In today’s difficult times, here’s some advice on taking negative situations and thought patterns and achieving positive results from them.

Behind the assertions that thinking and believing can get you anything you want is real research that shows how the way we think influences our lives.

Bringing more positive thinking into your life doesn’t require a psychologist. There are simple ways you can begin the habit of positive self-talk. Experts say that positive self-talk will eventually lead to more positive thinking.

Mark Twain savaged Benjamin Franklin’s self-improvement books, “Poor Richard’s Almanac” and “The Way to Wealth”. He would have hardly been kind to “The Secret,” Rhonda Byrne’s book about the Law of Attraction.