"Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment." – Ira Gassen

Our thoughts have a funny way of becoming our actions and our words.

One great way of becoming a happier and more successful person is to start monitoring and controlling your thought patterns.

We should work to look at our thoughts objectively and get rid of the bad and insert the good.

This requires discipline and effort.

It’s much easier to just let our thoughts run off in their usual directions.

A useful technique that I recently read in a book was to actively stop thinking the negative thought and always insert something positive.

Example (imagine saying each line out loud):

I’m never going to be able to ____________.

STOP! That’s not helpful.

You got this.

Just having the mental awareness to stop for a second and insert a positive thought where a negative one was will make a big difference. Create a habit out of it and it will change your life.

Make it a great day.

Jake