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.