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You've got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart and filter out all the other stuff.

— Alison Goldfrapp

In his book As a Man Thinketh, James Allen once quipped, “As a man thinks, so he is; as a man continues to think, so he remains.” One important observation you might have made is how easy it is for your mind to build myriads of overwhelming negative thoughts. They just never stop till you take the effort to stop them. The negative thoughts not only stress you out, but swirl a drama that restricts and traps you. Regularly exercising instead with a made-up elevating story that runs like a movie script with potent visualizations will come in handy. Build your story with a positive outline. It gets better the longer you tell yourself this story. More so, you should tweak the story to one where all your dreams come to fruition and all your goals are accomplished. The more you do this (each time with a different plot but all with the end goal of having all your dreams come true despite all odds), your dreams get internalized, as if they are something that you have already achieved.

Facing your fears can also help to direct your thoughts to the path of positivity. Fear is mostly what holds you back from your success. You loathe taking chances because you fear losing the security that you enjoy now. You try to convince yourself that you are happy in your current state when in fact, you are not. Your self-talk may sound positive in your attempt to lie to yourself. But somehow, there is an inner knowing that you are short changing yourself. Ask yourself what you are afraid of. What can be the worst that can happen? Take a step-by-step approach in breaking down your fears, and see if there is any way of looking at things more positively. When you confront your fears, you will often realize that the worst-case scenario is not as bad as you think. In fact, the benefits of change are worth the risk. Your inner talk begins to change at this point.