Maximise your best self with positive power thoughts in 2023

It’s a New Year, time when some set goals and objectives for their personal and business worlds. Have you thought about setting a goal of managing your thinking and having power thoughts in 2023?

Your thinking… your choice!

It is thought that on average we can think between 50,000-70,000 thoughts a day. It has been said that the mind is like a butterfly that flies from one flower to another, never standing still.

The thoughts, attitudes & beliefs you hold have a big effect on the way you interpret the world around you and on how you feel. Your thoughts are POWERFUL, they can be POSITIVE, or they can be TOXIC, they can be GOOD or they can be BAD – YOU CHOOSE, it’s up to you, it’s your choice and within your gift and control, so which will it be? You can think negatively, or you can think positively. Over years of challenging myself to manage my thinking I quickly identified that the key is to spot unhelpful thinking, to challenge and question it and set it right.

Think about what you’re thinking about!

This might sound a weird question but, how much THOUGHT have you given to your THOUGHTS?

Do you ever THINK about what you are THINKING about? If you take time to THINK about what you are THINKING about, very soon you will realise that how you FEEL is connected to what you have been THINKING. Are you aware of how much what you THINK affects every area of your life? Your THOUGHTS affect the words you speak, your moods, your attitudes, your relationship with your family, friends, work colleagues, your manager and your relationship with YOURSELF! Your THOUGHTS affect every decision that you make and your behaviour.

Do your own thinking!

Do you realise that you don’t have to THINK every THOUGHT that comes into your head… they come in so thick and fast at times, but you can do your own thinking. You don’t have to think what everybody else is thinking, you don’t have to think the way you THINK everybody WANTS you to think, YOU can do YOUR own THINKING. You don’t have to THINK the first thought that comes into YOUR HEAD, you have the choice to choose what thoughts you THINK, so YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN THINKING.

Is your inner chatter box chattering positively?

Not only can we start to think about what we are thinking about, but we can identify any STINKING THINKING that is going on in our minds and choose to calm down the nonstop chatter that goes on unchecked. When I was first introduced to the fact that some of my thinking was stinking thinking, I remember being initially shocked, but then quickly realised that it can happen in my mind all the time if I let it, so what’s stinking thinking? Those repetitive thoughts or things you say to yourself that have you ruminating and get you stuck in the negative thinking or feeling, maybe those that automatically fly in. Hypercritical thoughts that encourage you to place unrealistic standards on yourself or those that get you catastrophizing, making small problems into big problems or “worst case scenarios”, assuming the worst will happen. Let’s get rid of/reduce our stinking thinking! We’re not always aware of this endless thinking that we do automatically, its often only when you need to focus on something that we become aware of all the thoughts that bombard our mind distracting us and attracting our attention.

Ok, STOP, lets turn this around quick and start focusing on the positive for a great year in 2023! Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Capture your thoughts and take them through a mini thought audit… are they positive, uplifting and helpful to you or negative and harmful? Are they thoughts you can chuck out and get rid of, or are they those that you can turn around or replace it with a positive thought or statement?

Remember to QUESTION YOUR PERCEPTIONS, if we believe something to be true, then it is true to us… although it may not be truth at all! We may think that someone is thinking something about us that simply is not truth. Let’s question our perceptions.

Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results – it applies equally in business as well as personal life.

Some questions for you to ponder in 2023:

• How are you going to positively challenge and change your thinking?
• What things are you going to think on intentionally to ensure your inner chatterbox is chattering positively?
• What thinking or actions do you need to let go of this year?
• What new habits are you going to introduce into your life this year to lift and encourage you?
• What new goals do you want to aim for this year?

So here is your challenge for 2023, let your positive thoughts become positive words, that create positive actions, that shape you into having positive habits that in turn moulds your character positively so that in 2023 you can say “I expect good things to happen in my life starting today”.

One of our passions is to support people into being the best version of themselves. We offer one to one coaching for anyone who would like time and space to reflect, to work on their business, their leadership, on anything that they feel is holding them back from being their best selves. And if you want support to start the new year by challenging your thinking, thinking about what you are thinking about and reducing that stinking thinking that holds you back, then get in touch and we might just be able to help.

Give us a call on 01904 628838 or email info@1245881.eu11.myftpupload.com to chat with us about how we can support you. We may be able to access funding that can save you 40% of the investment for your coaching along with one day workshops and leadership programmes, so get in touch now to discuss your and your team’s needs.