Tommy Positive
Thinking of investments in ourselves, I have come to the conclusion that maintaining a positive attitude is the most efficient and low-cost investment that we can make in ourselves. But having a positive attitude is a learned process, and sometimes takes a considerable amount of work to reverse the many years of programming of the opposite. A positive attitude is a habit and must be learned through repetition.
Unlike some medical problems, having a positive attitude does not rely on a genetics, but depends on our decision to face each day with enthusiasm and to create a positive environment. I understand that we face many challenging situations on a day to day basis, but we have to turn these challenges into learning experiences. How many challenges were solved by being depressed, critical, bitter or angry? What? Thats right…..None!
By understanding that part of being who we are it is inescapable that we will be faced with many challenges in life, and thus must seek solutions. This is a critical part of maintaining a positive attitude. Our problems remain whether we choose to face them with a helpless victim mentality, or a positive-solving attitude.
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I work in the service industry, and face rude irate people on a daily basis. I used to let people upset me, and ruin my day, but after seeing that it lead to a dead end emotional state, I quickly changed and now just smile and say thank you. I hear my co-workers on a daily basis, complaining how a customer treated them, or didn’t leave a gratuity, and I feel for them, because I have felt the same way before. Now that I have moved beyond that, it seems something always works out in the end to finish up with a positive. Maybe it’s the mindset that is creating my reality of a positive nature.
By having a positive attitude not only are you helping yourself, but you are being observed by others around you and in turn are creating a positive attitude in them. It is definitely an attitude that is contagious.
- A Positive Attitude is one of the key personality traits in highly successful people.
- A positive attitude will turn a situation that you perceive as bad, into one that is perceived as good.
- A positive attitude will inspire and energize others.
Living your daily life while choosing to be enthusiastic and cheerful, and dealing with the world around us with energy and the desire to do the best we can all the time can only lead to a successful and fulfilling life. Take Care my Friends.
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Yes. It’s difficult. It amazes me sometime to watch people deal with their difficulties so well. I am looking forward to meeting a man soon who is in his eighties and was in a concentration camp when he was young. His wife has died. And he gets up at four am and goes to the gym to work out.
Just amazing.