here is the line that turned positive thinking into an actual method for me:
“if you are going to spend time in worry, why not worry constructively?”
your brain will run a movie either way, so you pick the film. instead of rehearsing the disaster, you rehearse the best possible outcome in full detail, again and again
conduct|r@conductr_this single sentence explains why positive thinking never worked for you: “it is literally impossible to really think positively about a particular situation as long as you hold a negative concept of your self.“ maxwell maltz wrote that in 1960. positive thoughts on top of a negative self-image are just decoration upgrade the image first. the thoughts will follow