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The principle of positive focus encourages you to shift your attention to the positive aspects of people, places, and things. It's about directing your thoughts, language, and energy towards appreciating the better feeling aspects of any experience. This can help you cultivate a constructive and optimistic mindset, not only towards others but also towards yourself. By consciously focusing on the positive, you can engage in inspired action and experience a sense of freedom and empowerment. It's about looking for, thinking about, and ultimately talking about the best within every situation and directing your attention to the better feeling aspects of all experiences.

0:03 / 1:03:40 The Eight Principles of Happiness with Robert Mack

Number two , the principle of non attachment . Number three , the principle of positive focus . Number four , the principle of self appreciation .

0:03 / 1:03:40 The Eight Principles of Happiness with Robert Mack

And there's something about it that you also do prefer or like or love . And so the invitation there is to focus on the positive end of the stick , the better feeling end of the stick , that part of that person plays finger activity that you feel better for when you're focusing on . So , for instance , and I think I may have used this example before , but plenty of times in my life , I've been broke .

0:03 / 1:03:40 The Eight Principles of Happiness with Robert Mack

And I'm gonna ask for a subtle , subtle difference or subtle , distinguishing the third from fourth . So the third is principle of positive focus and the fourth is principle of self appreciation . And to me they're pretty connected .

0:03 / 1:03:40 The Eight Principles of Happiness with Robert Mack

Well , I love 34 and five , I should say I love all eight principles . But , but I love 34 and five as a group because principal positive focus tells me , OK , focus my attention on the positive . Then the principal self appreciation is , well , don't forget about you .

0:03 / 1:03:40 The Eight Principles of Happiness with Robert Mack

Um but it's not gonna , you know , fill you up inside , you're reaching for a positive feeling before you act within a framework of return on smart energy investment and a focus on not attaching yourself to it . But focusing on the positive , focusing it from appreciative thought and language and appreciating self putting yourself up there such that when you take that action , it's inspired action because there's so much freedom and power behind it , you know , it , you couldn't have said it more concise there beautifully . I mean , it's one of your sweet spots .