CTM Episode 17: “3 Ways to Shift Your Mindset”

Today Anthony and Isaiah will be discussing three powerful mindset shifts you can use in your life to help you become a more positive person, and why becoming a positive person is so important.

Too many people are habitually negative and it is detrimental to their health, productivity, and relationships. If you are always negative you wont be motivated to do anything, and no one will want to be around you.
At the same time you shouldn't live with blind optimism because that brings on a whole other set of problems.

Mindset Shift #1: Practice Gratitude Daily

Begin each day by writing down 3 things that you are grateful for, and the end of each day write down 3 things that were good that happened to you.

You may be surprised how difficult this is for many people, but if you are alive at the end of the day you can be sure that 3 good things happened to you. This exercise will begin to train you to see all of the good in your life and help you to focus on that instead of the bad.

Mindset Shift #2: Gain Perspective

Often times our negative mindset comes from us thinking our lives suck or because we are comparing ourselves to others.

Remember that millions of people in the world have it worse off than you, and many of them are more happy than you. This is another exercise that will help you to see how blessed your life is and help you to focus on what you do have rather than what you don't.

Mindset Shift #3: Have an Internal Locus of Control

People with an external locus of control believe that they don't control what happens to them and they are a victim of life's circumstances. If you believe that you have no control in life it is inevitable that you will eventually become cynical.

By having an internal locus of control you will believe that you can control your life. You control what happens to you, or at the very least you control how you react. When you make this mindset shift you will spend less time sulking and complaining, and spend more time taking action to make things better.

Thanks for listening to the podcast, we really appreciate it, and we can't wait to see you on the next episode of CTM!