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That's with permission from the authors and today's post comes from Angel of Mark and Angel hack life and amazing blog and Friends of the show. So let's get right to it and start optimizing your life. Nine ways to become an optimist by Angel sure enough of Mark and Angel.com. quote Optimist person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness Mark Twain Some people are more optimistic by nature but optimism is not a fixed attribute. It's a choice we have control over every morning. We either choose to wake up grumpy or wake up with a positive outlook research has shown that in the long-run optimistic people handle stress better get sick less often live longer and are happier and more successful than their pessimistic counterparts. The good news is that we can all develop skills to improve optimism here are Ideas to get you started number one find the opportunity in every difficulty Optimist is a word which he refers to a person who focuses on the positive. For instance. If an optimist lost her left arm in a car accident, she might say in a hopeful voice. I'm alive. I don't have my left arm anymore, but I do have my right one and my life still to live optimism does not mean ignoring the problem entirely. It means understanding that setbacks are able often temporary and that you have the skills and abilities to combat the challenges you face what you are dealing with may be difficult, but is important to remain hopeful and positive about a brighter future optimism will inspire a sense of hopefulness and the confidence that is required to take full advantage of the opportunities that do exist. Remember the most beautiful rainbows come from the sunlight after a very dark storm read full catastrophe living. Number two surround yourself with positive people. You are only as good as The Company You Keep if you're around gloomy people. There's a good chance. You won't be smiling make it your mission to dodge negativity surround yourself with supportive friends who have positive outlooks as they say if you want to soar with the Eagles, you have to stop hanging out with the Ducks optimism is a learned habit and it is positively contagious surround yourself with people who could infect you with positivity. In turn pass your new good mood on to a friend or Stranger in words and deed. Let somebody have that parking space let that person with only a few items cut in front of you at the market the simple Act of doing something nice for others is actually a good pick me up all by itself. Number three Give Love receive love and invest in love love is the greatest force in the universe. It's a treasure that people would give anything for yet. It costs nothing to give. Of an receive there's an endless supply and it can be extended to family friends and strangers at any moment and increases positivity and acts like a shield against negativity. It forgives heels, encourages and inspires Give Love receive love and invest in love every day because where you invest your love you invest your life number four be realistic and expect ups and downs. A foundation of realism keeps things in perspective and helps prevent things from being blown out of proportion just because you're an optimist doesn't mean you're not going to have bad days. You will that's reality life isn't always rainbows and butterflies trying to be a hundred percent positive. All the time is wanting to be an ocean in which waves only rise up and never come crashing down. However, when we recognize that the rising and crashing waves are part of the same one ocean, we're able to let go and be a piece with the way things are. Bottom line prepare for the worst, but hope for the best the former makes you sensible and the ladder makes you an optimist read awareness The Perils and opportunities of reality number five Inspire yourself with a smile and positive reminders. If you expect the worst the worst will happen if you let things bother you they will but if you smile you'll feel better Studies have shown that putting a cheerful smile on your face can trigger. Part of your brain that actually makes you feel happier and more optimistic about the present and future also feature optimism with positive reminders write down short statements that Inspire optimism put them in places where you'll see them every day such as on your bathroom mirror the inside of your locker and on your computer monitor statements, like anything is possible lead a life of positivity. The only thing I can control is my attitude towards life. I always Have a choice even the longest journey begins with a simple step. I will look at the Sunny Side of everything and make my optimism shine read The Happiness Project number six work on the things you can control pessimism is Impractical because it causes you to spend time dwelling on negative things that haven't happened yet while simultaneously preventing you from getting things done now pessimism breeds in decision. It's a waste of time and I'm The Limited resource that you can't afford to take for granted every minute spent worrying guarantees nothing but less time to enjoy what life has to offer the solution acknowledge the things you can't control and don't become a victim. Stop thinking about what is happening to you and start thinking about what you can do to make it better know that you almost always have a choice is your job a bomber find a new one now ready to leave because of your 401k and vacation time then celebrate those Ins and remember that you chose to stay number 7 count your blessings. There's so much good so much Beauty so much love in your life. You have so much right now to be thankful for you just need to pause long enough to appreciate it do so. This will help frame a better attitude and take your mind off of the negatives start a feel-good journal by a blank journal and fill it with things that make you smile like a photo of your pet or a compliment A friend gave you use it to track your accomplishments and celebrate your victories stick only positive things in your journal and open it up. Whenever you're feeling down number 8 appreciate that nothing in life is permanent research has shown that optimists and pessimists attribute the reasons for success and failure differently pessimists tend to attribute negative events to permanent personal and pervasive factors optimists tend to attribute negative events to non-personal non-permanent. Non pervasive factors permanent are factors that will be with you throughout life personal are factors that relate to us as individuals and pervasive are factors that affect our ability and other parts of our life bottom line. Nothing is permanent. However, good or bad a situation is now it will change. Number 9 focus on the present people often obsessed themselves with the past and the future but life is happening right now. You can't learn something or remember something that's happening. Now if your mind is stuck in another time, it takes about eight seconds of intense Focus to process a new piece of information into your long-term memory. So don't let your life in your mind slip away instead of dwelling on the past or worrying about the future practice being and living in the present moment. Remember right now is the only moment guaranteed to you right now is life. Don't miss it. 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Angel Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares 9 ways to become an optimist. Episode 1100: 9 Ways to Become an Optimist by Angel Chernoff of Marc And Angel on How to be Happy Marc and Angel Chernoff are New York Times bestselling authors, professional coaches, full-time students of life, admirers of the human spirit, and have been recognized by Forbes as having "one of the most popular personal development blogs." Through their blog, book, course and coaching, they've spent the past decade writing about and teaching proven strategies for finding lasting happiness, success, love and peace. Marc and Angel's New York Times bestselling book, Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Reality, and Turn Your Trials into Triumphs, is a guide to spark sustainable action - and to return to whenever needed. It's available online at http://www.marcandangel.com/book/ and on Amazon. The original post is located here: http://www.marcandangel.com/2012/05/30/9-ways-to-become-an-optimist/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! 