As many of my regular followers, listeners, and clients know I passionately believe that in life what makes the real difference is our mindset. A helpful, empowering, and positive mindset will have an incredible impact on our results, our happiness, and our overall emotional well-being. Conversely, a negative, disempowering, and unhelpful mindset will hold us back, and fill us with self-doubt and pessimism. I refer to this frequently during 1:1 coaching sessions or training sessions, in fact, it underpins most of my approach. So it was with real interest, and no surprise, that I recently read the following:
Research shows:
The way we think about health changes our health
Optimists catch fewer infectious diseases and live longer
Optimists have better health habits and find joy everywhere
Optimists’ immune systems work better
Optimists prioritise sleep, fresh air, and exercise
Optimists have contagious energy.
So a ‘glass half full’ attitude in life really is much healthier for us - and don’t forget, our attitude is just a decision, and decisions can be changed.