ur mind has a tendency to pay attention to negative information and events rather than positive ones. For example, you may be having a good day at work, then, out of nowhere, your boss sends you an email criticizing the report you have just finished. Would you spend hours obsessing about this feedback or would you focus on your achievements of the day? If you are like the majority of us, you would most likely focus on the critical feedback you received. We have more than 40000 thoughts a day and the majority of our thoughts are somewhat negative. Our attention naturally goes to things that are disturbing or frightening for us rather than pleasant.