Is learning positive language...akin to learning a foreign language?

Is learning positive language similar to learning a foreign language? 

When Scott Young learned four foreign languages in one year, he set a rule to never speak English during the whole year.

“Only speak the language you’re trying to learn.”

                                         Scott Young (excellent blog)

I suggest that you NEVER speak the negative (to others or yourself) and that you only “practice” the positive until you become a true (programmed, automatic) positive, powerful speaker of the positive.  

Isn’t that a simple, clear rule that is doable?  (Not that you’ll never slip, but the action itself is very discernible and doable when you decide to do it!)

See Powerful Languaging...and learn it, for it will make a huge impact on your life!

RESOURCES FOR HAPPINESS

Because this is the most important skill in life, you might want to really immerse yourself in these resources and drive your understanding and knowledge to a high level - so you can be happier.

I've compiled for your use a list of resources for happiness:  books, web sites, videos... Use Resources For Happiness Link.

Of course, The Site has a directory of articles and summaries that are direct and to the point, which you may wish to peruse and link to what is of interest.  Contents/Links For Happiness. 

Happy reading!

Keith

HOW WOULD YOU LIVE IF EVERY MORNING YOU STARTED OFF WITH TONY ROBBINS?

I remember many a morning waking up and just seeking the comfort of ... (fill in the blanks). To relax and have a cup of coffee, just to sit there, not have to confront the day...

And I often thought that this was just the way it had to be.

But I had learned and was gradually more "knowing" that I am in charge of determining the way it is, not some mysterious force. I don't need to be a victim of a made-up force, simply existing in my belief system. I don't need to wimp out.

I "knew" that, at varying degrees, but I slipped into the wimpiness of letting that force run me.

Yes, as with all of us, I needed a reminder, something to pull me up by the shorts and have me see the power I can choose in my life - not like a big motivational BS thing, but to actually live it - for a few more moments, minutes, hours... a bit extra added to my life, for however long I can have it added.

And, I would propose this as a good reminder mechanism: Just put into YouTube the term Tony Robbins and watch a few of the videos (or listen to the sounds in the background while you are getting ready).   Do it as early as possible and daily.

I guarantee that listening to Tony will seriously disturb any tendence to allow yourself to exist in lethargy or in accepting your being less than you can be..

Indeed, the choice lies not in being "good or bad", for those are BS concepts and impossible to define. The choice lies in who you are going to choose to be in order to be powerful, producing what you want in life, falling down lots, failing lots, but getting up and going for it again - to get to be that person you really want to be - not once in awhile but every day possible, experiencing the quality of life at a much higher level.

As Tony puts it: You can live your "destiny"...

And this will kick your butt into gear in the morning!

Keith

Tony Robbins page on my site

No Negative Conversation!

"If only people could see that one cannot achieve his/her much desired peace of mind if one does not totally give up negative conversations - inside or outside of oneself!!!!!"

The BuddhaKahuna

I would encourage adopting the practices and "truth-telling" in the No Negative Conversations piece, as it is vital to your peace of mind (in lieu of having a "piece of mind" that is toxic).

And sometimes one might need the cooperation of another person who is doing 'toxic dumping' in his/her conversations with you.

However, confronting that person and making this point is often awkward and not well-done in a conversation. So, being creative, you might write a frank, but kind, note requesting no negative conversations for the sake of your peace of mind. Few people can turn this type of request down, though you may have to remind them once in a while, until they get the new habit. (And that habit will benefit the other person's life also!) See Request For No Negative Conversation.

Try this. Try enlisting the other person - and enlisting yourself - in making "no negative conversation" a sacred honoring of the other and of oneself.

Keith