The document discusses overcoming negativity. It argues that negative patterns are learned from others as children, not innate. While children are naturally curious and optimistic, seeing no limits, adults internalize the negative voices of parents, teachers, and friends. The document provides 10 steps to overcome negativity, including stopping negative thinking, avoiding self-sabotage, not complaining, managing disappointment without guilt or regret, improving mood, and taking responsibility without excuses.

1. You Weren’t Born Negative.
So What Happened?
You Weren’t Born Negative.
So What Happened?
By:By:
Sarita PattnayakSarita Pattnayak

2. Negative patterns are drilled into us by people and circumstances
throughout our lives.
Let’s take a second to think about that critical negative voice
inside your head..

3. You know, the one that says:

4. Have you ever considered the possibility that
it is not your voice saying these things?
Have you ever considered the possibility that
it is not your voice saying these things?
That it could be someone else’s?
A parent’s, or maybe a teacher’s, friend’s perhaps?

5. Children are little balls of inquisitive energy.
They skip or run everywhere, they try to climb every tree, they’ll find a
rock and make it a pet, they’ll play games with the most battered of toys.
No question is too silly, no outfit is too outrageous.
There’s no voice in their heads telling them ‘I can’t’. They don’t think ‘I
can’t jump over that puddle’ or ‘I’ll look stupid in that dress’.
No one is born negative.
Have you ever seen a negative young child?

6. So, you’re not innately negative

7. You’re not an innately negative person, you just ‘caught’
someone else’s negativity somewhere along the line.
And this means you can break your poor thinking habits and
reveal the real you.
The ‘you’ - you were as a young child, when anything was
possible.

8. How different would your life be if you’dHow different would your life be if you’d
always tried instead of always thinking thealways tried instead of always thinking the
worst?worst?
If you’d gone for everything within your
reach and taken those opportunities, instead
of imagining what could have gone wrong?

9. 10 Steps10 Steps
toto
Overcome NegativityOvercome Negativity

10. 1) Stop Negative Thinking Now.1) Stop Negative Thinking Now.
Learn to stop negative thoughts before they start.
You may not know, how your negative thoughts
flow you away, without taking any notice

11. 2) Beat the Everyday Blues2) Beat the Everyday Blues
Learn to let go of pervasive worry and relax into better
everyday mood.

12. 3) Self Sabotage3) Self Sabotage
Stop listening to your own negative 'hype'.
This will stop your hurtful thoughts about
yourself

13. 4) Stop Complaining4) Stop Complaining
Break the complaining habit and learn to relax with
imperfections and irritations.
This will turn off your ‘auto-complaint’ switch,
letting you consciously choose your battles and to relax
with the imperfections of life at other times.

14. 5) Dealing with Disappointment5) Dealing with Disappointment
Build in flexibility to your expectations
and manage disappointment and set-back
gracefully.
If your expectations better , they are much more realistic,
you won’t constantly be feeling let down.

15. 6) Dealing with Guilt6) Dealing with Guilt
Break the pattern of feeling guilty or ashamed, and take
a new view.

16. Move from viewing others with suspicion and
distrust to a more realistic and sympathetic
understanding.
7) See the best in others7) See the best in others

17. 8) No Regrets8) No Regrets
Stop wallowing in your past and start learning from your
experiences and move on.
Stop from getting caught up in focusing on the
losses and errors of your past, so you can concentrate
on the present and the future.

18. 9) Improve Your Mood9) Improve Your Mood
Relax deeply and cast off black moods.
This will enable your unconscious mind to bring forth
a new, more relaxed, more upbeat emotion.
You’ll also gain outlook on whatever was making you
feel bad.

19. 10) No Excuses10) No Excuses
Develop a deeper honesty and truthfulness
with yourself and take full responsibility for what
you do.
This will help you understand your own and
others' motivations more clearly.