Happiness Advantage

Positive Mental Attitude: 10 Mindsets for Happiness

By Barrie Davenport

You have somewhere around 45,000 negative thoughts a day.

Not just you — everyone does.

That's about 80 percent of all of your thoughts. The vast majority of our thoughts are unpleasant, stressful or self-sabotaging. Our brains are like a network news channel, only reporting the bad stuff with a sprinkling of good news to keep us from throwing ourselves off a cliff.

I'm sorry if this information just added to your negative thoughts, but hopefully, the awareness of how steeped we are in negative thinking will give you pause.

Negative thinking is almost always focused on two areas — the past and the future. You ruminate and relive painful, frustrating or shameful past events, or you fret about some anticipated event or encounter that hasn't happened.

Either way, you're tethered to an illusion. The past is gone. The future doesn't exist. But somehow you're able to create a tremendous amount of discomfort over these non-existent scenarios. Your thoughts run rampant in your brain, creating all sorts of havoc without anyone stopping them. It's like having a toddler in the house whose parents implement no rules or restrictions.

Your thoughts produce powerful emotions, and it's these emotions that can make your life miserable and difficult. But I'm here to be your mental “Super Nanny” and tell you it's time to get control of your toddler thoughts and become the boss of your brain. Once you learn to control your thoughts, you can build a positive attitude that fosters peace of mind, confidence, happiness and self-awareness.

Ready to start? Here are 10 ways to create a positive attitude.

 

Staff of the Week!

Congratulations to Mr. Ramos!  He was selected as this weeks South Staff of the Week.

 

Please click on the link below to vote for the first South Staff of the week for the 2019-2020 school-year. 

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTp6m3YmtMmng0o4vJ6BX_M_ws2LiACAFUCWoiwU-4mZNn0Q/viewform

 

Mystery Staff of the Week

This weeks clues for the South Mystery Staff of the Week are:

 

1. Has a tattoo inspired by The Wizard of Oz.

2. Was born the year the Minnesota Twins won their first World Series.

3. Mrs. Mattick was this person’s 8th grade choir teacher.

4. Their favorite pantone color is ‘Mulberry Wyne’

5. This person has unusually small hands.

Last weeks mystery staff was . . . Jeremy Engen; His clues were:

• Describes himself as energetic, extra, and extreme.

• His favorite food is pineapple pizza.

• He was born in St. Cloud, MN.

• Has been to 4 concerts this year. 

• In the future he’d like to write a song that goes viral.