Power of Positive Thinking – Transform Your Life

Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak

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++Programme Outline Role of Attitude

Positive Thinking and Plus Attitude

Medical Aspects of Human Thought Process

Role of Mind in developing Positive Thinking and Plus Attitude

Formula of Success

Techniques to develop Positive Attitude

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“Life is a contract awarded by GOD to you. It is upto you, how you perform and gain out of it ”

“Humans should not be differentiated by class, creed or color; but only as Positive or Negative Persons”

- Dr .Ashutosh Karnatak

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Role of Attitude

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We all encounter various stresses in day to day life and feel tied up

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++How to Deal these Stresses???

Can money take care of all Stresses??? No

NoCan good health take care of all Stresses???

Can a supporting family take care of all Stresses??? No

Then what is required???

Can a Power take care of all Stresses??? No

++If each Alphabet of English were to represent a number starting from 1 i.e. a=1, b=2,……………z=26, which word related to individual’s possessions accounts for a score 100?

Is it Money --------------------------------------No (62)

Is it Health --------------------------------------No (54%)

Is it Power --------------------------------------No (77%)

It is Attitude which makes a score 100

It is the Attitude, which makes or breaks a person

++What is Attitude?? It is a mental state and approach of an individual, which is reflected in his / her day to day activities, works etc.

Nothing but how you deal an issue

How you react with the circumstances

What is the stress level when you encounter a problem

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Attitude (invisible to others)

Knowledge, Skills

&Experience

Broader the Base, more the tendency to emerge out

++Competence of a Person

Knowledge +Skill+ Experience+ Attitude

Attitude is the foundation and accounts for the major portion of a person’s

competence.

Attitude is like a personal treasure, which comes in handy when the need arises

Advantages of other attributes can only be achieved with “Positive Attitude”

++My Belief Khudi ko kar buland itna,

ke har taqder se pehleKhuda bande se ye pooche,

bataa teri raza kya hai - Allama Iqbal

You are unique, nobody can take your place.

You can and you will get whatever you want. All the forces conspire to support, provided

you want them to.

Instead of controlling Others, try to control your attitude through Positive measures.

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Positive Thinking & Plus Attitude

++Typical Dreams of a Person

Admission in a good and reputed professional college.

Suitable job, drawing a handsome salary with all the perks.

Marry an young and beautiful girl, still in her teens. She should be a caring wife, daughter-in-law and a culinary expert. Similar dreams for females.

Proud father of a Son and Daughter

Proud Owner of a Bungalow and chauffeur driven luxury car

++Is that all????? Recognition and fame alongwith good bank

balance running into millions of rupees.

Life Span of more than 75 years, with grandchildren growing and shaping into promising teenagers.

All-round prosperity & happiness

& So the list goes onAll these dreams can be achieved by Positive Mental Attitude

++Know Yourself

Solve questionnaire

What is your positivity index?

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Positive thinking just means approaching the unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way.

Thinking that the best is going to happen, not the worst.

What is Positive Thinking???

++Perception of Glass

++Characteristics of Plus (+) Attitude persons

Sees half filled glass Sees brighter part of the thing Ever smiling Unruffled with problems Having helping attitude Optimistic Solution seeker

++Recollect the Classification of Material based on Magnetism

Diamagnetic Material:They are neither magnetic nor magnetism can be induced through external sources

Paramagnetic Material:They are not naturally magnetic, but become magnetic if magnetism induced. Also retain magnetism upto some time afterFerromagnetic Material:They are permanent magnets, irrespective of any externally induced magnetism

++Type of positive persons Dia-positive Thinks that things go wrong due to own fault

& gives up control in many situations Para- positive

Generally tries to be optimistic and positive, however some situations get better out of the person

Ferro- Positive Generally optimistic, positive and unruffled ,

don’t take things personally and set backs don’t affect rest of life

++Mental Attitude Diagram

Di - Positive Ferro-PositivePara - Positive

Y Axis - No. of Troubling Situations faced X Axis – Mental Attitude

+ve -ve

++Transformation of Arjun during War During “War of Kurukshetra”, Arjun

transformed from Dia-Positive to Ferro-Positive.

Before beginning of war, Arjun was dejected and did not want to fight (Dia-Positive)

Positive force of Lord Krishna transformed him from Di to Para to Ferro.

When he fought and won, his mental state was Ferro-positive

++Why Ferro-Positivism is required??

To handle stress in constructive manner

To face challenges in life To foster happiness in life To increase success rate To become more optimistic To Improve mental state To Improve health

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Medical Aspects of Human Thought process

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Every thought has a physical Effect on your cells. Chemical Reactions are produced throughout the body by thoughts / emotions

++Medical Aspects

Secretion of hormones from various glands controls our life

Emotional State can become imbalanced (Positively / Negatively) with over / under secretion of non-adrenaline body hormones.

Thoughts (bad or good) act on the brain to release the neuro-transmitters that effect mood or health and physical response in the body.

++Medical Aspects Neuro-transmitters which enhance attention

and pleasure is “Dopamine” and which reduces fear and worry is “Serotonin”.

If some one is under stress, heart beat increases and body releases powerful stress hormones Epinephrine, Cartisol and Adrenalin, which are negative and have ill effect.

In case of positive people, secretion of negative hormones gets checked and health remains stable even under stressful situations.

++Effects of Negative Thinking

Some effects of Negative Thinking: Sleep Disturbance Anxiety, Depression, Lower pain

thresholds High BP & risk of Heart disease Damaged Immunity Lower energy level etc.

++Advantages of Positive Thinking Increase in optimism & Happiness Experience Internal bliss Start seeing “Half Glass Filled“

instead of “Half Glass Empty” Increase in resilience Increase in enthusiasm and energy

levels Enhancement in leadership skills

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Enhancement in determination to succeed

Improvement in health, decrease in stress thus less BP and Heart Attack

Increase in brand equity

Tendency to appreciate others increases thus less jealous feeling .

Leads to self-actualization – Maslow hierarchy of needs

Advantages of Positive Thinking

++Positive Mind Vs Negative Mind

A Negative mind is like a Tsunami WaveA Positive Mind is like Serene Water

++Plus Attitude and Active Life Active Life of Human being is roughly 30

years i.e. 2.6 Lac hr. (If we work for 12 hr/day, balance life is 15 Years i.e. 1.3 Lac Hr.)

In case of negative attitude during 50% time, the plus active life is reduced to 15 years. So effectively 30 years are reduced to 15 years.

If we try to improve our mental plus attitude to 75%, the span of active life can be increased

to 23 years.

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Role of Mind

++Role of Mind

++Role of Mind

++Right and Left Brain

Left Portion Right Portion Right side of the body Left side of the body Mathematics Creative Verbal Artistic Logical VisualFacts IntuitionDeductions IdeasAnalysis ImaginationWords of song Tune of a song Seeing finer details Multiprocessing

/ Multitasking

Development of Positive thinking is attributable to right part of brain

++Which Way the Dancer is Spinning???

If you see her spinning CCW, that means you are left brained – Logical & AnalyticalIf you see her spinning CW, that means you are right brained – Artistic & Creativity

++Mind and its Intricacies (a) Active or conscious

(b) Passive or subconscious Active part plays role in day to day actions, subconscious

mind helps in shaping thinking pattern.

All information is stored in sub conscious mind as a heap of paper (one over the other) without any order.

There is a Constant self-talk between both.

Requirement is to structure these information in right manner so as to utilize the power of mind in optimized manner.

++Role of Sub-Conscious Mind

Forgetting names of persons Forgetting formulae / content etc. in examinations Dreams Fear Negative attitude

Requirement is to sharpen the capability of sub-conscious mind

Typical Concerns:

++Sub-Conscious Mind

Subconscious Mind is like hard disk, periodically format for better results.

Store data properly & delete useless

data. Results:- Enhanced memory

- Relieves extra load

- Clarity of mind, which is essential for developing Positive Attitude

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To Sharpen Capabilities of Sub-Conscious Mind:

Constantly attack negative thoughts

Control the active / conscious mind

Sub-Conscious Mind

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Formula of Success

++Winners – What is So Special about them??

Winners have Fighting spirit, urge to win & Never say Die Attitude.

Winners are motivated by their plus (+) attitude.

ex: Edmond Hillary, Dancer Sudhachandran, Dhiru Bhai Ambani etc.

You can also have the same and can

achieve whatever you desire, provided you have + attitude.

++Formula to Success

Success = f (Objective * Strategy * Action * Desire2)

Desire = f (Attitude)

So, Success α (Attitude)2

A person with positive attitude will eventually be a winner

++Power Equations – Real Life Interpretation

Power = V * I

V = I * R i.e. I = V/R

Power = V2 / R

Maximize Power Output by having Positive Attitude and reducing Internal Resistance

In Real life, Power = Attitude2 / R

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Techniques to Develop Positive Thinking

++Booster – 1 Condition your subconscious mind to

not go towards negative side.

Take control of your active mind and stop it moving towards negative side.

In case active mind goes negative, Sub-Conscious mind will come for rescue

and vice-versa

++Booster – 1

Never underestimate yourself. You

have powers you have never dreamt of.

“Think you can do it” and say “ I can do it” It can be done by booster–2.

++Booster- 2

In case you are depressed and may go into negative cycle:

- Send a suggestion from subconscious mind to conscious mind to come up

from the situation and turn back to positive side.

- It can be done by Self Suggestion / Auto Suggestion

++Booster- 2

Self-suggestion / autosuggestion:

- By practicing this, one can direct subconscious mind for any

particular action.

- If any negative signal disturbs in the work, send a feedback from

conscious mind to subconscious mind.

- Put a fire wall for negative thoughts

++Self-Suggestion MethodStep-1: Keep repeating your Auto-Suggestions loud as if

you are talking to other persons

Step-2: Phrase the suggestions positively (don’t say I do not fail, say I succeed)

Step-3: Use present tense to the maximum extent

Step-4: Suggest realistic actions which are possible

Step-5: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat. Try to find ways to make it more compelling, powerful and meaningful

Step-6: Mean what you say. Speak with conviction & faith

++Booster- 3 Maintain subconscious mind in a

positive state, through constant feeding of positive thoughts (like chanting

mantras) Repeat Thoughts as much as possible. Keep the list of positive thoughts in your

pocket Better to do it in the morning and

evening.

++Booster - 4

Calibrate the mind periodically, preferably on half yearly basis.

Calibration can be done with reference to the ideal mind of a successful

person.

++Some Positive Thoughts To begin With I will think positive only because I have the

powers to do whatever I want to.

If somebody hurt me, it may be due to his mental state at that moment. I must forgive him. Attitude to forgive should also be developed.

I can not change other’s attitude. That is their personality. Let me control mine.

I and only I am the controller of my emotions, thoughts and actions .

++Some Positive Thoughts To begin With Believe in your heart that something

wonderful is going to happen.

Live this day well, for today is all we truly have.

Be open to all possibilities and miracles, always believe in miracles.

Discover each day the magnificent awesome beauty in the world around you.

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Some Astrological Aspects regarding Positive Thinkers

++Astrological Aspects Persons having Strong Jupiter

Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces Birth Number 2,3,5,7,9

Persons writing big letters or large loops.

Open Life and Head lines

Positive Direction - Northeast

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Meditation & Energy Mudras to develop Positive Attitude

++Some Energy Mudras

Apan or Energy Mudra – Supports removal of waste & Toxins from BodyAkash Mudra: Helps in centering the energy to nourish any lacking part Makara Mudra: Unleashes reserve energy. Useful for depressed peopleVajrapadma Mudra: For building confidence for tackling insecurities Ksepana Mudra: Relieves tensions of all kind

++Plus Magnetic Meditation It can be done with “Pranayam” Now close your eyes Loosen your body, Start relaxing

mind Slowly and slowly whole body and

mind getting relaxed Your mind is open to get positive

thoughts

++Plus Magnetic Meditation

Chant the positive thought, which you want to be

Think – you are changing Think – getting revitalized, recharged

and renewed Think your Ferro-Positivism is

increasing. Do it for 21 days continuously

++Reflect the Negative Thoughts

Refract the Positive Thoughts

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Set two Goals for this year, which will be monitored on quarterly basis

++Life Mantra

There is no pleasure without pain. Happiness can be enjoyed only when you have passed through pains, otherwise everything is same.

++Take Away I shall think Positive from now on.

I will start positive self–talk between conscious & sub- conscious mind.

I Shall try to discard negative thoughts whenever they attack your mind.

I would disseminate concept of positive thinking among masses.

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++Take away slogan

Think Positive Think Possible

Think options

Think Solutions

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Hum Honge Kamyab