It is very easy to see the glass as half empty but, as you know, it could be half full. During tough times we can drag ourselves down with looking at all the negatives. We look at life and realize all the bad things that are happening to us. Sometimes we need to lean on the benefits we get instead.

I tend to always see the glass as half full and a lot of my friends are drove nuts by this fact. I just rather dwell on the positive than the negative. I want to see all I am receiving instead of what I am not getting. It just helps me have a better outlook on life.

You can change your perspective as well. All you have to do is play a game I call, “What is in it for me?”

The game is easy, whenever something “bad” happens you have to think about what you won, what did you get from this situation. No matter that the situation is, or how crazy the idea is, you just come up with something you received first before saying anything else about the situation.

Here is some examples:

It is raining again! - I don’t have to water the grass today.

I missed the movie - Now I can watch it on DVD in bed.

I did not get the job - There must be a better one out there for me.

I wasn’t invited to the wedding - Now I don’t have to buy a gift.

He doesn’t like me - He must be intimidated by my success.

That was a horrible date - At least I got a free dinner.

They don’t have my size - Must mean I need it in red instead of black.

My boss is so mean - Just makes me look better and better.

Sure some of them are silly but still fun. It is all about creating the habit. Once you get in the habit of always looking for the benefit, soon you will just natural find positive outcomes to most things in life. You are just changing you perspective and seeing the glass IS half full.

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