Download - Positive Thinking
Jen McParland
Your Thoughts
Theorists and Studies
Positive thinkers – their story
Your Story
Activity: Choice
Goal Setting
What Yoda has to say…
What do you think of when you hear◦ “think positive”
◦ “positive thinking”
◦ “mind over matter”
◦ “if you believe it you can achieve it!”
Today we will take a deeper look at the power of thought
Norman Doidge M.D
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
Alvaro Pascual –Leone
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
Anatoly Sharansky
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
How are all these phenomenon's possible?
Doidge, Norman M.D. The Brain that Changes Itself. USA, Penguin, 2007. Print
Now that we know what our Brains are capable of…◦ Look at those who already use positive thinking
◦ Make a choice
◦ Goal setting
Sam Thiara Unfortunately, sometimes it is trauma that
causes you to change your perspectives. For me, when I was almost nine, my father had an industrial accident and he became a paraplegic.”
Carl C. Cameron ◦ “In my classes and training I try to let the
people I interact with tap into the strength and courage that already exists in them”
You have heard their story, what do you want yours to be?
In pairs think of a previous experience where you were disappointed or didn’t get what you wanted◦ Negative statements
◦ Positive statements
I’m a loser I’ll never get a jobMy academic schedule is ruined I don’t have enough money for school now
This job wasn’t meant for me I’ll keep looking for other jobs I can make a new academic plan that will
work I’ll find another one that’s even better
YOU HAVE A CHOICE!
Pick a goal for yourself – big or small
Brain storm how you will achieve this with positive thinking
How will you be kept accountable for this?
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
Luke:“ I don’t believe it…” Yoda: “that is why you fail…”
Youtube: Yoda Wisdom
Be the change
You have a choice – every day – every moment
“If its going to be its up to me” Carl C
“Waking up in the morning, we all have a choice …” Sam T
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