How to Be More Positive

Our brains are not hardwired for optimism or pessimism, so you can learn to accentuate the positive. Here's how:

• Learn to meditate. An eight-week program of daily mindfulness meditation -- trying to stay in the moment without distracting thoughts -- increased activation of the left prefrontal lobe in study subjects.
• Think in threes. Approximately three positive moments are needed to counteract one negative one, according to Fredrickson. So volunteer, listen to music you like, or pet a puppy.
• Write it down. Martin Seligman, the psychologist who authored the book Authentic Happiness, suggests you create a journal. Every night, write down three good things that happened that day -- and include an explanation for why each happened.

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I've owned this stock for some time now. There is one thing that I have never lost sight of... This is a penny stock with strong patents but the odds of making it are very slim. So, I hold onto this little stock with a positive attitude that it will be the little engine that could. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....smile. In the words of the late Henry Ford, "

"Whether You Think You Can or Can't, You're Right"--Henry Ford"