86, 400.
The number of seconds in a day.
I have a question for you: Where do you spend your time?
Do you spend the majority of your time in a space of positivity, appreciation, gratitude and positive anticipation of great things to come?
Or do you spend the majority of your time in a space of negativity, resentment, upset and disappointment?
The more time you spend in a positive space, the better your quality of life. It's really that simple.
We're not all dealt the same cards yet we are given the same amount of hours in a day and we are all given the incredible gift of conscious thought. The decision is up to you.
Peace,
Sean
P.S. The clock's ticking... which side will you choose?
Ah yes Sean, I have only just written on facebook about the gift of 1640 minutes each of us has been given, each and every day. We should cherish all of them, as none of them is able to be claimed back. Now, if we were to keep this notion at the forefront of our minds, wouldn't life take on a whole new meaning? Perhaps we would have less crime, less mistrust, and more positivity in our world. Thankyou for the reminder of the need to be grateful for what we have as opposed to what we don't. Once again, you have made my day. Many thanks.
Sean,
Thanks again for the unique concept. I like the way you take known self-improvement concepts, and put them to a practical application. I was very happy when I saw your video, because I know that I log much more time on the positive stopwatch
.
Isn't it funny? I was much more negative before I got a chronic disease. Now, I am much more optimistic, and much more joyful. Why does life work that way? When I lost my lifestyle, I gained so much more than I could ever imagine.
Thanks for the great posts, Sean!
Josh Lipovetsky.
Hi Sean, love your video blogs keep them coming and thanks so much for the series on attracting your partner, I learnt a lot.
I heard a story along the same lines and it uses money instead of the stop watch so each time you say something positive you receive a dollar and each time you say something negative you pay a dollar, how much would you have at the end of each day? Would you be rich or poor? Regardless we all need a reminder so thanks for reminding me to keep positive.
I have a question for you - How can you keep positive when financially challenged to your kids, family & friends? I find I am constantly coming up with creative ways to say we don't have the money to do that without actually putting out there that I don't, help!
Love Jeni x
Hi Sean, Thank-you for the great tips.
Whenever you are positive, you cannot be negative. There can only be one emotion with us each time. The choice is ours.
Hi Sean,
Thanks for your idea..Its making my mind and soul relaxed and so happy reading your idea.Felt so happy..Thank you and love you so much...:)
My pleasure.
Be well,
Sean
Very creative. It may be good to remember that the + is meaningless without the -.
A happy bird is the one that has never seen a cage.
But a happier bird is the one that has just escaped out of a cage !
That's an old Persian saying.
Wishing you the best.
Ray
Good call. I love it, thanks for sharing Ray.
Be well,
Sean
A Native American "Grandfather" taught this concept to a very dear friend of mine. He gave the boy a task. He was to select a very special stone for each good day, and he was to remember what made that day special so he could share the stones and the stories with his teacher the next time they met.
My friend enthusiastically did as he was asked, and the next time they visited, he brought his bucket of stones, and with each one, he told the story of that good day. Then, he looked up, expecting his "Grandfather" to be proud, but, instead, he was shaking his head and looking very sad.
"What's the matter?" he asked, and his teacher replied. "I gave you a task to collect a stone for every day that was good, and your bucket could have been full. You could of had a stone for every day, but you didn't. It was your choice."
To this day, my friend chooses to have good days, and he still selects special stones to recount how blessed he is.
Cool share.
Thanks.
Be well,
Sean
Deareat Sean: EVEN when I try to be positive
and always visualize the good, I complain about how stress I am. Thanks for remaining me that when I point to someone with one finger 3 are pointing to me and I get the negative of that person to me, I will work with my positive watch more often, please tell us how we can stop thinking about the problems we have, emotionally, and financially...love....u
I'll cook up a cool Video BLOG post on this issue of staying positive.
Embrace your life, ALL of it.
Big Hug!
Sean
you gave me a great inspiration to associate time with the good things and the bad things to talk about. its so simple to think about it and quit easy to implement it the balance in the postive way to communicate to each other.
but how to reduce some negative talk buy the other person and to change it in a positive way is another challenge...
Working on yourself is the best way to help others.
Peace!
Sean
Hi Sean,
Yes it IS important to speak of the positive however if there is something that people do not necessarily like, do you not have to get that out in the open to find a solution/change to make it so it can be better? ... talking of things that people do not like can be spoken in a way so a positive can be made from it - but first - you have to know the problem to find a solution ... if something doesn't work, don't you have to find what it is that's not working & then speak to others who maybe together a solution can be found to make things better? ... just a thought
I so agree, sharing what's swimming in your head to find a solution is VERY important...HOWEVER that's radically different than purely complain just for the sake of complaining.
Good distinction my friend.
Peace,
Sean
Dear Sean, what a great Idea! thanks again.Keep up the good work Sean.Hope you have the most beautiful day.Sincere love and best wishes for you and your love ones.
Thank you for your warm regard.
Peace be with you friend!
Sean
Hi Sean,
I love you and I love you videos. I have a question though: How does metaphysics play into all your learned wisdom? and another question: Is happiness really the goal or is spiritual progress the goal?
And I love you.
Metaphysics is a part of what I've learned.
We can have many goals however I'm actually WAY more impressed with our AIMS. We must embrace the process, the journey, and remember that our greatest joy comes from embracing whatever it is we are doing in the present.
Peace,
Sean
SEAN
Your smile at the end of todays blog tells it all. Genius, simply genius. I got the giggles to. Todays blog is my favorite. It's got to be the simplicity.
Great way to monitor yourself. I'm using the stop watch, stay positive concept from now on. Tick, tock, tick tock. What a great way to insure feeling positive about life and about yourself.
"Tick, tock, the hands on the clock keep ticking, silencely saying stay positive, tick, tock, tick tock." I just put my stop watch on a necklace and I'm wearing it 24/7.
Thanks again Sean. True genius!
jim
Why thank you, glad it helps.
Peace!
Sean
Hi Sean,
As usual you have out done yourself.
You are so right about the positive and
negative.
I am turning on my stop watches today!
Thanks again for helping transform many
lives.
Kindest regards,
Stacey
What's the opposite of 'out doing yourself'? In doing yourself?
hehe
Thanks Stacey!
Be well,
Sean
I LOVE it!
A balanced time log ! I'll practice it every day from now on, and store each number from both sides on my file (and my simple software) so that I'll be able to see my life quality graph progress from that!
THANKS!
Hardcore...I like it.
Love Life!
Sean
Hi Sean,
I try to click on the positive one, it's not easy but if I want to live a fulfilled life I have to learn this.
Thank you for this great video Sean!
It ain't easy, yet so worth it.
Remember, being negative is easy at first and hard later.
Rock on!
Sean
Another great idea you've given us Sean - thank you! The most precious thing we have is time yet we do squander it so much, especially through procrastination.
Procrastination is not really about being lazy it usually has more to do with wanting things to be PERFECT and NOT WANTING FAIL so you put off the moment of truth.
Thanks.
Be well,
Sean
Beautiful story! Positive clock of course ,with time on ones side.
Hey Sean,
Great video again, and a technical suggestion for your blog, suggest to put your social media links to "open in new window" keeping your viewers on your site instead of clicking away to find out your twitter handle. I retweeted to help spread the word, but @seanstephenson is not you!
so needed to realize @TheSeantourage is you...
Just an idea if it makes sense..
Keep up the great info, you rock!!
Good idea...I'll pass it along to my brilliant team of web guys.
Peace,
Sean
Sean, I am so grateful you have given me and others the idea of the two stopwatches (the positive one and the negative one). There isn't the slightest doubt in my mind that historically i clocked vast quantities of time identifying the problems, the negatives, and complaining about them (in thought and word and deed). Even now, with my clear awareness of the huge difference it can make in my life and others when I clock time on the gratitude clock, I bet the negative clock still racks up far more time than I would like. Love ya Sean! - Doc Meek, South Jordan, Utah
Love you too buddy.
- Sean
Positive Stop Watches!! I love that idea. Awesome Sean. Thank you for bringing the great piece of advice for greater humanity.
I'm doing my part as best I can.
Thanks for noticing.
Be well,
Sean
This is good Sean - once again you have condensed the 'positivity' philosophy down to incremental - digestible 'bites'...