- It improves your problem-solving techniques.
- It improves your social skills and support.
- It helps you to bounce back from mental and psychological illness.
Advantages ofPositive Approach in Health andOrganizationalSectors
The growth of an organization depends on its employees and growth is related to employee’s performance andjob satisfaction. In nutshell, the growth of an organization is related to employee’s job satisfaction. After the human relation movement, researchers snatched companies’ attention towards the employee’s well-being and mental health.
Gradually, many psychologists and researchers worked in the field of organization and industrial psychology, and they developed many terms and underline the importance of employee’s mental health, job satisfaction, workplace anxiety, conflict, stress management, and so on. Toady industrialist trying to improve organization environment.
In the same way, Psychology capital is a term developed by Luthans stressed performance and satisfaction, absenteeism, employee turnover, workplace stress, and anxiety are related to psychological capital, and psychological capital is based on four pillars Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism.
A leader with a positive attitude is like icing on the cake. Imagine your boss is an enthusiastic person, team-oriented, a problem solver, down to earth, a great speaker, and a kind of supporter. These are some general qualities which I am explaining, think if your daily encounter withsuch a person then how will be the level of your motivation?
It is only fixation but previous researches say a leader with a favourable approach is more engaging, a great influencer, a top performer, and a motivator.
Positive Attitude in the Health Sector
“Disability is not a personal choice of a person and none of them wanted to live with a disability.”
This statement could be called a positive approach towards disability. People with disabilities do not want special treatment and pity behaviours with them.
Studies evidenced that good behavior towards disability not only spread positivity but also, it helps disabled people to be happy. Think if their class fellows, their teachers did not act with them differently and accepted them as they are. It will enhance disabled people’s motivation, their presence in the class their communication in the class. They will also actively participate in debate competitions and will like to talk about themselves.
The Children’s Society in the UK investigation revealed several strategies for fostering optimism let us see what they are:
- A culture of inclusion in an educational institution.
- A critique of how the term “disabled” is used to support prejudice and harmful stereotypes.
- Understanding preconceptions and working to challenge them.
- The accessibility of excellent materials.
- Connections with special education and academy as well as connections with handicapped persons, both inside and beyond the school community.
- Generalization of disability paradigm in the society.
A study discovered that when teachers directly meet with students who were facing Down syndrome in a teacher’s training program. It changed teachers’ points of view and significantly increased their understanding of the syndrome and their approach to persons with the conditions. A pleasant attitude increases the surrounding of the disabled and makes them happy.
Positivity also plays an important role in curing cancer. Often you must have heard from doctors, to fight cancer you must be positive, hopeful, and a believer so that you can beat cancer these enthusiastic words help patients and they become able to draw inferences, reduce anxiety, exhaustion, depression, and experience,
An overall improvement in their quality of life with a positive outlook.
In the healthcare sector doctors and nurses play key roles. It is saying a doctor should be as such whose presence only removes disease and a nurse should be like a mother means she takes care of patients unconditionally. Empathy, Unconditional regard, Self-determination, honesty, nobility, decency, and equality. These are keys to a positive attitude and are followed by nurses and healthcare specialists.
Welcomed attitude in the healthcare industry, help healthcare professionals to find meaning and purpose in their work, Enhances the effectiveness of the specialist while assisting patients in getting well and keeping up with wholesome living.
Tips on How to Engage LearnersPositively in Learning and Classes
Teaching, and selecting engaging, interesting, and exciting techniques for teaching is thoughtful work. Teacher is the creator of the future. Here, we are underlining some points to engage students positively in learning:
Teachers should try to build student’s trust e.g., learning makes a man perfect, hard work pays off, none of the questions are right and wrong, encourage students to ask different kinds of questions, appreciate students for their small success, allow them to search their inner strength, passion, and interest. Motivate them for taking part in various competitions (singing, dancing, craft making, robotics, coding, and essay writing. Giving them more opportunities to understand that there is a vast canvas and they must choose colors according to their interest.
Teachers should also avoid using archaic and cliche ways of teaching they should upgrade syllabi according to demand. The variation in the syllabus helps students choose between alternatives. Alternatives give students chances to explore their interests, find connections and significance in what are they learning, and develop their abilities through their choices.
Teachers should also use some interesting and innovative techniques of teaching. Always remember, there is an individual difference and every student is unique, they have their characteristics. Some students are fast learners and others are not. But, teachers cannot forget their unique identities. That is why, mobility in teaching style helps students to understand according to their way.
Practical knowledge is better than theoretical knowledge. That is why, teachers should bring students on an educational tour, industrial visits, and visit markets, and hospitals. So that students could understand how daily life is run. Teach them to offer voluntary services and acts of kindness.
A teacher is a role model for students. A teacher can boost confidence in students, counsel them to shift negative thinking into positive encourage them to open their thoughts and believe in dreaming, and can create a joyful environment for students so that, they could throw their hesitation and they could follow their passion.
After deeply understandingpositivity and its policy. Now we will take our next step to understand our ways and exercises of improving positivity:
- Listen to your favorite music
- Focus on breathing to get your thoughts to a happy, peaceful place, take a few long, deliberate, thoughtful breaths.
- Exercise your mind and body by doing something uplifting like yoga, hiking, sports, or whatever else you like.
- Consider your diet carefully and make sure you consume wholesome foods that will support a sound and optimistic outlook.
- Avoid negative language and terms
- Always remember that failure is an opportunity to learn.
- Spend your time with your family.
- Identify Good Conduct
- Turn, your life’s negative events into the positive act.
- Rather than dwell in hopelessness, try to see the bright side and explore for chances.
- Trust that when you think beyond the obstacle, things that appear impossible are feasible!
- Think about positive events when things go wrong.
- Inculcate helping behavior, stop overthinking.
- Follow activity on daily basis, learn patience.
- Daily, write one positive thought and read it on the weekends.
- Spend your time with yourself and enjoy your own company.
- Make a list of, factors that help you in a hard time, and what did you learn from your hard times.
- Observe the Past and the Future
- Always be thankful for what you have and think about what can you achieve.
- Adapt some good exercises to charge yourself
- Take good sleep
- Relax and think why is it wrong.
- Be amusing amid difficult circumstances.
- To help and inspire you, seek out uplifting friends, mentors, and coworkers.
- Focus on the present, learn from past and hope for future.
- In order to encourage yourself follow good quotes and thoughts.
- Think of your difficulties as chances to improve.
- By employing more positive phrases, you can improve your recall of information that is good.
- Regularly shifting your attention from the bad to the good, can help your brain become more adept at focusing on the positive.
- Consider both positively and negatively when necessary. Sometimes we need to grieve, consider the terrible outcomes, and use unpleasant emotions to inspire and engage us but, do not think negatively all the time.
Try to use some positive words instead of using negative words:
- I am capable.
- I am genuine.
- I can achieve it.
- I am confident.
- People love me and respect my values.
- I am positive, and I spread positivity in my life, work, and home.
- I am the best leader and I respect my colleague’s core values.
Scale yourself under this session between 1 to 10:
- Intelligence……….
- Warmth……….
- Bravery……….
- Willpower……….
- Gentleness……….
Let UsGo on a Journey of Optimism
Always remember one thing. We are human being and we learn from our mistakes. Everyone is unique and you have your unique personality. What others are saying and what others thinking. Don’t be affected by these negative thoughts. I have heard somewhere to remove one negative thought we have to bring thousands of positive thoughts into our minds. We are human and governed by emotions. Our sense of responsibility always positively stays with us. You are accounted for yourself. Happiness is not permanent. Now we are happy, but may tomorrow we be sad. So, chasing happiness is not a good idea. Try to be positive if you are positive and feeling positive, then there is a huge chance of your being happy. How? Let me explain to you if your inner core feels positive, optimism then you will become able to understand what is the reason behind any situation and behavior of a person. Believe me, the day when you will become able to understand the reason. In the real sense, you will understand the genuine meaning of “Positivity.”
Forgiveness, kindness, honesty, belief, acceptance, humbleness, humanity, and sympathy are not only, words these are the core value of positivity. If your character is filled with these values then you are the happiest person in the world. Follow the core of the article and brought some positivity and happiness into your life.
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