15 Smart Tips To Stay Positive In Negative Situations (We All Need To Do This)
There are times when we are going through a lot of negative situations.
People are trying to bring you down, they say something negative about us or even show us rejection.
In such difficult situations, its really very hard to stay positive and we are inclined to react negatively to them.
But that won’t do us any good and with time it will make the situation go worse.
If we react negatively than ultimately its our day which would be filled with anger and disappointment. What happens next?
Nobody wins.
Yes, it’s not easy but it’s important to stay positive even in negative situations. We have to beat the negative situation by always being positive.
Read the below 16 tips that will tell you how to do it and pick the tips which can work the most in your case to stay positive.
Never take decisions when you are not calm or when you are a bit disturbed.
If you are not sure that you are calm, don’t respond. Just give your mind time to calm yourself down first.- Take a deep long breath as your first step to calm yourself down.
- Always speak in gentle and calm tone to reduce the tension of the situation. This really helps.
- Speak to yourself that you can find opportunities even in negative situations. Albert Einstein once said:
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Look at the content of what people say to you for something positive that you can act upon to improve yourself.
For the rest of the messages which is negative, simply ignore it. The negative message enters from one ear and you have to let it go from the other ear, simple as that.
Realize that having negative feelings will just hurt you, not them.
If you have a negative feeling for anyone, keep one thing in mind that you are only burning up your own blood by being negative all the time.
So there is no reason for you to have any negative feeling.
If you make mistakes, be open to admit it. Take courage in admitting your mistakes, this will make you look more brave and bold in front of people.
And when you make a mistake, then remember this quote by George Bernard Shaw-
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
- If you can, listen to motivational audio program to feed positive thoughts into your mind. You can find them anywhere on YouTube or anywhere else, they could really be a good booster for you.
Talk to a positive friend or family member who can encourage you.
Remember your favorite quotes to give you inspiration and motivation. This is one reason why you should have quote of the day.
Look at the negative situations as your training sessions for real life. The higher you climb in life, the worse the negative situations would be, so you’d better be prepared for them.
Realize one thing, at any moment you can’t really please everyone. In fact, nobody can do that. Sometimes you need to just let some people go.
Realizing this will relieve you from a lot of pressure and unnecessary burden so that you can focus on the people that you can positively interact with.
So those were some must use tips which we should bring in our life and we should never forget how important it is to
Stay Positive
Very motivating post, you're absolutely right!