I hope we are all fired up for the gifts and treasure today have in store for us? Bear in mind that every new day is an opportunity to do something new, make something new, or learn something new. So don't let today's opportunity slip away. Yesterday we spoke about emptying our minds of negative thoughts and filling it up with positive thoughts. Today's focus will be on how to continually fuel your mind with optimism in order to remain positive. So, if you are joining us for the first time, I recommend you read the previous publications to avoid getting lost as we proceed.

We mentioned in our discussion yesterday that we are all born positive minded but by virtue of our environment, we pick up negativity as we grow up. This simply implies that we live in a very negative environment, it is said that two things makes up a man; his DNA and his environment. This goes to show that environment, plays a very vital role in shaping and molding an individual, so how can one stay positive in a very negative environment you may ask. For you to stay positive, you have to create an environment that is full of positivity. This particular is applied in different fields, sectors or areas of society, for example if you were to go into a church, mosque or a religious structure, the environment have being setup to give you the feeling that you are in a sacred, holy place and immediately you step in, you shape your mind to be in one accord with the environment, the same thing with a library, or even when you walk into a wine bar. What ever area of society, the environment is usually setup to suit its purpose. In the same way, an individual should structure his environment to make him stay positive. On like those other areas whereas their environment, is just basically building, what makes up the human environment is different, remember the human mind feeds on what it hears, sees and says, thus when influencing your environment, these should be taken into consideration. The following are the basic things that constitute a human environment;

RELATIONSHIPS: this comprises of friendship, family, organizations etc, we are mostly influenced by the individuals we hang around, what they say, or do affect us positively or negatively, as the suffix implies every relationship is like a ship, in a ship we have the propeller, which boost and move the ship forward, and there is also the anchor, that slows down the ship and brings it to a halt. Learn to identify relationships that are anchors in your life and cut them off your ship. This is an entirely broad subject and we will thoroughly, discuss it when we are dealing with association.

MEDIA/LIBRARY: this comprises of videos, audios, pictures, and books. We should spend more times listening to audios that inspires us, watch videos that educate us in what ever field or venture we are interested in, read books that keep our believe strong. This is the 21st century, more than half of the world's population have a smartphone, and most of us have a headset which we use to listen to music, if we could devote the time we use in listening to music, to listen to something educational or inspiring, you will be shocked how motivated you will be. While using the social media like Facebook, Instagram etc, learn to follow pages and people with sound content. If you want to watch a YouTube video let it be one that makes you feel positive and not one to bring you down. The list goes on and on, whatever makes up your media should be something to inspire you and not make you feel low.

Lastly, we should all try to have a personal space, more like a study room or closet. This space should serve as your sanctuary, here you can paste write ups like  your personal affirmation statements, your vision, your goals, etc. This space should be used for meditation, and planning of your next step of action. The space should act as your power house, when ever your energy level drops, go into this room recite your affirmation statements, look at your vision and meditate on them, you will be surprised the effect it will have on you and your believe system.

Before I go, I want us to try this out; take out time today and try to identify associations that are propellers, and those that are anchors, once you find out the anchors, I believe you know what to do. Goodbye for now, keep working towards success and I will definitely see you at the top.