"Though it might feel artificial and forced in the beginning, get started on whatever it is you hope to achieve and quite soon the momentum takes over and you find yourself easily carrying on with whatever it is you intended to do. All it takes is a little effort at the start."
-- Gill Hasson
"Whatever you want to do or achieve, there will always be a new problem standing in your way, or something you need to do before you can fully commit yourself. You can sit around and plan, waiting for everything to be just right, but nothing is ever going to happen until you actually start getting on with it."
-- Gill Hasson
"When you imagine yourself doing something, your brain creates the neural pathways that you will use when it comes to doing something for real. Visualizing is like someone going ahead and beating a path for you through the jungle – they've prepared the way ready for when you come along in that direction; the path has been made easier for you."
-- Gill Hasson
"Doing things one step at a time also gives you time to look at what is working and what isn't, and to decide if you need to change tactics. So, as you go through each step, review the outcome. What's worked? What helped and went well?"
-- Gill Hasson
"So, what needs to happen is for a goal to be broken down into smaller, more doable steps. Taking a step-by-step approach is the most positive way forward because it means you set yourself up for constant successes by achieving small targets along the way."
-- Gill Hasson
"Goals framed in positive terms tell you what to do rather than what not to do. You are more likely to achieve goals that get you what you want, rather than goals that tell you to avoid something."
-- Gill Hasson - Adream is a basic need.
"Positive thinking can't replace positive action. What positive thinking does do is encourage proactive behaviour, and pragmatic ways to accomplish goals, overcome obstacles and manage setbacks. If you combine positive thinking with positive action, you'll be more likely to get positive results."
-- Gill Hasson
"Whatever it is you want, you must plan, put in time and effort and work towards achieving what you want. You have to make the most of opportunities, take some risks and be prepared to deal with obstacles, setbacks and disappointments."
-- Gill Hasson
"Ask, believe and receive. Ask the universe for it. Identify something you want or need in your life and then simply place the order with the cosmos by asking for it. The universe will answer. Think positively and see what you want as already yours. You'll need to know exactly what it is that you want. If you're not clear, the universe will get an unclear frequency and will send you unwanted results."
-- Gill Hasson
"The same is true for anything you want to do or any way you would like to think. Certainly it takes effort to change the way you think, but it is not impossible and it's never too late!"
-- Gill Hasson
"Negative thinking creates a spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Even when good things happen, negative thinkers tend to see the negative aspects of a situation."
-- Gill Hasson
"Self-talk has a way of creating its own reality. Telling yourself you can do something can help it happen. Telling yourself you can't do something can make it more likely to be true. And because your brain speaks with your own voice, whatever it says, it feels real and it feels true."
-- Gill Hasson
"It's important to know, though, that neither negative thinking nor positive thinking is more real or true than the other. Either way of thinking could be real or true. But what does make one way of thinking more real is the one you choose to think and believe. As Shakespeare said, ‘For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’"
-- Gill Hasson
"There simply is no substitute for having your own positive attitude. It gives you the motivation, energy and ability to succeed, it enables you to be happy and keeps you going through the toughest times."
-- Gill Hasson
