Recalling past successes and reminding myself of my best qualities helped me to stay positive despite the bumps that have come along the way in life. When I was having financial issues, I kept visualizing myself as recovering and making some progress each day even though it often seemed that each step forward was accompanied by one or two steps back. Continually recalling successes keeps one’s mindset positive—‘positive’ is an overused word –but nonetheless an important one.