Nothing gets blasted more in the self-improvement industry than ‘Positive Thinking’. The cynical among us are quick to point out that just believing in something doesn’t make it true, and even the most optimistic optimist will concede that they don’t always take Positive Action based on their thinking.

Put simply, the reason positive thinking doesn’t work, is because people’s positive thoughts don’t always go all the way down. That is, underneath their shiny veneer of positive affirmations, their real beliefs are a swirling cesspool of negativity. Even one persistent negative thought is enough to disrupt the congruency with which your positive thoughts affect your behaviour.

Just thinking positively doesn’t get you anywhere though. You need to be taking the right action as well. But when most people need to start taking the right action they find their positive thinking fails them.

That’s because the action exposes the negative belief. Taking action forces you to swim through the swirling cesspool. So Positive Thinking only becomes effective when you also get rid of all your conflicting beliefs. You must drain the cesspool, at least until you can comfortably wade through it.

If you manage to focus completely on the goals you set it is possible to persevere through your negative beliefs. But this requires a lot of effort, because taking action in this way conflicts with your negative thoughts and brings up negative feelings. Taking action towards your goals feels bad in stead of good as you would expect.

As always, Tapping makes it a hell of a lot easier. If, when you take action, you look for the negative feelings that come up, and tap them away, the negative thoughts vanish. You realise that the thoughts didn’t come from the reality of the situation, they were just your mind’s way of rationalising the feeling.

When you take the time to identify all the negative thoughts and feelings that conflict with your Positive Thinking, and Tap them away, holding onto the positive worldview becomes effortless, and taking Positive Action – the real key to success in anything – becomes automatic.

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