{"id":33410,"date":"2021-01-25T06:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T06:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/podcast2\/stay-focused-and-positive-dr-prem-podcast\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T05:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T05:36:45","slug":"stay-focused-and-positive-dr-prem-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/life\/stay-focused-and-positive-dr-prem-podcast","title":{"rendered":"Stay focused and positive- Live A Great Life Podcast by Dr Prem \u2013 Chapter. 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Learning how to stay positive<\/strong><\/span><\/em> in life is perhaps the best lesson that life can teach you. Everything that happens in this world is transient, as are your joys and sorrows. When you feel your world is breaking apart, hold on! The storm will soon pass over, and you will once again see bright sunshine in your life.<\/p>\n

How to stay positive in life when the world turns upside down<\/h2>\n

The most important juncture in life is when you think of surrendering or resigning to your fate. At such a time, try bouncing back and continue with your struggle to carve out a better future for yourself. Happy days are just around the corner. You just need to pass through some gloomy times so that you can appreciate them better.<\/p>\n

Understand the impermanent nature of your life<\/h2>\n

Life is a mix of good and bad phases. Make the most of the good times, and never lose hope during the bad times. Remember, nothing is permanent in life. Your problems might make you imagine the worst in everything but remember that both your troubles and your thinking are transient. So, even when the world around you crashes, look for the silver lining behind the dark cloud. There\u2019s much more to the world than you can ever imagine.<\/p>\n

Learn to accept the bad phase as a change for good<\/h2>\n

Change is intrinsic to life. We shouldn\u2019t resist it; adapt to the modifications and set sail on the natural flow of life. By entering a growth phase, you can discard the old formulas that don\u2019t work for you anymore; instead, embrace new ways of pursuing your life purpose.<\/p>\n

Worrying won\u2019t do you any good<\/h2>\n

Worries and anxieties are natural outcomes. If you are serious about staying positive in life, stop worrying. Worries are non-productive and never deliver any solution. Instead, it would be prudent if you explore alternate avenues as they might lead you to better days. However, in case they don\u2019t lead to anything positive, you will at least learn something from them.<\/p>\n

Build self-confidence<\/h2>\n

Confidence building is the key to bring positivity into your life. Be it your creative pursuits or the way you dress, whatever you do, do it confidently. Confidence provides the strength to fight back, and keeps one firm and determined in turbulent situations. Only confident people emerge as leaders in their lives; the less confident ones just tend to follow others.<\/p>\n

Keep marching forward<\/h2>\n

Moving forward despite hurdles on your way has its own thrills. It multiplies your inner strength and teaches you how to stay positive in life. But it is never wise to rush at things. A small and wary step forward could unfold a journey that would ultimately add much more value to your life.<\/p>

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Accept the ground truth<\/h2>\n

Even if you are going through a nasty ordeal, don\u2019t brood over the past. Thinking about the past is a sheer waste of time. Be in the present and fight for your future. Building imaginary castles of sand won\u2019t help in staving off any problem for long. A day will come when will have to face it \u2013 let that day be today.<\/p>\n

Trust the world around you<\/h2>\n

There is no gain without any pain. You can never reach the beautiful without striving for it. There\u2019s always so much more that you need to explore. Do not perish in your cocoon without even looking outside for solutions. Even if you stumble onto the right path, it would make the entire struggle worth it.<\/p>\n

Shake off any preconceived notion<\/h2>\n

The world is not against you. In fact, it is neutral to your success and failures. You have a right to a happy life. The things that you have experienced in your past might delude your perception and might make you skeptical. However, the key is within you. If you just calm down and look around you in a normal and detached way, you might realize how simple and beautiful everything is around you.<\/p>\n

Keep traveling<\/h2>\n

Traveling widens your horizon and teaches you to be happy and positive. It is physically and mentally motivating and can be an eye-opener at times. While traveling, you get a chance to meet people whose lives were in a deep mess and who still had the guts to move forward and work towards brighter days. If you really want to keep going with your life, no one will motivate you better than a fellow traveler.<\/p>\n

Develop strong work ethics<\/h2>\n

Put your heart and soul into whatever you do \u2013 but you won\u2019t be able to do so until you have complete faith in whatever you are doing. Developing strong work ethics is one way of achieving this. When you love your work, you will be exceptionally diligent in what you do and you will excel in delivering both quality and quantity.<\/p>\n

Stop searching for answers<\/h2>\n

As I have said many times, you are not just a small body within a gigantic universe; you are also a gigantic universe within a small body. You will find all the answers that you seek within yourself. You just have to develop an insight by opening yourself to knowledge and experience. Insightful self-analysis will automatically tell you what went wrong and how you can correct it. So, don\u2019t waste time on unproductive ventures. Do all that helps you in winning at life.<\/p>\n

Help others<\/h2>\n

We cannot be happy in our lives unless we know how lucky we are to have what we have. The easiest way of realizing this happiness is by volunteering to help those who are less fortunate than you. Sharing part of your material and intangible possession with others will give you true bliss. It is a mental fulfillment of sorts which will keep you going through the difficult days of your life.<\/p>\n

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