Di wɔndaful bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de tink gud wan! (Positive Thinking) Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis.

Yu no aw di tin dɛn we wi de tink bɔt na wi maynd, dat na di we aw wi de tink, de afɛkt wi wan ol layf? Gud, gud tinkin ɛn fayn fayn filin tan lɛk di bɛst mɛrɛsin fɔ wi bɔdi ɛn maynd. Dɛn rili valyu to wi layf, lɛk valyu tin. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt aw dɛn gud tin ya ɛn filin ya kin rili ɛp wi, ɛn aw wi go mek dɛn kam nia wi layf ɛn mek dɛn bi wi yon.

Aw di fayn tin dɛn we yu de tink bɔt ɛn di we aw yu de fil go ɛp yu?

Wi ɔl no se we wi de tink gud wan ɛn fil fayn, dat kin mek wi gɛt gladi at ɛn kolat. Na tru. We wi de tink bɔt gud tin, drim fayn, ɔ tɔk to pɔsin we wi lɛk, wi kin jɔs fil gladi. Bɔt yu no se apat frɔm da gladi at de, dɛn gud tin ya we pɔsin kin tink bɔt kin gɛt bɔku wɔndaful bɛnifit dɛn bak? Tink bɔt dɛn as pawaful pawa dɛn na wi maynd. If wi yuz dis pawa di rayt we, wi go ebul fɔ du wɔndaful tin dɛn na wi layf. Naw lɛ wi si aw dɛn fayn tin ya de ɛp wi... Dɛn tan lɛk gift dɛn we wi de gɛt.

• I de mek yu mɛmba ɛn pe atɛnshɔn: We yu gɛt gud tin dɛn na yu maynd, yu bren de wok lɛk redio we dɛn dɔn tyu. I izi fɔ mɛmba nyu tin dɛn ɛn yu kin ɔndastand wetin yu de stɔdi kwik kwik wan. We yu tink klia wan, lɛk di fɔg we de klin, yu kin si di rod, ɛn yu kin mɛmba tin klia wan. I izi bak fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan sɔntin. Yu maynd nɔ kin de waka waka. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we yu de lisin to lɛsin na klas, if yu gɛt gud tin dɛn na yu maynd, yu kin pe atɛnshɔn to da lɛsin de. Dɔn i go sink insay bɛtɛ.

• I de ɛp yu fɔ mɛmba mɔ infɔmeshɔn wan tɛm: Jɔs lɛk aw yu de mek di `RAM` na kɔmpyuta bɔku, yu maynd kin kip ɛn tink bɔt mɔ infɔmeshɔn di sem tɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we yu de sɔlv wan kɔmpleks prɔblɛm, yu kin wok pan am bay we yu mɛmba bɔku tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit am wan tɛm. Imajin se yu de ple chɛs. Yu fɔ mɛmba bɔku tin dɛn wan tɛm, lɛk di muvmɛnt we sɔm pawn dɛn de muv, di nɛks muv we yu ɛnimi de muv. Dis kin izi we yu maynd klia.

• I kin izi fɔ ɔndastand di kɔnekshɔn bitwin difrɛn aidia dɛn: We wi gɛt gud maynd, wi kin ebul fɔ si di kɔnekshɔn we ayd bitwin tin dɛn we tan lɛk se dɛn difrɛn. Di we aw wi de luk prɔblɛm dɛn kin bɔku. I izi fɔ tink se, ‘Aw dis ɛn dat gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit dɛnsɛf?’ I tan lɛk fɔ put togɛda pis dɛn pan `pazl` fɔ mek big pikchɔ.

• I nid fɔ gɛt maynd fɔ bia wit prɔblɛm dɛn:Laif nɔ kin bi bed we gɛt ros ɔltɛm. Prɔblɛm, tin dɛn we de ambɔg wi, ɛn prɔblɛm dɛn kin kam. I kɔmɔn fɔ ɔlman. Bɔt pɔsin we de tink gud wan na in at kin gɛt bɔku trɛnk fɔ bia wit dɛn kayn prɔblɛm dɛn de . I nɔ de luk prɔblɛm frɔm di we aw i de si ‘O, i dɔn dɔn, a nɔ ebul fɔ du dis’, bɔt i de luk frɔm di we aw i de si ‘Okay, aw a go sɔlv dis? Wetin a go du?’ Imajin, yu gɛt skul wok fɔ du, ɛn i at smɔl. If yu gɛt tin dɛn lɛk ‘O, a nɔ go ebul fɔ du dis, dis rili at’ na yu maynd, i kin at fɔ yu mɔ. Yu nɔ ivin fil fɔ bigin di wok. Bɔt, if yu tink se ‘Okay, dis na smɔl chalenj, bɔt a go tray mi bɛst, if a nid ɛp, a kin aks’, den yu go gɛt big trɛnk fɔ fes da wok de. Di fred fɔ di prɔblɛm kin stɔp, ɛn yu kin want fɔ sɔlv am.

• I de opin yu fɔ nyu chans dɛn: We yu de tink bɔt bad tin dɛn tan lɛk we yu de lɔk domɔt. Wit tink laik ‘A no fit, a no fit, e no go wok’, wi de los di chans fo trai nyu tin and seiz nyu opportuniti. Bɔt we yu de tink bɔt gud tin dɛn, yu maynd kin opin fɔ nyu tin dɛn ɛn nyu tin dɛn . ‘O, yu kin tray dis bak!’ i aks am. ‘Wetin mek nɔto so, a go tray am’ ɛn nyu tin dɛn bigin fɔ apia. I tan lɛk we yu opin winda ɛn mek layt ɛn fresh briz kam insay.

• I de ɛp yu fɔ lan ɛn divɛlɔp yu skil dɛm: We yu de fil fayn, yu intres ɛn want fɔ lan nyu tin kin bɔku. Yu kin fil se yu want fɔ mek yu sabi du mɔ smɔl smɔl . Yu kin fil lɛk fɔ wok ɛn yu nɔ kin fil se yu de bost ɔ yu nɔ want fɔ wok. Yu fil lɛk se ‘A go bɛtɛ if a lan dis.’

• I de mek yu ebul fɔ du wɛl pan wok ɛn ɛgzam: Bikɔs ɔf ɔl dis, di chans fɔ gɛt gud rizɔlt frɔm di wok we yu de du, di tin dɛn we yu de stɔdi, ɛn di ɛgzam dɛn kin bɔku . Na bikɔs yu maynd dɔn rɛdi fɔ am. Yu maynd klia, yu gɛt kɔnfidɛns, ɛn yu de wok tranga wan. Dɔn, di chans fɔ gɛt gud rizɔlt kin bɔku.

So, aw wi go ebul fɔ tink gud wan?

Okay, naw wi no aw bɔku bɛnifit dɛn de we pɔsin de tink bɔt gud tin dɛn. Fɔ tru, dɛn na blɛsin na wi layf. Dɔn di nɛks impɔtant kwɛstyɔn na, ‘Aw a go mek dɛn fayn tin ya kam nia mi layf? Aw a go ebul fɔ bi pɔsitiv smɔl ?’ Dis tan lɛk gud abit we pɔsin nid fɔ gɛt smɔl smɔl. I nɔ kin izi fɔ chenj wan nɛt. Bɔt i nɔ pɔsibul if yu tray. Ɛspɛshali if yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi de fred, sɔri, vɛks, frustrate, strɛs.If yu de strɛs bɔku wit bad bad filin dɛn, i fayn fɔ mek yu gɛt dis abit. Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek ɔlman gɛt bad tin fɔ tink ɛn fil bad sɔntɛnde. Wi na mɔtalman. Bɔt di impɔtant tin na fɔ tray fɔ si di brayt say pan tin dɛn as yu ebul. I tan lɛk se yu layt smɔl kandul na dak rum ɛn i de briŋ layt. Na sɔm simpul we dɛn we yu kin tray fɔ du. We yu de praktis dɛn tin ya, yu go notis se yu de fil big difrɛns.

• No ɛn gi nem to di fayn fayn tin dɛn we yu de fil ɔl di de: Pe atɛnshɔn to us fayn fayn tin dɛn we yu de fil ɔl di de. Dis na lɛk we yu de luk fɔ di ‘gladi flawa dɛn’ we de na yu maynd. Sɔntɛnde, wi kin gladi, bɔt wi nɔ kin pe atɛnshɔn to dɛn bɛtɛ. Bɔt na dɛn smɔl smɔl tin dɛn ya we kin mek pɔsin gladi na in kin mek di de fayn. We yu yɛri fayn bɔd de siŋ na mɔnin, it fayn fayn it we yu mama dɔn mek, laf ɛn tɔk wit yu padi... ɔl dɛn tin ya de mek yu fil fayn. Identify dem, se to yusef, ‘Oh, dis de mek a gladi’. Yu kin rayt dɛn bak pan wan list. Dɔn yu go ɔndastand ustɛm ɛn bikɔs ɔf us tin dɛn yu kin fil gladi. Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin fil prawd we yu ansa kwɛstyɔn kɔrɛkt wan na klas, yu kin gladi we yu pikin ɔ kichin pikin du sɔntin we fani, ɔ yu kin fil se dɛn lɛk yu we yu mama ɔ papa kam wach yu spɔt gem. Dɛn tin ya kin tan lɛk smɔl tin, bɔt na dɛn de mek wi gladi.

• We ɛni de dɔn, fɛn at le tri gud tin dɛn we apin to yu: Dis na abit we rili impɔtant. Bifo yu go slip we di de dɔn, tink fɔ smɔl tɛm se, ‘Us gud tin apin to mi tide?’ Tray fɔ fɛn at le tri gud tin dɛn . I ivin bɛtɛ if yu rayt dis na dayari. Ivin smol smol tin laik ‘A lan nyu tin tide’, ‘A helep sombodi tide’, ‘A get gud laf tide’ no mata. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ tren yu bren fɔ si di gud tin we de apin na di de. As tɛm de go, na di gud tin dɛn nɔmɔ yu go bigin fɔ si. I tan lɛk we yu put glas ɛn si klia wan. Dis abit nɔ go jɔs mek yu gɛt mɔ gladi at, bɔt i go mek am izi fɔ yu fɔ slip.

• Pik gud filin ɛn mek i strɔng: Imajin se yu de pik di filin fɔ gɛt kɔnfidɛns . Wetin kin ɛp yu fɔ gɛt kɔnfidɛns? Sɔntɛm na fɔ drɛs fayn, fɔ lan nyu tin, fɔ ɛp pɔsin. Aw yu go gɛt mɔ pan da filin de? Sɔntɛm bifo ɛgzam, yu kin tɛl yusɛf se, "A kin du dis! A pripia fayn fayn wan fɔ dis!" (Pɛp Tɔk)Sɔntɛm. Ɔ, yu kin tray fɔ tinap stret ɛn waka na di skul kɔlol wit kɔnfidɛns, tink se, "A strɔng, a kin du am." Gud filin tan lɛk mɔsul , yu nid fɔ yuz am, ɛksesaiz am. Yu kin mek dɛn filin ya strɔng bay di we aw yu de luk tin, bay di tin dɛn we yu de du.

• Tɛl Tɛnki: Tray fɔ praktis fɔ tɛl tɛnki ɛvride. Dis min se yu fɔ tink bɔt di tin dɛn we yu gɛt we jɔs de fɔ am ɛn gladi. Fɔ tɛl tɛnki min fɔ tink se, ‘I rili fayn fɔ mek a gɛt dɛn tin ya.’ Sɔntɛnde, wi kin jɔs tink bɔt di tin dɛn we wi nɔ gɛt. Wi kin kɔmplen se, ‘O, a nɔ gɛt dis, a nɔ gɛt dis.’ Bɔt wetin wi go du if wi tink bɔt di tin dɛn we wi gɛt? Yu gɛt famili we lɛk yu, yu gɛt ticha dɛn we de tich yu, yu gɛt padi dɛn fɔ ple wit, yu gɛt bed fɔ slip, it ɛn klos, klin wata, ivin intanɛt. We yu tink se nɔto ɔlman gɛt dɛn tin ya, yu go no se yu laki. We gud tin apin to yu, ilɛksɛf na smɔl tin ɔ big tin, tek tɛm tink bɔt am ɛn gladi. Sɔntɛm yu dɔn wek na mɔnin ɛn tink se, ‘Tɛnki fɔ we yu mek a liv tide.’ I de gi yu big kolat na yu maynd.

• Kɔlekt tin dɛn we de mɛmba yu bɔt gud ɛkspiriɛns dɛn: Yu kin mek ‘Positivity Box’ ɔ fayl. Put insay de foto dɛm fɔ yu gud tɛm, kad dɛm we yu gɛt frɔm spɛshal pipul dɛm, liriks fɔ yu fav siŋ dɛm, smɔl gift dɛm we yu gɛt, sɛtifiket dɛm fɔ yu ajɔstmɛnt dɛm, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm Sɔntɛnde, we yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ mek yu maynd, we yu nɔ gladi, we yu de wɔri, we yu opin dis bɔks, dɛn mɛmori dɛm de go kɛr yu bak na ples we yu gladi. Dɛn ol gladi gladi mɛmori dɛn de go briŋ nyu op ɛn nyu trɛnk na yu at. I tan lɛk ‘ Fɔs Ɛp ’ fɔ di at.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin we wi lan tide? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, fɔ tink gud wan ɛn fɔ fil fayn na wan pan di big tin dɛn we wi kin gɛt na wi layf. Dɛn nɔ jɔs de mek wi gɛt gladi-at, bɔt dɛn de mek wi mɛmba mɔ, pe atɛnshɔn, ebul fɔ sɔlv prɔblɛm, rɛdi fɔ lan nyu tin dɛn , ɛn dɛn de bɛnifit wi bɔdi wɛlbɔdi bak.

Mek yu abit fɔ bi gud pɔsin. I tan lɛk se yu de wata ɛn kia fɔ plant ɛvride fɔ mek i gro. Di tin dɛn we kin apin kin kam smɔl smɔl, bɔt i fayn fɔ du am. I go mek yu wan ol layf fayn.

So, insay yu deNɔ fɔgɛt fɔ mek ples fɔ gladi, ɛnjɔy, padi biznɛs, rilaks, du gud, ɛn tɛl tɛnki. Start smɔl. Nɔ tray fɔ mek big chenj wan tɛm, smɔl smɔl ad dɛn gud abit ya to yu layf. Yu kin! Yuz dis supapawa na yu maynd ɛn tek yu layf to wan ples we fayn, gladi, ɛn gɛt sakrifays. Mɛmba se di gladi at we de na yu at de insay yu!

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