{"id":10289,"date":"2023-02-02T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=10289"},"modified":"2022-11-08T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:20:57","slug":"3-ls-to-make-positivity-a-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/3-ls-to-make-positivity-a-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ls to Make Positivity a Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Positivity?\u00a0 It is a choice to intentionally be optimistic, supportive, encouraging, affirming, and self-assured.<\/p>\n

What happens without it?\u00a0 The opposite of positivity is negativity.\u00a0 Negativity leads to poor health or worse.\u00a0 It can result in mental health issues.\u00a0 It slows people down and limits their productivity.\u00a0 Negativity is a constraint.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the human brain is wired for negativity.\u00a0 Originally this was self-defense and unfortunately that bias remains.\u00a0 According to Jack Canfield, 77% of the information we process is negative.\u00a0 According to Letter.ly<\/a>, 90% of news is negative and people are more likely to be interested in negative news.<\/p>\n

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What happens with positivity?\u00a0 Positivity supports optimal health, increased opportunities, and a fulfilling, happy life.\u00a0 Positivity<\/a> results in a healthier, longer life.\u00a0 Because being positive is counter-intuitive, it is a choice we make and work for daily.<\/p>\n

How can you make positivity a habit?\u00a0 Choose it, commit to it, and challenge yourself to follow through.\u00a0 Here are three key action steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Learn \u2013 learn about the impact of being negative versus positive. Learn your triggers for each.\u00a0 Learn tools and techniques to manage triggers.<\/li>\n
  2. Language \u2013 use positive, proactive language in your thinking and in your everyday vocabulary. This takes work because normal language patterns are negative.\u00a0 Lists of negative and positive words are easily found online.<\/li>\n
  3. Live \u2013 live positivity each day. Be grateful and appreciative.\u00a0 Show respect and kindness.\u00a0 Choose positivity each morning and continue choosing it all day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It takes time to change a habit (research varies so let\u2019s go with 30 days).\u00a0 It takes more time to make a new habit the new normal that you revert to (six to twelve months).\u00a0 Choose positivity, commit to positivity, and challenge yourself to follow through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What is Positivity?\u00a0 It is a choice to intentionally be optimistic, supportive, encouraging, affirming, and self-assured. What happens without it?\u00a0 The opposite of positivity is … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,471,16,40],"tags":[2100,2101,797,691,2105,1695,2102,2103,145,2104],"class_list":["post-10289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-3-ls-to-make-positivity-a-habit","tag-3ls","tag-bias","tag-choice","tag-constraint","tag-grateful","tag-habit","tag-negativity","tag-positivity","tag-self-defense","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n