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This post is made in mean to encourage blogger who lose their mind in blogging. 
Blogging is something for fun, but at the same time, blogging can be very-very stressful if you are doing it for money.
Although there are many people who have already successfully become a problogger or sixth figures income earner, they are not simply there easily!
Along the way, they are tempered, fried, toasted by many-many obstacles, negative thoughts readers, technical error, and human-discrimination in blogging.
Positive thinking is one of many ways for blogger to keep themselves “exist” in the blogosphere.
I have read some interesting facts on blogging. From 100% Blog owners, only around 10-20% who really updating their blogs and only around 30-40% who become a reader of all the blogs around the world.
And from 100% of bloggers, 98% of them will be in the state of “Sudden-Death” in 3 months from begin their first post because of giving up eventually or destroyed by negative thinking either for themselves or from their readers! 
Source: My Local Internet Magazine 2007
You may surprised, but that’s the fact anyway… 
Mr.Lee Gibbons have something to say about active blogging percentage.
Owning a positive thinking along your blogging journey is not easy, people tend to think negatively when they face obstacles and annoying readers. But, owning a positive thinking is doable!
The Father of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale, Share us his ultimate knowledge on thinking positively in every domain you’re lurking at, including blogging.
I will introduce you to Norman Vincent Paele with this short video:
Please take of all your egos and logical mind before watch at this video. Or, Put aside your judging mind first, because only with that, you’ll understand “deeply” what Mr. Norman said.
In this short story, try to switch the example of Mr. Norman to your own section or domain you are doing at. Mr. Norman was talking about Magazine subscription. You may switch your thinking to your “Feed Subscription” or “Click Through Rate”, or “Affiliate Sales” will do!
In his classic book, The Power of Positive Thinking,Mr. Norman teach us how to create, maintain and increase our positive thinking and habits. I happen to read his book, so I can give a guideline of what he was sharing at in my own words on blogging:
- Visualize in your mind what’s your blog’s goals and form a solid image on you mind. Always maintain this obsession of yours and don’t let it disappear in any reason! Your mind will try to make your visualization become true!
- On your daily life, Negative thinking is your permanent guest in your “thinking guest room”. Try to kick this guest out of your “guest room” with a positive thinking.
- Don’t always “think” about your obstacles and roadblocks in blogging. Instead, you need to “learn” and “face it” efficiently. Don’t Hyping your problems too, because that will terrifying yourself even more!
- Don’t too obsessed by other’s blog style and try to follow their style too! Just Be Yourself. No one know you better than yourself. And don’t forget, A person who looks strong outside may be weak inside because of their own doubtfulness about themselves!
- Make your own judgment toward yourself. Rate yourself from copywritting skill, communication with other blogger, idea to improve your blog, etc, etc. And try to improve them by 10% each!
Watch Will Smith on Positive Thinking!
As a star actor, Will smith need positive thinking better than anyone. So, if you are going to be famous as a blogger or pro blogger, at least, you need to have the similar principle as Will Smith have.
Sneak peek of Larry King Interview with top motivators in the world about Positive Thoughts:
I write this post, but I’m not showing you that I was perfectly positive with my works. I’m also a “learner” to be a positive thinker! And I think Norman Vincent Peale’s Tips is working for me.
I will keep maintaining my “+”, positive thinking wherever I am, on whatever I do, and whoever I’ll face!
How about you?
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(June 6, 2007, 5:58 am)
Yup, I read Normal Vincent Peale’s books too. Not bad!
Reply to kuanhoong(June 6, 2007, 6:44 am)
Yes, Kuanhoong! Norman Vincent is a great people who I adore so much!
Reply to Ken Xu(June 7, 2007, 11:55 am)
I have been positive in my thinking all these while. Positive in the sense that I look at things with a different approach and in a different angle compared to many people out there. I do not jump into conclusions immediately. I will do some research and understand the situation better before I commit in whatever I am supposed to do.
In science, ‘ve attracts -’ve but in real life it’s the other way round. Positiveness attracts more positiveness. As sayings goes, birds of the same feather flocks together. I would rather be in the company of positive thinking people. In this case, you are lucky. You belong to my group
Reply to Criz Lai(June 7, 2007, 1:47 pm)
very nice article kenxu, i enjoyed the article very much
Reply to santaram(June 7, 2007, 3:46 pm)
You are wise and positive thinker, Criz! I believe, with positive thinking, We can bring a lot of Fortune/opportunity in our life.
When other peoples are waiting for opportunity to come, Positive thinker will 3 steps ahead to chase and have sit well on every edge of the opportunity.
I’m glad you have your own group of positive thinkers. Thanks to you I have found more positive friend in this life!
Reply to Ken Xu(June 7, 2007, 3:47 pm)
Thanks Santa, I’m glad you enjoy it!
Reply to Ken Xu(June 10, 2007, 12:30 am)
I agree, positive thinking will shape a person’s outcome to a positive one. The way a person thinks forces how the outcome will be. Great article!
Reply to Blogging with Desi Baba(June 10, 2007, 2:03 am)
You’re right. Positive thinking force our habit to go along with our goals and won’t beat down by any kind of obstacles & Humiliation from others!
Reply to Ken Xu(October 6, 2007, 10:30 am)
Wow, I would like to buy a cup of Tea to you. It would be fine to dream over a cup together, but … all I can to do indeed is to invite you the wholeheartedly to the art therapy blog Modus Vivendi.
Reply to TomasI hope you will visit my other locations on the web too.
My blogs are my reply.
Thank you
(December 1, 2007, 12:16 pm)
Great post - very interesting
I agree that maintaining a positive attitude is crucial in all walks of life, but positive thinking alone simply doesn’t work when it comes to achieving success with your blogs.
Look at it this way - If I was blogging about a subject that had absolutlely no readership (for whatever reason) then although I may be feeling positive about the situation, the fact reamins that no one is intersted in what I’m writing about…
hmmmm.
Reply to Robert the Positive Thinking Coach(April 3, 2008, 8:35 am)
After reading Dr. Peale’s book you’ll probably start to wonder how you never thought of these possibilities even though they appear to be indeed so natural and will definitely make life so much easier for you. Although he does say the reasons we became (and that is “became”, not “were born with”) the way we are today, is something you’ll have to turn elsewhere to discover; the techniques for a new outlook on life, one that will allow you to reap the fruits of success and both personal and professional achievement, are given and shown here: the power of prayer.
Reply to George Lindemann Jr