How Positive Thinking Affects Personality Development

Our individual personality makes up the very essence of our totality as a human being. We are judged on our personality through our character. So, it is either we have a good or bad personality depending on how others perceive it.

What contributes to a good and pleasing personality? How can we project our personality in such a way that will attract people? It is a given fact that we all have unique individual personalities. We can never be someone else we are not, no matter how hard we try to imitate each other. But we can choose to have a character that stands out from the rest or simply win admiration from people. Having an admirable personality is not just about being physically attractive or appealing. As initially mentioned, it is a complete package – physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and general well-being.

One essential element in personality development is positive thinking. This conditioning improves the mental aspect of our personality. Let us now see how positive thinking can contribute towards better personality development.

Personality Development on Mental Well-Being

A sound mental well-being is an important aspect of personality development. There are many ways to achieve this and being optimistic is one among them. Make an effort to shift negative thoughts to positive thinking. Let go of negative self-talk as it only distresses the mind. Others may not have realized it but they have made negative self-talk a habit. Thoughts are best expressed either verbally or through actions. They become more realistic rather than just keeping it in your mind.

You can start by listing down the affirmative statements you can think of, and then apply them in verbal context during conversations or even when praising yourself. Doing this will gradually transition your paradigm into a more positive approach and you will begin to see things on a brighter side all the time. In the long run, it will become a mental habit.

Positive Attitude means Pleasing Personality

We learned that positive thinking is also manifested through a positive attitude, since our thinking, feelings, and actions are always a match. Our attitude speaks so much of who we are either professionally or personally.

People despise those who conduct in an undesirable manner. It follows that when you have a bad attitude, you think, feel and act or even react negatively toward people and situations. Then, the impression you create on people is someone having a displeasing personality.

If you wish to create a good impression of yourself toward others, you would rather consider seeing things on a positive side. This will eliminate ill thinking and unwanted attitude. You will learn to deal with others with respect, having more consideration and sensitivity towards their feelings and opinions.

The Positive Character Traits in Personality Development

Positive thinking enhances our personality through the positive character traits we get out of it. These admirable traits help us grow in personal and professional aspect of our life. By cultivating constant positive thinking habit, we develop the following:

a. Enthusiasm

Positive thinking accompanied with enthusiasm drives the passion to attain something you want to achieve. Do not allow moments of lapses and dull instances wherein you just sit blankly.

b. Optimism

Obviously, with constructive and affirmative thoughts, you will be transformed into an optimistic person. You will learn how to take more control of trying situations, and will view every action and circumstance in a good way.

c. Adaptability

When you have learned to see the positive and brighter side of things, you are bound to become more flexible in dealing with all sorts of undertakings in life.

d. Self-Esteem

Well, with a positive attitude that knows how to treat and respect people accordingly, you will also have learned to respect yourself more in the process. Trust that you are capable of radiating that admirable personality to others who may need to realize their worth.

e. Confidence

Who would not want to have a confident personality? Show that you can be entrusted with any task. Be positive in manifesting this confidence, but do not be too arrogant of yourself.

f. Self-Control

When you have made positive thinking a habit in every little or big thing you do, maintain consistency and self-control of your thinking and emotions. Always keep a humble and kind heart.

How to Overcome from Negative Thinking

How to Overcome from Negative Thinking

Negative thinking appears to be more effective than positive thinking. It seems that with most people, positive thinking requires some effort, whereas, negative thinking comes very easily. This has much to do with education and the environment one has been living in.

If you believe that you are going to fail, you will unconsciously sabotage every opportunity to succeed. If you are afraid of meeting new people or having close relationships, you will do everything to avoid people and relationships, and then complain that you are lonely and nobody loves you.

The power of negative thinking in action

1. Do you often think about difficulties, failure and disasters?

2. Do you keep thinking about the negative news see and hear on the TV, or read in the newspapers?

3. Do you see yourself stuck and unable to improve your life or your health?

4. Do you frequently think that you do not deserve happiness or money, or that it is too difficult to get them?

If you do, then you will close your mind, see no opportunities, and behave and react in such ways, as to repel people and opportunities.

The mind often, doesn't judge or examine thoughts and opinions before accepting them. If what it hears, sees and reads is always negative, it accepts this as a standard.

The media constantly bombards the mind with a lot of information about disasters, catastrophes, wars and other unhappy events. This information sinks into the subconscious mind, and then, manifests as your habitual manner of thinking. By occupying the mind with depressing and pessimistic thoughts you radiate negative energy into the surrounding world, and therefore, create and recreate more negativity, failures and disasters.

The mind is neutral energy. The way you think determines whether the results are positive and beneficial, or negative and harmful. It is the same energy acting in different ways.

The good news is that persistent inner work can change habits of thinking. You must be willing to put energy and time to pursue positive thinking, in order to change your mental attitude.

Simple Tips to Overcome Negative Thinking:

1. Every time you catch yourself thinking a negative thought, replace the thought with a positive one.

2. If you catch yourself visualizing failure, visualize success instead.

3. If you hear yourself using negative words in your conversation, switch to positive words.

4. Instead of saying, "I cannot", say, "I can". Most of the time you can, but choose to say "cannot", due to fear, laziness or lack of self esteem.

5. Do you repeat negative words and phrases in your mind? Change them to positive ones. Yes, this requires you to be more alert, and to expend some effort, but you want to change negative thinking into positive thinking, don't you?

6. Allow more positive attitude into your life. Have more faith in yourself and expect positive results. Affirmations and visualization can take you a long way in this direction.

7. Decide that from today, from this very moment, you are leaving negative thinking behind you, and starting on the way toward positive thinking and behavior.