1. Power of Positive Thinking
– Transform Your Life
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Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak

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Programme Outline
 Role of Attitude
 Positive Thinking and Plus Attitude
 Medical Aspects of Human Thought Process
 Role of Mind in developing Positive Thinking
and Plus Attitude
 Formula of Success
 Techniques to develop Positive Attitude

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“Life is a contract awarded by GOD to
you. It is upto you, how you perform
and gain out of it ”
“Humans should not be differentiated
by class, creed or color; but only as
Positive or Negative Persons”
- Dr .Ashutosh Karnatak

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Role of Attitude

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We all encounter various stresses in day to
day life and feel tied up

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Family
Security Profession
Social Financial
Health

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How to Deal these Stresses???
Can money take care of all Stresses??? No
Can good health take care of all
No
Stresses???
Can a supporting family take care of all
No
Stresses???
Can a Power take care of all
No
Stresses???
Then what is required???

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If each Alphabet of English were to represent a
number starting from 1 i.e. a=1,
b=2,……………z=26, which word related to
individual’s possessions accounts for a score
100?
Is it Money --------------------------------------No (62)
Is it Health --------------------------------------No (54%)
Is it Power --------------------------------------No (77%)
It is Attitude which makes a score 100
It is the Attitude, which makes or breaks a person

9. What is Attitude?? ++
 It is a mental state and approach of an
individual, which is reflected in his / her
day to day activities, works etc.
 Nothing but how you deal an issue
 How you react with the circumstances
 What is the stress level when you
encounter a problem

10. Knowledge, ++
Skills
&Experience
Attitude
(invisible to others)
Broader the Base, more the tendency to emerge out

11. Competence of a Person ++
 Knowledge +Skill+ Experience+ Attitude
 Attitude is the foundation and accounts for
the major portion of a person’s competence.
 Attitude is like a personal treasure, which
comes in handy when the need arises
 Advantages of other attributes can only be
achieved with “Positive Attitude”

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My Belief
Khudi ko kar buland itna,
ke har taqder se pehle
Khuda bande se ye pooche,
bataa teri raza kya hai
- Allama Iqbal
 You are unique, nobody can take your place.
 You can and you will get whatever you want.
All the forces conspire to support, provided
you want them to.
 Instead of controlling Others, try to control
your attitude through Positive measures.

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Positive Thinking
& Plus Attitude

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Typical Dreams of a Person
 Admission in a good and reputed professional college.
 Suitable job, drawing a handsome salary with all the
perks.
 Marry an young and beautiful girl, still in her teens. She
should be a caring wife, daughter-in-law and a culinary
expert. Similar dreams for females.
 Proud father of a Son and Daughter
 Proud Owner of a Bungalow and chauffeur driven luxury
car

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Is that all?????
 Recognition and fame alongwith good bank
balance running into millions of rupees.
 Life Span of more than 75 years, with
grandchildren growing and shaping into
promising teenagers.
 All-round prosperity & happiness
& So the list goes on
All these dreams can be achieved by Positive
Mental Attitude

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Know Yourself
 Solve questionnaire
 What is your positivity index?

17. What is Positive Thinking??? ++
Positive thinking just means
approaching the unpleasantness in
a more positive and productive way.
Thinking that the best is going to
happen, not the worst.

18. Perception of Glass ++

19. Characteristics of Plus (+) ++
Attitude persons
 Sees half filled glass
 Sees brighter part of the thing
 Ever smiling
 Unruffled with problems
 Having helping attitude
 Optimistic
 Solution seeker

20. Recollect the Classification of ++
Material based on Magnetism
Diamagnetic Material:
They are neither magnetic nor magnetism can be
induced through external sources
Paramagnetic Material:
They are not naturally magnetic, but become
magnetic if magnetism induced. Also retain
magnetism upto some time after
Ferromagnetic Material:
They are permanent magnets, irrespective of any
externally induced magnetism

21. Type of positive persons ++
Dia-positive
Thinks that things go wrong due to own fault &
gives up control in many situations
Para- positive
Generally tries to be optimistic and positive,
however some situations get better out of the
person
Ferro- Positive
Generally optimistic, positive and unruffled ,
don’t take things personally and set backs
don’t affect rest of life

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Mental Attitude Diagram
Di - Positive Para - Positive Ferro-Positive
-ve +ve
Y Axis - No. of Troubling Situations faced X Axis – Mental Attitude

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Transformation of Arjun during War
 During “War of Kurukshetra”, Arjun
transformed from Dia-Positive to Ferro-
Positive.
 Before beginning of war, Arjun was dejected
and did not want to fight (Dia-Positive)
 Positive force of Lord Krishna transformed
him from Di to Para to Ferro.
 When he fought and won, his mental state
was Ferro-positive

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Why Ferro-Positivism is required??
 To handle stress in constructive manner
 To face challenges in life
 To foster happiness in life
 To increase success rate
 To become more optimistic
 To Improve mental state
 To Improve health

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Medical Aspects of
Human Thought process

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Every thought has a physical Effect on
your cells. Chemical Reactions are
produced throughout the body by
thoughts / emotions

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Medical Aspects
 Secretion of hormones from various
glands controls our life
 Emotional State can become imbalanced
(Positively / Negatively) with over / under
secretion of non-adrenaline body
hormones.
 Thoughts (bad or good) act on the brain
to release the neuro-transmitters that
effect mood or health and physical
response in the body.

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Medical Aspects
 Neuro-transmitters which enhance attention
and pleasure is “Dopamine” and which reduces
fear and worry is “Serotonin”.
 If some one is under stress, heart beat
increases and body releases powerful stress
hormones Epinephrine, Cartisol and Adrenalin,
which are negative and have ill effect.
 In case of positive people, secretion of negative
hormones gets checked and health remains
stable even under stressful situations.

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Effects of Negative Thinking
Some effects of Negative Thinking:
 Sleep Disturbance
 Anxiety, Depression, Lower pain
thresholds
 High BP & risk of Heart disease
 Damaged Immunity
 Lower energy level etc.

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Advantages of Positive Thinking
 Increase in optimism & Happiness
 Experience Internal bliss
 Start seeing “Half Glass Filled“ instead
of “Half Glass Empty”
 Increase in resilience
 Increase in enthusiasm and energy
levels
 Enhancement in leadership skills

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Advantages of Positive Thinking
 Enhancement in determination to succeed
 Improvement in health, decrease in stress
thus less BP and Heart Attack
 Increase in brand equity
 Tendency to appreciate others increases
thus less jealous feeling .
 Leads to self-actualization – Maslow
hierarchy of needs

32. Positive Mind Vs Negative Mind ++
A Negative mind is like a Tsunami Wave
A Positive Mind is like Serene Water

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Plus Attitude and Active Life
 Active Life of Human being is roughly 30 years
i.e. 2.6 Lac hr. (If we work for 12 hr/day,
balance life is 15 Years i.e. 1.3 Lac Hr.)
 In case of negative attitude during 50% time,
the plus active life is reduced to 15 years. So
effectively 30 years are reduced to 15 years.
 If we try to improve our mental plus attitude to
75%, the span of active life can be increased
to 23 years.

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Role of Mind

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Role of Mind

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Role of Mind

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Right and Left Brain
Left Portion Right Portion
Right side of the body Left side of the body
Mathematics Creative
Verbal Artistic
Logical Visual
Facts Intuition
Deductions Ideas
Analysis Imagination
Words of song Tune of a song
Seeing finer details Multiprocessing
/ Multitasking
Development of Positive thinking is
attributable to right part of brain

38. Which Way the Dancer is Spinning??? ++
If you see her spinning CW, that means you are right brained
CCW, that means you are left
– Artistic & Creativity
Logical Analytical

39. Mind and its Intricacies ++
(a) Active or conscious
(b) Passive or subconscious
 Active part plays role in day to day actions, subconscious
mind helps in shaping thinking pattern.
 All information is stored in sub conscious mind as a heap
of paper (one over the other) without any order.
 There is a Constant self-talk between both.
 Requirement is to structure these information in right
manner so as to utilize the power of mind in optimized
manner.

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Role of Sub-Conscious Mind
Typical Concerns:
 Forgetting names of persons
 Forgetting formulae / content etc. in
examinations
 Dreams
 Fear
 Negative attitude
Requirement is to sharpen the capability
of sub-conscious mind

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Sub-Conscious Mind
 Subconscious Mind is like hard disk,
periodically format for better results.
 Store data properly & delete useless data.
Results:
- Enhanced memory
- Relieves extra load
- Clarity of mind, which is essential
for developing Positive Attitude

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Sub-Conscious Mind
To Sharpen Capabilities of Sub-Conscious
Mind:
 Constantly attack negative thoughts
 Control the active / conscious mind

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Formula of Success

44. Winners – ++
What is So Special about them??
 Winners have Fighting spirit, urge to win &
Never say Die Attitude.
 Winners are motivated by their plus (+) attitude.
ex: Edmond Hillary,
Dancer Sudhachandran,
Dhiru Bhai Ambani etc.
 You can also have the same and can achieve
whatever you desire, provided you have
+ attitude.

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Formula to Success
Success = f (Objective * Strategy * Action * Desire2)
Desire = f (Attitude)
So, Success α (Attitude)2
A person with positive attitude will
eventually be a winner

46. Power Equations – ++
Real Life Interpretation
Power = V * I
V = I * R i.e. I = V/R
Power = V2 / R
In Real life, Power = Attitude2 / R
Maximize Power Output by having
Positive Attitude and reducing
Internal Resistance

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Techniques to Develop
Positive Thinking

48. Booster – 1 ++
 Condition your subconscious mind to not
go towards negative side.
 Take control of your active mind and stop
it moving towards negative side.
 In case active mind goes negative, Sub-
Conscious mind will come for rescue and
vice-versa

49. Booster – 1 ++
 Never underestimate yourself. You have
powers you have never dreamt of.
 “Think you can do it” and say “ I can do it”
It can be done by booster–2.

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Booster- 2
In case you are depressed and may go into
negative cycle:
- Send a suggestion from subconscious
mind to conscious mind to come up
from the situation and turn back to
positive side.
- It can be done by Self Suggestion /
Auto Suggestion

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Booster- 2
Self-suggestion / autosuggestion:
- By practicing this, one can direct
subconscious mind for any particular
action.
- If any negative signal disturbs in the
work, send a feedback from conscious
mind to subconscious mind.
- Put a fire wall for negative thoughts

52. Self-Suggestion Method ++
Step-1: Keep repeating your Auto-Suggestions loud as if
you are talking to other persons
Step-2: Phrase the suggestions positively (don’t say I do
not fail, say I succeed)
Step-3: Use present tense to the maximum extent
Step-4: Suggest realistic actions which are possible
Step-5: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat. Try to find ways to make
it more compelling, powerful and meaningful
Step-6: Mean what you say. Speak with conviction & faith

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Booster- 3
 Maintain subconscious mind in a positive
state, through constant feeding of
positive thoughts (likechanting mantras)
 Repeat Thoughts as much as possible.
 Keep the list of positive thoughts in your
pocket
 Better to do it in the morning and
evening.

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Booster - 4
 Calibrate the mind periodically,
preferably on half yearly basis.
 Calibration can be done with reference
to the ideal mind of a successful person.

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Some Positive Thoughts To begin With
 I will think positive only because I have the
powers to do whatever I want to.
 If somebody hurt me, it may be due to his
mental state at that moment. I must forgive him.
Attitude to forgive should also be developed.
 I can not change other’s attitude. That is their
personality. Let me control mine.
 I and only I am the controller of my emotions,
thoughts and actions .

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Some Positive Thoughts To begin With
 Believe in your heart that something wonderful
is going to happen.
 Live this day well, for today is all we truly
have.
 Be open to all possibilities and miracles,
always believe in miracles.
 Discover each day the magnificent
awesome beauty in the world around you.

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Some Astrological Aspects
regarding Positive Thinkers

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Astrological Aspects
 Persons having Strong Jupiter
 Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
 Birth Number 2,3,5,7,9
 Persons writing big letters or large loops.
 Open Life and Head lines
 Positive Direction - Northeast

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Meditation & Energy Mudras
to develop Positive Attitude

61. Some Energy Mudras ++
MakaraMudra: HelpsFor–building confidence fornourishToxins from Body
KsepanaEnergyUnleashes tensionsenergy. Useful for& any lacking part
Apan orMudra: Mudra centering the energy to tackling insecurities
Vajrapadma Mudra: in Supports of all kind
Akash Mudra: Relieves reserve removal of waste depressed people

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Plus Magnetic Meditation
 It can be done with “Pranayam”
 Now close your eyes
 Loosen your body, Start relaxing mind
 Slowly and slowly whole body and
mind getting relaxed
 Your mind is open to get positive
thoughts

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Plus Magnetic Meditation
 Chant the positive thought, which you
want to be
 Think – you are changing
 Think – getting revitalized, recharged
and renewed
 Think your Ferro-Positivism is
increasing.
 Do it for 21 days continuously

64. Refract Reflect ++
the the
Positive Negative
Thoughts Thoughts

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Optional
Set two Goals for this year, which will be
monitored on quarterly basis

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Life Mantra
There is no pleasure without pain.
Happiness can be enjoyed only when
you have passed through pains,
otherwise everything is same.

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Take Away
 I shall think Positive from now on.
 I will start positive self–talk between conscious &
sub- conscious mind.
 I Shall try to discard negative thoughts whenever
they attack your mind.
 I would disseminate concept of positive thinking
among masses.
Visit Website www.plusapproach.org

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Take away slogan
Think Positive
Think Possible
Think options
Think Solutions

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Hum Honge Kamyab