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Thrive with a Positive Mindset

HCUL 80th Annual Convention With Alice Inoue

=“positive”GOODTHINGS = “negative”BAD

THINGS

NEGATIVITYbegetsNEGATIVITY

I have to bemore POSITIVE.

POSITIVE MINDSET

Today I will share with you:

1. Positive THINKING vs. Positive MINDSET

2. How we are WIRED for NEGATIVITY

3. USEFUL Positive Mindset PRINCIPLES

Harvard Positive Psychology department

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discovery unaware

of it... BUSINESS

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It takes GENERATIONS before it becomes part of the

MASS CONSCIOUSNESS.

How many years does it take for a new

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYto show up in a TEXTBOOK?

What’s the difference between:

Thinking Positive VS. Positive

Mindset

It’s NOT about putting on a

smiley face.”

A positive mindset is a way to berealistic about the present

while maximizing yourpotential for the future.

THE

MIND

Our minds are always

ON.

We have

60,000 thoughts a day.

95%are the same thoughts as yesterday.

of these habitual thoughts are NEGATIVE!

80%

There’s no way. NobodNobody I can’t do this. I’m too busy.I can’t do it.I can’t do it.

This totally SUCKS.My life sucks. My The people that run this show are idiots.He’s a jerk. HHe’s a jerk. He’s a jerk.

The other departments are lame.I hate my job. I hate I can’t stand the way he blames others.I can’t stand my in-laI can’t stand my in-laws.

Why do I always end up with the junk dealI always get sick. I always get sick. I always get sic

It’s just not going to happen.I’m too I’m too

Primitive Survival Mechanism

We are wired for selective attention to

NEGATIVITY.

That’s why a POSITIVE MINDSETis NOT something that

comes NATURALLY.

YOUR MINDSET AND HAPPINESS

50GENETIC

%50LEARNED

%

10%due to wealth, status, power, relationships

90%CAN BE SHIFTED

Do you know

TETRISEFFECT?

about the

Do you know or work with

PEOPLE like this?

We only see what we

LOOK FOR.We miss the rest

get stuck in a

TETRISEFFECT!

POSITIVEHOW TO

1 2 3

Think of specifically…

“THREE GOOD THINGS”that happened today.

Your baseline of positive can be raised - which means greater success in all

areas that are important to you.

BASE LINE POSITIVE MINDSET AND HAPPINESS

2.9013

3 positives 1 negative=

Losada Line

POSITIVE MINDSETsuccess

Would you

describe

as LUCKY or UNLUCKY?this event

“COUNTERFACT”

Definition: A counterfact is a scenario that our brains create to help us evaluate and make

sense of what really happened.

Our success is determined by thecounterfact we create of any situation.

Always select a

counterfact that makes

you feel fortunate

The

ButterflyEffect

“Autobiography in

Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson

Chapter One

“I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.I am lost ...

I am helpless. It isn't my fault.

”It takes forever to find a way out.

I pretend that I don’t see it.I fall in again.

I can’t believe I am in this same place.But, it isn’t my fault.

Chapter Two

It still takes a long time to get out.”“I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it there.

I still fall in... it’s a habit...but, my eyes are open.

I know where I am. It is my fault.I get out immediately.”

“I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

Chapter Three

I walk around it. ”“I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

Chapter Four

“ I walk down another street.

”Chapter Five

Thank you!

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