Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
If you want a positive mindset or if you're just trying to figure out how to be happy you need to redirect your attention to focus on what works. This self-help tip is simple but not natural for us; the human mind has a default setting: we focus on what's negative, what could go wrong. Evolutionarily, this is an important feature of how we function, protect ourselves from real and imagined threats but the frank truth is that it can cost us. And that cost in some circumstances can be severe. Try this brief self-help practice and challenge yourself to focus on what is working in your life rather than looking for what is or might go wrong.
Keep your positive mindset with this free self-help acceptance and commitment therapy ebook:
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1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
If you want a positive mindset or if you're just trying to figure out how to be happy you need to redirect your attention to focus on what works. This self-help tip is simple but not natural for us; the human mind has a default setting: we focus on what's negative, what could go wrong. Evolutionarily, this is an important feature of how we function, protect ourselves from real and imagined threats but the frank truth is that it can cost us. And that cost in some circumstances can be severe. Try this brief self-help practice and challenge yourself to focus on what is working in your life rather than looking for what is or might go wrong.
Keep your positive mindset with this free self-help acceptance and commitment therapy ebook:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
instagram.com/zensocialworker
twitter.com/zensocialworker
thezensocialworker.ca
*Disclaimer
1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
