Cognitive Distortions - Part 5 Don't jump to negative conclusions. Sometimes you mind read people when you're not a mind reader. For example, you may jump to a conclusion that a person doesn't like you when in fact that person finds you interesting. Neither are you a fortune teller. For instance, you may jump to a conclusion that no one will like reading your book before you even attempt at writing it. How can you predict that? You may have a masterpiece that people love. Enter the +positive masters+ universe at www.positivemasters.com for mindset practices, motivational writing, and apparel with inspirational mantras and designs to boost your happiness and counter any stress, anxiety, sadness, or anger that you may be...
The highest calling for a human is to live a virtuous life. One can reach this way of life through mindset practices, psychology, philosophy, and/or religion. There is no single right way to reach a virtuous life. All that matters is that one is able to reach it. To be virtuous or morally excellent, one is compassionate, empathic, patient, and loving, among many other great qualities. Virtuous people handle adversity in a calm and collected way because of their heightened awareness of their every thought and every action. We can attain this by holding ourselves accountable, not because of fear of any repercussion, but because it is the right way to live. By working on ourselves daily, we can maintain...
Happiness comes to those who want it. - +positive masters+, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 2/26/2020 - How badly do you want to be happy? If you want it badly, you'll work at it every single day until your last day alive in this realm. You are your own hero. You can save yourself from yourself to get out of the depths of darkness, which we fall into from time to time. Scroll through our social media posts and our blog here at www.positivemasters.com to see practices, quotes, poems, and writings that may be helpful for you to be happy a great majority of your life. You got this! Pictured is our Dream Cloud Mantra Dark Unisex Hoodie to motivate you to...
You don't have control over external things that happen to you, adversity or fortune. The only thing you have control over is how you react to it.Observe how people around you react to good things. This is an easy observation, they're generally pretty happy, or at least pleased. The true test on their abilities is when things go badly. Do they panic? Do they yell? Do they take out their frustration on others? On the other hand, are they calm and collective? Do they move forward in a constructive way? Do they make others around them feel like everything will be okay?Which type of experience do you enjoy more? Now take a look at how you react to good things...
In order to see all the wonderful things around us and dispel our cognitive distortions, we must fully live in the present. 😊 - +positive masters+, 2/23/2020, Jon Riki Karamatsu - You have to be fully present if you want to go into your mind and dispel your distortive thoughts that make you anxious, sad, and angry. You have to be fully present if you want to consistently see all the great things in your life. Pictured is our Angry Explosion Beanie in navy color to encourage you to fully live in the present and manage your anger. Life is too short and too important to be angry, most of which aren't worth getting angry over. You can purchase this...
