Dr. Braccio discusses on “The Morning Wake-Uo With Dave Akerly” HOW TO CHANGE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. Too many people are victims of what is appropriately often called the “inner critic”. To be positive,the following can be helpful in the overall goal of being happy and not living a negative and dreary life because of a bad attitude: 1.SUBSTITUTE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS WITH POSITIVE ONES. 2.SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE. 3.STAY AWAY FROM NEGATIVE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSIBLE. 4.AS HARD AS IT MAY BE,FIND POSITIVE TRAITS YOU HAVE AND BUILD ON THEM TO BEGIN ENHANCING YOUR SELF-IMAGE AND ATTITUDE. 5.BELIEVE YOU CAN BE POSITIVE AND WORK AT IT EVERY DAY. 5.SEEK OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT HOW YOU WANT TO BE AND MODEL THEIR ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS. 6.TALK TO POSITIVE PERSONS AND LEARN FROM THEM HOW THEY DEVELOPED THEIR POSITIVE ATTITUDES. 7.DEVELOP A PLAN AS YOU BUILD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND DETERMINE THE OVERALL POSITIVE PERSON YOU WILL BECOME. A good quote of Oscar Wilde that fits our topic is: WHAT IS A CYNIC? A MAN WHO KNOWS THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING AND THE VALUE OF NOTHING. A favorite saying of my mother was: THE OPTIMIST AND PESSIMIST HAVE THE SAME FREQUENCY OF ERROR,BUT THE OPTIMIST IS SO MUCH HAPPIER AND POSITIVE.