What we focus on we find. Really think about that and ask yourself where your focus is much of the time. If you’re focused on your problems, you’ll find plenty more challenges ahead. If you’re focused on possibilities, you’ll find more opportunities that await you.  

If I’m honest with myself, sometimes I spend much more time thinking about and talking about what I don’t want rather than what I do want. If what we focus on we find, you and I aren’t not doing ourselves any favors with this type of thinking as our default.    When we focus on what we don’t want thoughts of fear, worry, and frustration become road blocks. When we think about what we do want, we tend to heighten our awareness and creativity. We get excited about all that’s possible and focus our thoughts, actions, and reactions on what truly matters. We get clearer about our goals and tend to make better decisions.  

Managing our thought life is so important. What we think about shapes the way we feel. And the way we feel impacts the way we act. If we are overcome with thoughts of negativity and despair, we can’t expect to produce good results.

So what steps can we take to begin thinking more about what we want instead of what we don’t want? First, we can recognize when we’re in a place of negative thinking and shift our focus. We can also write down what we don’t want since that seems to come so naturally to us and flip those statements around by restating them in terms of what we do want. We can be more mindful of what we’re feeding our minds through what we’re watching, listening to, reading, etc. because what’s on our minds eventually reveals itself in the way that we feel and what we do. I realize this is all easier said than done, but with practice It will become more natural and there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll be pleased with the return on our investment.