The power of positive thinking (Wed. 8/23)

[Harvey Liu]

Hi everyone, this is Harvey. What I am about to discuss with you on 23rd Aug. is positive thinking. Positive thinking is the process of creating thoughts, which create and focus energy into reality. To bring into creation a positive outcome, which you see as a benefit to yourself or others. This is a powerful gift that we all have, but a lot of people are not aware of it. If you are interested in how to live a positive and rewarding life, the following website for your reference.

http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000009.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2158336.stm

Session 1

1. Tell stories about a time you experienced a positive thinking.

2. When the theme of your self-talk is mostly negative, what would you put a positive spin on negative thoughts?
Examples of typical negative self-talk
1). I’ve never done it before.
2). It’s too complicated.
3). There’s not enough time.
4). I’m not going to get any better at this.
5). I don’t have the expertise.

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Session 2

3. Generally speaking, optimist quite easy has positive thinking and the pessimist easy to degenerate into the negative thinking. Are you a optimist ? Following test will be able to assess individual differences in generalized optimism or pessimism.

1 ). In uncertain times, I usually expect the best.
2 ). It's easy for me to relax any time.
3 ). If something can go wrong for me, it will.
4 ). I'm always optimistic about my future.
5 ). I enjoy my friends a lot.
6 ). It's important for me to keep busy.
7 ). I hardly ever expect things to go my way.
8 ). I don't get upset too easily.
9 ). I rarely count on good things happening to me.
10 ). Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad
Reference : LOT-R (Scheier, Carver & Bridges)

A = I agree a lot
B = I agree a little
C = I neither agree nor disagree
D = I Disagree a little
E = I Disagree a lot

Items 1, 4, 10 : A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5
Items 3, 7, 9 : A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1
Items 2, 5, 6, and 8 are fillers.

Please complete the test first and check how many scores you got. The result will be announced at the meeting.








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[bill]

good Topic!
push~

[technobabel]

What is the difference between optimism and positive thinking?

Answer:

Optimism- There will be more and more handsome and pretty new comers joining Yoyo English Club.

Positive thinking- The existing Yoyo members are already very handsome and pretty "in their own ways."