Why are many people negative thinkers

Why are many people negative thinkers? People tend to sell themselves short on daily basis. One of the reasons why people may think negative thoughts is that life is not a breeze. You will have some hardships and will not succeed at everything in which you set out to do. People fear failure. Our thoughts are very important on our day-to-day activities. As Mahatma Gandhi once said “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.” Negative thoughts can be one of the reasons why you received the outcome you got. In life we have to speak prosperity rather than failure. I to am one who battles with selling myself short. I would always tell myself “ You are not smart enough to attend that school and get into that program” or “My life is over because I received a C for that course”. Recent evidence shows that we think negative because we know what failing at something feels like and because you’ve failed once you think you will fail again. Changing these negative thinking habits can better benefit your life. 

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