Have you been meeting your goals recently? Setting and meeting goals can be a powerful tool for personal improvement. On the other hand, failing to meet goals is actually giving up on yourself and your dreams.

Write It Down
The first step to meeting your goals is writing them down. Putting your goal in writing is making a contract with yourself. It makes your goal concrete and calls your subconscious into action.

Stay Positive
Phrase your goal in positive terms. Write what you will do, not what you won’t. For instance, if your goal is to stop smoking cigarettes, don’t write, “I will stop smoking.” Instead write, “I will put my money in a savings account instead of spending it on cigarettes” or “I will chew gum whenever I feel the urge to smoke.”

Be Specific
Don’t write, “I will make a lot of money.” Instead write, “I will make $500,000 in the next year” or “I will increase my income by (more…)

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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. (more…)

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