Let me just tell you one thing first. This is easier said than done.

There is a great post at Life Clever about flipping your thoughts, but I believe before you can flip your thoughts you first need to be aware of your thoughts. You need to be able to interrupt yourself when you’re experiencing negative thoughts and feelings, and this can be tricky. You might find yourself keeping up with this for a few days, but then you get stuck into something that frustrates or annoys you, or gets you experience some sort of negative thought that you forget to interrupt and flip.

In a presentation I once saw or heard by Tony Robbins, he speaks of undertaking a 1 week trial of positive thoughts. The idea is to only think positive thoughts for one week. This doesn’t mean though that you don’t think anything bad, but as soon a negative thought pops into your head, you immediately interrupt yourself and flip your thought into something positive. And, like I said, this can be challenging, as it means you need to be constantly aware of your thoughts and feelings.

I don’t have problems flipping my thoughts, but I definitely struggle at catching myself when I am in a negative state.

In today’s world we are constantly interrupted by marketing messages, adverts, music, video and all sorts of information via the Internet. We are bombarded day in and day out.

A few months ago, my car was broken into and, among other things, my CD/Radio Player was stolen. After getting my car repaired, I didn’t bother to get the CD/Radio replaced. I found I’ve enjoyed the quietness in the car while driving. It meant that instead of being distracted by the music, I could actually hear myself think.

It got me thinking what is my constant internal dialogue saying?

Have you ever had a jingle you’ve heard from some tv ad stuck in your head all day, just repeating over and over? Or perhaps the latest catchy pop song? You might even find yourself humming to your self while working or driving.

Is this programming of your internal dialogue empowering you? Wouldn’t it be better to rather be thinking about something more along the lines of visualizing your goals, working out and reprioritizing your action plan, reaffirming a positive state?