http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/ Simple Productivity Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:14:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-75653 absinth Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:21:18 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-75653 I have just one question in my head - what happens when you zen people face something really shocking or tragic? i don't know.. harsh violence against yourself for example. where do you stick your positive thinking then? I agree to 99% of this post and the whole zen, but there is one very important thing missing without which bad things can happen. there must me at least some sadness between the bad thing and the positive thinking. some grief. because if you do not connect with your pain, with your painful experience and switch to the positive thinking immediately, the grief will act in a hidden form and will come back later but in a much bigger size and danger to your happiness. be with your pain and only then try to get rid of it. I is my experience (after a big long mistake of immediate positive thinkig) and the experience approved by many experts. there's a great film about it - the art of negative thinking. so my addition to this post is - face your bad, accept it and then move on positively. I have just one question in my head – what happens when you zen people face something really shocking or tragic? i don’t know.. harsh violence against yourself for example. where do you stick your positive thinking then?
I agree to 99% of this post and the whole zen, but there is one very important thing missing without which bad things can happen. there must me at least some sadness between the bad thing and the positive thinking. some grief. because if you do not connect with your pain, with your painful experience and switch to the positive thinking immediately, the grief will act in a hidden form and will come back later but in a much bigger size and danger to your happiness. be with your pain and only then try to get rid of it. I is my experience (after a big long mistake of immediate positive thinkig) and the experience approved by many experts. there’s a great film about it – the art of negative thinking. so my addition to this post is – face your bad, accept it and then move on positively.

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-57579 LiveImagePhoto » Its all in your head. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:02:33 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-57579 [...] Continued at source: http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/ [...] [...] Continued at source: http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/ [...]

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-53591 WebWorkerDaily » Archive Better Web Working: You’re Not That Good « Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:00:53 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-53591 [...] even be humiliating.  It tells you “You’re not that good.”  But as many people have already pointed out, failure and imperfection can push you to raise your game. This is also good [...] [...] even be humiliating.  It tells you “You’re not that good.”  But as many people have already pointed out, failure and imperfection can push you to raise your game. This is also good [...]

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-51252 PotHead Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:46:49 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-51252 Nice article,really informative and really helpful.Keep up the good work Leo. Peace Nice article,really informative and really helpful.Keep up the good work Leo.
Peace

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-50431 The Positive Life » Blog Archive » The Phenomenal Power of Focus !! Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:34:47 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-50431 [...] Also learn to see the positive in just about any situation. This results in happiness, in my experience, as you don’t focus on the bad parts of your life, but on the good things. B e Thankful for what you’ve been given. [...] [...] Also learn to see the positive in just about any situation. This results in happiness, in my experience, as you don’t focus on the bad parts of your life, but on the good things. B e Thankful for what you’ve been given. [...]

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-50205 The Phenomenal Power of Focus !! | The Positive Life Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:04:05 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-50205 [...] Also learn to see the positive in just about any situation. This results in happiness, in my experience, as you don’t focus on the bad parts of your life, but on the good things. B e Thankful for what you’ve been given. [...] [...] Also learn to see the positive in just about any situation. This results in happiness, in my experience, as you don’t focus on the bad parts of your life, but on the good things. B e Thankful for what you’ve been given. [...]

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-35612 The Problem of Failure « Not Just Surviving Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-35612 [...] as a good thing. People need to change their attitude toward failure. ZenHabits blogger Leo Babauta suggests a different way to view failure: Failure is a stepping stone to success. This is what I tell myself every time I fall. I get up, [...] [...] as a good thing. People need to change their attitude toward failure. ZenHabits blogger Leo Babauta suggests a different way to view failure: Failure is a stepping stone to success. This is what I tell myself every time I fall. I get up, [...]

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34919 joelene Sun, 04 May 2008 06:22:38 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34919 Christina Ann - regarding loving your enemy. My tip is to think of them as a baby or a child - what they were before life and bad decisions made them into what they are to be your enemy. It is a process but perhaps it will help? Christina Ann – regarding loving your enemy. My tip is to think of them as a baby or a child – what they were before life and bad decisions made them into what they are to be your enemy. It is a process but perhaps it will help?

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34478 mike b Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:59:31 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34478 A good pointer to remember success comes in cans not can´ts A good pointer to remember success comes in cans not can´ts

]]> http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34416 Amanda Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:01:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/flip-your-karma-8-tricks-to-turn-the-bad-into-the-awesome/#comment-34416 Nice article. I really enjoyed it :) Nice article. I really enjoyed it :)

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