The Battle: Negative Thinking
Versus Positive Thinking

It is important to know the differences of negative thinking versus positive thinking.

Why?

Because the type of thoughts that you choose to entertain will shape your reality. Some people prefer to focus on positive thoughts, even though they acknowledge their negative ones. They just manage their thoughts, or they find a way for eliminating negative thoughts.

Now, are you a positive person? Read the following descriptions of negative thinking versus positive thinking and find out not only where you are, but even better, where you would like to be.

Negative thinking defines pessimists.

For a pessimist, there is always something to worry about, nothing is ever quite right, bad events seem to last forever, and they surely outweigh the positive ones. Life is fear and sadness most of the time.

However, there is a strategy called "defensive pessimism" that looks like negative thinking but that is useful for some people. Find out more in "The positive power of negative thinking".

Positive thinking creates optimists.

An optimist person acknowledges negative circumstances, but chooses to be positive about them and looks for what is in it for them, or even how to change the situation.

They don't dwell on worries. If they feel defeated, they also feel it's temporary. They usually also choose to accentuate the positive.

What it comes down to:

When we allow ourselves to think negatively we damage our potential in many ways. The worst thing is that we are so wrapped in negativity that we cannot even see that there are ways out.

However, there is always a choice. The important point is the realization of your own thoughts; then you can decide which type of thoughts you want to focus on.

You may be deprived of everything else in this world, yet you can still choose your attitude towards everything. Help yourself to do that with this powerful daily affirmation.

What are the effects of negative thinking versus positive thinking?

Let me use the following real story as an example:

While I was at university I had the chance to observe different behaviours in the students whenever we had an exam. The type of attitude the student had would quite shape the outcome. Literally it was a case of negative thinking versus positive thinking.

The first type of attitude was a negative one. The student (some of my friends at times) would come and say "I don't think I'm gonna pass", "I don't know it all", "I'm going to fail", "This test is going to be so difficult", and so on.

The second type of attitude was positive. The student would say "I don't know it all, but I'm going to pass", "It's all right", "It's an easy one", "We'll do fine".

What happened, in most of the cases, was that the person was right. Such low expectations from a negative point of view generated low results - failing. Those who had a more positive approach would tend to pass, even if they knew as little as those with a negative point of view.

The thoughts and the attitudes in both cases helped shape the results. These were the consequences of negative thinking versus positive thinking.

As you can see, the effects of negative thinking versus positive thinking are very different. One can make you sink completely, while the other can rise you above the clouds.

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Negative thinking

Negative thinking, for a start, makes you feel bad in the present.

One of the most common ways of negative thinking is fearing a scary event in the future - something that perhaps will never happen. You could be spoiling your present for a future that is not even real.

Another common way of negative thinking is imaging things that are not actually there, or thinking ourselves as a victim (doing victim thinking). At these times it is useful to differentiate between thoughts and reality. In the end, where are you living, in your thoughts or in this reality? And are things actually being so bad in this reality?

Find out more about the effects of negative thinking and get some useful tips for eliminating negative thoughts.

Positive thinking

Positive thoughts can only shape your reality for better. Besides, they make you feel good in the now. Find out more about the effects of positive thinking.

Higher expectations with a convinced heart do lead to high results. Use these positive thinking statements to reinforce where you want to be.

The results of negative thinking versus positive thinking are very different. However, it is not always easy to get rid of negative thoughts - good news is, the only thing that you truly need is your will. For some handy "how to" advice, check these steps of positive thinking.