If you wait until you need to shift your mindset to put effort into your mindset, you are establishing reactive attitude habits.

Proactive attitude habits increase your ability to manage difficult situations as they arise.

I like the idea of ‘prepping’ or ‘priming’ your positive mindset because this attitude habit puts you consciously in front of whatever life circumstance you might face.

I was raised around yard equipment, so I think of priming a positive mindset like pushing the primer on a lawn mower to mix the oil and the gas, or pulling a few short strokes on a chain saw rope to mix the oil and the gas. The priming helps the equipment start and run properly.

Establishing attitude habits to prime a positive mindset throughout your day helps your brain engage and perceive what’s going on around you through a different filter than those who wing it, reacting unconsciously to whatever they encounter.

The biggest resistance I receive to scheduling time to prime the positive is people tell me they don’t have time. I believe we end up taking the time trying to undo negativity or work through unnecessary confusion if we don’t prime the positive on the front end of our day and throughout the day. Worse, we might unintentionally hurt people’s feelings if we don’t take time to engage a positive mindset.

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