The document provides 5 tips for keeping thoughts positive throughout the day: 1. Be grateful for the good things in life like meaningful careers and relationships in order to rewrite your focus on positives rather than negatives. 2. Exercise regularly through activities like going to the gym, running, or yoga which has been proven to improve mood and build confidence. 3. Accept changes that are outside of your control and try to find solutions rather than viewing yourself as a victim of circumstances. 4. Acknowledge cognitive biases where past failures are perceived as threats even when none exist in order to break patterns of automatically assuming negative outcomes. 5. Challenge cognitive biases by analyzing thoughts through a rational lens instead of automatically

1. 5 WAYS TO KEEP
YOUR THOUGHTS
POSTIVE
THROUGHOUT
THE DAY
By: Jason & Lakisha Williams

2. Twisters are a fierce sight. We know they’ll obliterate us if
we move too close, still there’s a reason our first urge
following a tornado warning may not be to safeguard
ourselves, but stop, turn and marvel. Pandemonium is the
gust that draws us. Chaos carries something subtly enticing;
the notion of wheeling uncontrolled down self-destructive
cycles fascinates us, just as it terrifies.
NEGATIVE
THINKING IS LIKE
A TORNADO...

3. In an atmosphere as stormy and turbulent as today’s,
passing through ruthless winds of negative thought can be a
chilling prospect. When life’s whirlwinds swirl, too many
suffer from tendencies to freeze in place. Immobilized, we
get caught up in harmful inclinations; we get carried away,
flung spiraling down cyclonic patterns of destructive
thinking.
...THAT RUINS
EVERYTHING IN
SIGHT.

4. Anyone who calls Tornado Alley home knows that surviving
a cyclone is best done by avoiding it entirely. Though
undeniably sweeping, negative thought cycles aren’t
invincible havok machines; to beat a cyclone, you need only
dodge it. To ensure you weather any mental storm, I’ve
listed below five bits of advice for shaking off negative
mental habits.
THIS IS HOW YOU
OVERCOME.

5. 1) BE
GRATEFUL
FOR THE
GOOD.

6. It’s not all bad.
Consistently realizing the
value of things like
rewarding careers and
deep interpersonal
relationships, or even
enacting easy mental
tweaks like appreciating
each beautiful day will
rewrite your focus.
1) BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD.

7. 2) EXERCISE.

8. Hitting the gym, enjoying a
morning run, or simply
doing a few minutes of
yoga every day has been
proven to monumentally
improve mood. You’ll also
be healthier and more fit,
which will solidify
confidence.
2) EXERCISE.

9. 3) ACCEPT
CHANGE.

10. Not every situation will
go your way. Often,
outside sources inflict
unpreventable
circumstances; in
these cases, instead of
victimizing yourself,
try to visualize
solutions.
3) ACCEPT CHANGE.

11. 4) ACKNOWLEDGE
YOUR COGNITIVE
BIAS.

12. Our threat-response mechanism
evolved to allow our cave-dwelling
ancestors to actively prevent a
saber-toothed demise. Today,
however, we might pattern our
perceived failures into a collage of
potential future threats, even (and
especially) where none exist.
Noticing and acknowledging the
times you’ve automatically assumed
a negative outcome will allow you to
break this thought habit.
4) ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COGNITIVE BIAS.

13. 5) CHALLENGE
YOUR COGNITIVE
BIAS.

14. Detach yourself
from harmful
thoughts by
analyzing them
through the
standard of
rationality you
reserve for the ideas
and opinions of
others.
5) CHALLENGE YOUR COGNITIVE BIAS.

15. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
TIME.
We hope you enjoyed
our presentation.
-Jason & Lakisha Williams