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Personal growth is all about what you surround yourself with. Positive thoughts coupled with positive friends bring personal development in your life. You have heard the saying “you are who you think you are”. This is a very weighty statement and should be analyzed when thinking about ways of achieving personal growth. This is because a positive perception in your life will help you remain focused on success and you will always see opportunities for growth. In other words, a negative mentality leads to negative results and vice versa.
Therefore, it is important for personalities especially, between the ages 15-30, to have a positive perspective since these are the years that can make or break your life. It is never too late anyway, even if you are past this age bracket, you can still work on perspective as long as you believe better days lie ahead. So why is positive perspective important for people? Continue reading to find out more.
An individual with positive perspective will always remain focused on the goal. This is because you know why it is important for you and you already have a determination to hit the target. Therefore, no matter the circumstances, you will have higher chances of succeeding. In life, there are several ups and downs. You're preparedness to meet each of the situations determines whether you will quit or you will work around the issue. If you have a negative perspective on everything that comes your way, you will easily lose focus and step aside. On the contrary, if you have a positive perspective, you will remain focused on the goal and see how to go about this challenge. Therefore, it is good that you have a positive perspective to help you in school and also in life.
When you have a negative perspective, you avoid being in control since there is no determination neither do you have goals. However, with a positive perception, you will want to control things that happen in your life. For instance, if you are in college and you like a certain unit (you have a positive perception of it) even if the tutor does not show up you will continue learning since you already have a positive perspective and you know what you want to learn. However, if you have a negative perception to the unit, you will see the absence of your tutor as an opportunity to do other things that have value according to you. Therefore if you love doing something you need to have a positive perception to have control of yourself, so that you can succeed in that activity.
An individual with a positive perception will see opportunities and not complain about things that come their way. This is because this person has trained himself to see the positive side of everything that happens. And tries to improve it or take advantage of it and possibly earn a living. However, an individual with negative perception will quickly dispose of the water with the baby inside. This is a dangerous state since you will have lost an opportunity that would have possibly changed your life. Positive thinking people turn out to be successful entrepreneurs in some occasion. So learn to think positively.
Once you see the need to remain focused positively, you are on the highway to success. If you are in the company of positive thinking people, then that’s better since you help each other accelerate towards success. And finally reading positive material will, of course, sustain you and fuel your journey to success.
Positive thinking is better if it begins from the time you are in school. It will help you prepare for life, and therefore you will always remain a performer.
References:
http://www.self-improvement-mentor.com/benefits-of-positive-thinking.html
http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/embracing-a-positive-perspective
https://www.wisdomtimes.com/blog/core-benefits-of-personal-development/
https://www.wisdomtimes.com/blog/critical-thinker-traits/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201303/turning-the-positive-personal-growth-after-trauma
