People often do not set high goals for themselves for certain reasons. These reasons can be reasonable or totally unreasonable. Some of the reasons go like “it is not for me”, “it is just the beginning”, “it is out of my league” or “it is impossible”. We do not understand that even if we fail, we have somehow achieved something. We have achieved experience, wisdom, knowledge, etc. we learn from our mistakes and these mistakes encourage us to do better. Aiming for something higher in life will only help us in the future.

Do you remember the positive affirmations our parents drilled into us when we were kids? They used to tell us to study hard, get good grades in school and college so that we can get a good job and subsequently a good life. They were creating a picture of positivity in our mind, which would help us work hard. They acted as motivators for us to do well in our studies. They helped make all our thoughts positive so that the end could be positive. Such affirmations assisted us in enhancing our performance in our studies. They tried to create a positive image of our future life, in our minds so that our body would automatically move towards that endeavor.

What is Positivity?

Positivity is the experience of feel good emotions. Some common positive emotions are gratitude, joy, love, amusement, inspiration and awe. Positivity comes into our lives when we do certain activities. For example, some people like to take long walks, by doing which they become positive. Still some others listen to music and become positive. Positivity is a result of good thoughts or good circumstances. This means positivity can result from both internal and external stimuli. Internal stimuli to experience positivity are gratitude, joy, etc. External stimuli are obtaining inspiration by looking at someone or reading about someone. Sports people who want to lift their performance resort to external stimuli for the same.

At some point in life, everyone faces criticism. The result of criticism depends on how the person reacts to it. It can both improve the confidence in a positive way and make the person better or it can lower the confidence and make the person stressful and worse. While everyone faces criticism, the way a person handles it makes all the difference.