10 ways to start taking control

"Who's the Boss?" 10 ways to start taking control (time management, goal setting, record tracking)

At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have nothing to do with one another. But many of us with ADD develop negative thinking patterns because we become frustrated by our challenges and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even harder for us to manage those challenges and move forward.

Practicing positive thinking allows people with ADD to focus on our strengths and accomplishments, which increases happiness and motivation. This, in turn, allows us to spend more time making progress, and less time feeling down and stuck. The following tips provide practical suggestions that you can use to help you shift into more positive thinking patterns:

1. Take Good Care of Yourself
It's much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising, and getting enough rest.

2. Remind Yourself of the Things You Are Grateful For
Stresses and challenges don't seem quite as bad when you are constantly reminding yourself of the things that are right in life. Taking just 60 seconds a day to stop and appreciate the good things will make a huge difference.

3. Look for the Proof Instead of Making Assumptions
A fear of not being liked or accepted sometimes leads us to assume that we know what others are thinking, but our fears are usually not reality. If you have a fear that a friend or family member's bad mood is due to something you did, or that your co-workers are secretly gossiping about you when you turn your back, speak up and ask them. Don't waste time worrying that you did something wrong unless you have proof that there is something to worry about.

4. Refrain from Using Absolutes
Have you ever told a partner "You're ALWAYS late!" or complained to a friend "You NEVER call me!"? Thinking and speaking in absolutes like 'always' and 'never' makes the situation seem worse than it is, and programs your brain into believing that certain people are incapable of delivering.

5. Detach From Negative Thoughts
Your thoughts can't hold any power over you if you don't judge them. If you notice yourself having a negative thought, detach from it, witness it, and don't follow it.

6. Squash the "ANTs"
In his book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Dr. Daniel Amen talks about "ANTs" - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like "Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me," or "The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!

7. Practice Lovin', Touchin' & Squeezin' (Your Friends and Family)
You don't have to be an expert to know the benefits of a good hug. Positive physical contact with friends, loved ones, and even pets, is an instant pick-me-up. One research study on this subject had a waitress touch some of her customers on the arm as she handed them their checks. She received higher tips from these customers than from the ones she didn't touch!

8. Increase Your Social Activity
By increasing social activity, you decrease loneliness. Surround yourself with healthy, happy people, and their positive energy will affect you in a positive way!

9. Volunteer for an Organization, or Help another Person
Everyone feels good after helping. You can volunteer your time, your money, or your resources. The more positive energy you put out into the world, the more you will receive in return.

10. Use Pattern Interrupts to Combat Rumination
If you find yourself ruminating, a great way to stop it is to interrupt the pattern and force yourself to do something completely different. Rumination is like hyper-focus on something negative. It's never productive, because it's not rational or solution-oriented, it's just excessive worry. Try changing your physical environment - go for a walk or sit outside. You could also call a friend, pick up a book, or turn on some music.

When it comes to the corporate world, protocol is pretty much the religion. To know the things needed to do are the basics of productivity, but interaction and having a steady mind makes up the entire thing to true productivity. There are those who seem to work well even under pressure, but they're uncommon ones and we are human and imperfect. To get these little things like stress under our skins won't solve our problems. Sometimes it takes a bit of courage to admit that we're turning to be workaholics than tell ourselves that we're not doing our best.

Rationality for Career fitness

FOR CAREER FITNESS ATTITUDE WITH DETERMINATION IS A MUST, TO DEVELOP ALL OUR PHYSICAL AND PSCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS:

"Failure is a pillar to success" is a fact even in career fitness:

            An easy task become challenging when you have a pessimistic attitude, nevertheless a challenging task becomes challenging when you have a positive attitude. Treat your defeats as model to victory. Well-behaved attitude makes you accept your mistakes and realize from them, Make yourself stronger with each defeat you have to continue and tolerate, collect additional power for your next shot. So what, if you break down go for it again, check the mistakes you made and strive again as long as you have the attitude to realize from failure and present yourself less failure and greater victory, Success and more SUCCESS. Failure is your friends who make you realized your mistakes and help you acquire career fitness and pave away to shape your future.

Used your rationality for Career fitness:

A one who always entertain positive and healthy thoughts is a rationalize person. He is judicious, tolerable, sharp and the likes. Rationality makes a person plan his objective with an intelligent judgment and accomplishment. Positive thoughts are a huge asset. So let us learn to adopt the tips of a rationalize personality below:-

Ø      ·           A rational person is always an optimist, who will convert weakness into power.

Ø      ·           A rational person will takes failure as a pillar to success. He learns from his mistakes.

Ø      ·           A rational person sees complexity as an chance etc. He appreciates that when one door closes another opens.

Ø      ·           A rational person always trusts life. He is alert to uncertainty instead of being upset. He acts and be creative upon problems rather than protest or condemn. He takes charge over the blame-game and so stops blaming. He takes responsibility and act wisely.

Ø      ·           A rational person will develop relationships which are effective and make it a long lasting one which therefore contributing to advance and development.

            To conclude, one has to know how to tackle life and soar in it rather than struggle against life. You can't fight the waves but you can learn to float on it.

Creative Notions

People seem to have the misconception that only a select few are able to unleash a steady flow of creative genius. That is not true at all. The fact is, creativity is very much like a muscle that needs to be exercised in order to consistently give out great results. If you don't practice harnessing creative thinking, this skill will very much atrophy into inexistence. But keep working and this skill will soon come to you in a snap.

So how do you unleash your creative thinking? Well, the first thing is to become a human leech. No, we're not talking about just sucking the blood out of every living being available, we're saying that you should take in as much knowledge and learning you can find. Read everything available -- good and bad, and keep your mind open to the infinite possibilities of the universe. The more you know, the more you'll want to know, and the more your faculty of wonder will be exercised. Prepare to be amazed at little facts that add a bit of color into your life.  

Focus on a creative activity everyday. Yes, it's an effort. Even doodling is a creative activity. Don't let anything hinder you. Mindlessness may be a creative activity, but for people who are just starting out to unleash a little bit of creative thinking in their lives, it is helpful and encouraging to have concrete evidence, that, "hey, what I'm doing is getting somewhere." So why don't you try it. Practice drawing for a couple of minutes each day. Bring out your old camera and start snapping photos like crazy. Keep a journal and make a point to write in it religiously. Another cool idea is to write by describing something with your five senses. Try to avoid vague adjectives like "marvelous," "amazing," and "delicious." Before you know it, you'll have built yourself a tiny portfolio, and you'll be amazed at the growth you've undertaken after amassing all those works of art. Who knows, you might actually take to liking those things you do everyday. Pretty soon those things will become a part of you and you'll be addicted to these creative exercises.

Think out of the box -- or don't. Sometimes, constraints are actually a good thing. Limitations discipline you to work within your means. It enables you to be more resourceful. Creative freedom is great, but limitations enforce discipline.

Try something new everyday and let your experiences broaden your perspective. Explore a new district in your neighborhood. Spend an afternoon in a museum to which you've never been before. Chat up someone on the bus. Open up to the people around you. As you thrust yourself out of your comfort zone more and more each day, your sense of adventure grows and so does your zest for life. Think about it. When was the last time you did something for the first time? If it's been a while, I tell you, you've been missing out on a whole lot of experiences that could've added to your growth, emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually. Why don't you try bungee jumping today? Not only will you learn, but you will also have plenty of stories to share, enabling you to practice your storytelling skills and making you the life of the party. 

Embrace insanity. No, not to the point of practically admitting yourself into the mental ward. As John Russell once said, "Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting." Exactly! Every creative thought was once deemed insanity by other "normal" people at one time or another. Luckily, that didn't stop the creative geniuses from standing by them. The thing is, sanity or being normal confines people to think... well, normally. Withink limits. Creativity is essentially breaking through barriers. Yes, this includes the bizzarre and the downright strange. I'm not saying that you yourself should develop a creative personality. That might go haywire. An example of a creative personality would be George Washington, who often rode into battle naked, or James Joyce, who wrote "Dubliners" with beetle juice for an intense fear of ink, or Albert Einstein, who thought his cat was a spy sent by his rival (or in thinking creatively in this case, the term could probably be "archnemesis.") It's important that your creativity doesn't get you detached from the real world completely. 

I hope this article has inspired you to start thinking beyond your "limits." If you follow these steps pretty soon you'll be living a life full of interesting adventures. Unleashing your creative thinking  will bring about a new zest for living life. 

CAREER FITNESS

STEPPING YOUR FUTURE TO A CAREER FITNESS!!

‘Positive attitude towards life helps build bright career fitness’

As human beings we know that we lack something or the other in life as we are not perfect. However life is

the greatest gift of adventure and valuable gift that God bestows upon, to each one of us. Life is the sweetest

delight and joy that God have shower his blessing upon us and it is now, our duty to make used of these

wonderful opportunities and shine in life for a better Career fitness, better family, better Society, Community

and a better and prosperous place to live in.

Positive attitude towards life helps build career fitness.

The term "Attitude" is a person's outlooks, thoughts and feelings, manners, mindsets, which leads to

responses to different routine or action in terms of our Conduct. Attitude as an interior trait which plays a

major role in a battle field of defeat and victory, You have to convert difficulty into opportunities but, by the

flip of a coin,

even a last minute of negativity can lead to failure or missed opportunities in career fitness.

Thus, one should learn to understand and accept his weak points and behaviour and retain the

determination for the need

to change that weak point for a healthier self. One should understand the ability to live from happiness and not for happiness. Happiness

is a viewpoint. To reach victory in  career or life  is also an attitude, so let’s grasp the tips of contributions as

an opportunity to career fitness in term of Attitude.

Attitude is more crucial than fact:

Your approach is more important than facts because positive viewpointcan empower you and consequently,

when you are empowered, you are a solution to a problem rather than a victim to a problem, the positive

viewpoint is you have never done somewhat so logically earlier, so do it! Take care of your belief, you can

assemble it and enjoying the glory of dwelling in such a place which makes you a winner and fit for your

career.