1 Dress for Success
On your journey to being the most positive you, it is important to dress the way you want to feel. If you want to feel positive, then it is important to dress for success. Pick out a stylish scarf. Pull up your jeans with a belt. Swap out your moccasins with a pair of snazzy loafers, and do not forget about hygiene! You never know whom you might run into during your day, so it is important to keep your breath fresh and your hair well-kempt. Dress the way you want people to look at you.
2 Leave a Lovely Note
Whether you live at home, or you commute, a good way to inspire others with your positivity is to leave positive messages laying around. Leave mom a note in her purse to remind her that she is your favorite woman, or slap a sticky note on your roommate’s phone before you leave in the morning to tell her or him to have an awesome day.
3 …or Leave it in Public
Or, even better, you can reach a large audience by leaving positive messages laying around at work or in the classroom. Write a note on your desk (in washable marker, of course) that encourages your colleagues to keep up the good work, or sneak a sticky note onto the bathroom mirrors to remind people that they are beautiful. Although you will not get to see your targets’ reaction, know that you most definitely left a positive impact on them that day.
4 Heads Up!
Sometimes we get into a monotonous routine in our lives. School, work, sleep, school, work, sleep, repeat. Monotony is the enemy of positivity. Stick a penny at the bottom of your sock drawer, heads up. Within a few days, you will forget about it, but one morning, you are going to wake up, and you are going to reach into your sock drawer and find the penny. It is the perfect reminder that today is a new day, that you create your own luck and that you are in control of your positivity.
5 A Smile a Day
A smile is one of the easiest tools you can add to your expanding arsenal of positivity techniques, because you can use it just about anywhere. Smile to the stranger walking next to you to class. Smile to the janitor that works the late shift. Smile at your friend to remind him or her that everything is going to be OK on a bad day. There is virtually never a bad time to let loose a smile.“
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