"Let's be honest.
It's been a rough year. We're coming up on 365 of living in a (and through a) pandemic. When times are tough it's easy for our self-talk to turn negative. It's easy for us to make excuses about why it's okay to BLAME, COMPLAIN and DEFEND (BCD). It's easy for us to get caught in a "doom loop". Tim Kight defines the "doom loop" as having "a negative attitude about improving your attitude". Let that sink in for a minute.... Okay so how do we know if we are trapped in a "doom loop"? Here's what Tim says about that: A negative attitude is the result of negative thinking. It is a lack of mental discipline. It focuses on the problem and stops looking for solutions or opportunities. A negative attitude can only survive on a steady diet of negative thinking and negative self-talk. A negative attitude is habit-forming, and it has an impact on you and the people around you. A negative attitude affects you physically. A person with a negative attitude will almost always lose to a person with a positive attitude. Sadly, many people with a negative attitude are stuck in a doom loop because they have a negative attitude about improving their attitude. This is not a good place to be! The bottom line here is that WE CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE. So, if we keep telling ourselves that going "all in" is going to be terrible, then it will. If we take that stance that we are excited about going "all in" because this is the moment we have been waiting for for an entire year then, it's going to be GREAT. We control our self-talk, we control our attitudes. If you'd like to know more about what Tim Kight says about THE POWER OF ATTITUDE, click here. It's easy to get stuck in a "doom loop". It's easier to be negative than positive. We must build skill at keeping ourselves in a positive frame of mind. Check out Tim Kight's "Simple Disciplines For Improving Your Attitude":
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