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More proof about the power of positive thinking highlighted in today's English Independent:
Scientists in Finland carried out personality tests on 500 older people and then studied them for a decade.
Fifty four per cent of the positive thinkers were still alive ten years later, compared to 39 per cent of the others.
Those with a negative slant on life were also six times more likely to be in institutional care at the end of the survey.
Doctors in Holland who investigated heart disease treatments in almost 1,000 people found that patients with so-called type-D personalities - negative types who have difficulty communicating their emotions - were four times as likely to have heart problems. The same findings have now emerged from at least two other studies.
The challenge: Inputting as many positives every day into your personal pc ie your software - humour, happy memories, good deeds, positive comments, affirmations etc.
In the context of pain and failure, analyse what you learned from the situation, commit never to repeat the failed pattern and acknowledge that like the child, you are now nearer your goal.
Congratulations.
Enjoy your day
Posted by Kevin Kelly at
February 9, 2005 05:50 PM