Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME
Your mind can hold only one thought at a time, positive or negative.
If you are constructively looking for a solution for or a valuable lesson
from every difficulty, you can’t be upset or angry at the same time. If
you apply the Law of Substitution and deliberately force yourself to
Create Your Own Future
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think about the positive aspects of the situation, you will always find
them.You will then be able to turn them to your advantage.
A positive mental attitude, which means a positive and con-
structive response to disappointments and setbacks, is largely deter-
mined by your feeling a 
sense of control
. Having a sense of control
means that you feel you are in control of your own life.You feel that
you are in charge. You feel that you are in the driver’s seat. You feel
that you are on top of things.
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