Is Optimism the Key to Your Happiness?

How optimistic are you? 
How many times have you heard that your perception is your reality?
Everything comes down to what we perceive and believe.

For some of us, it takes a little longer than others to understand that life doesn't have to control us.

We have within us choices and the most powerful one is the decision on how we perceive any given situation.

Are you victim or victor?  Star or understudy?

Do you have abundance or always feel like you are coming up short?

Sometimes it can feel as though we are born with a predetermined set of skills or gifts, but it  is always your option to decide to develop what you were given and take your skills to the next level.

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Some of my clients say they weren't born confident as though they were genetically disadvantaged and unable to learn new skills or take a new direction and breakthrough their comfort zone.

I've not seen a newborn stand up, walk out of their mother’s womb and start directing the nurses on their next order of business.

I don’t know of any blood test that indicates what level of confidence that you were born with.

I have seen some amazing, beautiful and talented children, but those skills were developed in time with help from their loving and nurturing parents or support system.  Nurturing and coaching comes in many forms from many places, but first and foremost starts from within by how we perceive our situation.

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We can make excuses and feel we've somehow have not been given the same opportunities as other people and keep wondering why.

But In the end, everything comes down to our choices and what we believe and perceive.

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We get caught up in our everyday lives, forget to count our blessings, see the good in our lives and put things in perspective.

So many of us see nothing but catastrophes, defining our lives by our dramas and difficulties instead of rewiring our thought processes to see the good and the gifts.

We are all complicated and sensitive creatures and sometimes life's knocks and losses take more time to heal than we anticipated.

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Is it time to take a check of your day.

Do you want happiness? Then view your emotions as you would your money.

Just as a reasonable person would be sure to keep an eye on what's going in and out of their bank accounts and monitor their spending accordingly, then you should also be monitoring your daily thoughts and feelings.

To help you focus each day, write down these three things:

1)How do you feel today?
2)What were the events of your day?
3)What is the link between what happened and how you felt?
 
By monitoring what it is that triggers down moods or lights up good ones you can manage your happiness levels and have greater understanding of where to improve and manage your well-being.

This is the first step in recreating your life and your happiness.

If you are still struggling and would like more information on how we can work together to help you build your confidence, schedule a 30- minute Sunny Life Coach Trial session TODAY!