You were not born negative.

Negative patterns are drilled into us by people and circumstances throughout our lives. A person is never born with any attitude. He acquires them initially from his family, neighborhood, school, friends, college, work-place and most importantly through the various circumstances and situations he has to go through life. Let’s take a second to think about that critical negative voice inside your head. Have you ever considered the possibility that it isn’t your voice saying those things

That it could be someone else’s? A parent’s, a friend’s or a partner’s perhaps?

No one is born negative. I mean, have you ever seen a negative young child? Children are little balls of inquisitive energy. They run every where, they try to climb everything, etc. There’s no voice in their heads telling them ‘I can’t’. They don’t think ‘I can’t jump over that’ So you are not innately negative. You just caught someone else’s negativity somewhere along the line. And this means you can break your poor thinking habits and reveal the real you. The ‘you’ you lived as a young child, when anything was possible.

How different would your life be if you had always tried instead of always thinking the worst? If you would have gone for everything within your reach and taken those opportunities, instead of imagining what could have gone wrong?

See in 10 ways how to overcome negativity;

1) Stop Negative Thinking Now: Learn to stop negative thoughts before they start.

2) Beat the Everyday Blues: Learn to let go of pervasive worry and relax into better everyday mood.

3) Self Sabotage: Stop listening to your own negative ‘hype’. Challenge your hurtful thoughts about yourself and stop blowing one bad experience out of proportion.

4) Stop Complaining: Break the complaining habit and learn to relax with imperfections and irritations.

5) Dealing with Disappointment: Build in flexibility to your expectations and manage disappointment and set-back gracefully.

6) Dealing with Guilt: Break the pattern of feeling guilty or ashamed, and take a new view.

7) See the best in others: Move from viewing others with cynicism and suspicion to a more realistic and sympathetic understanding.

8) No Regrets: Stop wallowing in your past and start learning from your experiences and move on. Stop getting so caught up in focusing on the losses and errors of your past and concentrate on the present and the future.

9) Improve Your Mood: Relax deeply and cast off black moods.

10) No Excuses: Develop a deeper honesty and truthfulness with yourself and take full responsibility for what you do.