Acclaimed Author Peter Sage Sheds Lights on Ways to Free Yourself from Negative Thoughts

Negative thoughts suck the joy from your life and affect your quality of life. Dwelling on negative thoughts and emotions can generate negative behaviors and even affect you physically.

Peter Sage is an acclaimed author, global speaker, and personal development coach whose simple yet powerful teachings have helped thousands of people navigate away from the curse of negative thoughts. He firmly believes that ‘the mind attracts what it dwells upon’ and offers a practical toolset for change.

Statistics have revealed that an average person thinks about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts each day. Of those 80% are negative thoughts, and 95% are repetitive. He goes on to say the saddest part is that most of the thoughts we worry about are based on scenarios that never actually happen. This he likens to paying interest on a debt you don’t have. In short, most negative thoughts are simply mismanaged imagination albeit the reason behind the suffering of so many individuals.

Quit Putting The Wrong Things In

In order to eliminate negative thoughts, it is essential to stop putting all the wrong things in your mind. Social media, news, and publications thrive on fear of the masses and not only control but also condition thoughts, opinions, and perceptions. Freeing yourself of their shackles is the best starting point to realign your thoughts. After all, you cannot change the direction of a car by pointing it in the same direction.

Practice Gratitude

One of the fastest ways to rewire your thinking is by regularly feeling grateful. Peter states that in any situation what is wrong is always available to focus on but so is what’s right. By training your mind to find things to be grateful for each day in the small things, it is less likely to get hijacked when its time to dig deep and look for something positive in a crisis.

Condition Yourself To Be Happy

Lastly, understanding that emotions such as happiness are always the after effect of thinking happy thoughts underscores the importance of where we choose to place our focus. People who have mastered this understanding have let go of needing to have certain things happen before they give themselves permission to think happy thoughts. Herein lies the essence of the phrase “two men sat behind prison bars, one saw mud, the other saw stars.”

Conclusion

There is nothing to be gained from feelings of fear, unworthiness, sadness, etc. Though trying to change your emotions by changing your circumstances is always much harder and less effective than changing your thinking independent of your circumstances.

By shifting the balance from negative thoughts and altering your habit of negative thinking, you have the complete and absolute power to conquer your mind and rid yourself of the disastrous effects of a negative mentality.

As Peter Sage eloquently says, “Outer world-follows inner-world, not the other way around”.