Every week I get a number of emails from my subscribers saying they’ve tried positive thinking but it doesn’t work.

After I dig a little further by asking them some questions I discover exactly why positive thinking doesn’t work for them.

Most people think they’re positive or feel that they’re thinking positive when really they’re not. Usually they start applying some positive thinking after something has gone wrong and this is often too late.

Why? After all, shouldn’t positive thinking work when things go wrong?

When you try to use positive thinking after something has gone wrong you run up against a lot of negative beliefs that have already been formed.

After all, when something goes wrong it’s usually the result of some past negative thinking and some negative beliefs. You only have to examine your beliefs and you can usually discover what thought process or negative beliefs led to the negative event.

So now that something has gone wrong you’re trying to use positive thinking but you don’t have the positive beliefs to support those positive thoughts.

Simply saying something like: “Things are getting better”, isn’t enough.

You have to give yourself reasons to believe why things are getting better and that means you have to actually see your life as getting better.

Positive thinking doesn’t always work if you try to use it after things go wrong unless you change you back up your positive thoughts with examples and you change your belief system. As you support your new positive thoughts you create new beliefs, so it’s crucial to support any new positive thoughts. Then you’ll get positive thinking to work because you’ll have new beliefs.

Your beliefs are what your subconscious responds to so as you form new positive beliefs you begin to change your situation and you’ll also recover from any setback sooner.

Benefiting From Positive Thinking

The best way to benefit from positive thinking is to develop a pattern or habit of thinking positive. You can do that by paying more attention to what you’re thinking about.

As you go about your day, track your thoughts. Ask yourself: are these thoughts positive or negative? If they’re negative change them to a positive thought. If you can’t come up with positive thoughts, look around you and find something positive or something you appreciate or like; think about that instead.

Practice Positive Thinking

Positive thinking is really a practice. It’s something you should practice each and everyday. Then you’ll form a positive thinking pattern and you’ll develop a habit of positive thinking.

When you practice positive thinking everyday you form positive beliefs. With positive beliefs in place you naturally attract more positive situations and outcomes. Also, when you have a positive thinking pattern in place you’re less likely to have things go wrong and if things do go wrong you’ll recover quickly. That’s because your positive beliefs will support any new positive thinking you have to apply in order to recover from a setback.

So today start practicing positive thinking. Look around you and aim to be more positive about what’s happening in your life and around you.

Change your perception so you look for the positive in more situations and stop complaining. Complaining only leads to more and more negative thinking.

Appreciate and be happy, you’ll raise your vibration and attract more positive situations into your life.

Each day create a list of things you appreciate and things you’re happy about. Review that list at the end of the week and add more to it.

If you get into a conversation and the other person is being negative, change the tone and say something positive. They might insist on being negative and that’s okay. Do what you can to stay positive.

Don’t wait for things to go wrong, start applying and practicing positive thinking today.

Positive thinking works best when you make it habit. But it doesn’t work if you try to use it only when things go wrong. So from the habit of positive thinking today and you’ll enjoy a brighter, happier future.