Posts Tagged ‘Attitude’
Control Freak
You can react to any situation any way that you choose. You can cry at a wedding or laugh at a funeral. It's really up to you. Once you realize this and start to put it into practice, it will empower you beyond belief. In fact, it may be the single most valuable life lesson that exists, if it were possible to rank such things. Not so you can start making scenes at memorial services, but so that you can demonstrate to yourself that outside circumstances and other people have no inherent right to dictate your mood, attitude, or to [...]
Just Add Levity
Anger is a pretty terrible thing. It can eat you up from the inside, and it can cause you to say things or do things that you wouldn't normally say or do. And it almost always ends up leaving someone hurting in its wake; at the very least in an emotional sense and of course in a worst case scenario it can even leave someone reeling physically. It's just not a good feeling to have and when it rears its ugly head, it should be dealt with swiftly and seriously. I recently posted a couple of quotes on my Facebook Fan Page, which by the [...]
Tune Up Time?
Have you ever waited too long to fix something? Maybe you pulled into Jiffy Lube the other day and they told you it looked like you hadn't changed the oil in your car for over 15,000 miles...or maybe you finally got around to cleaning out the refrigerator in the garage this weekend only to realize that there were leftovers in there from your neighborhood Christmas Party in 2007... A bad haircut? That squeaky noise the air conditioner makes? The leak coming from the floor in the upstairs bathroom? Or, worst of all...your [...]
The Power of Positive
Positive energy creates more positive energy. A positive attitude is literally contagious. There is almost no cure for it. Except relentless negativity. Yes, negative energy is the kryptonite. A negative attitude is also contagious, and it spreads like wildfire. It cannot easily be contained. In fact, it can only be squelched by the power of positive. So there you have it. Positive attitudes and negative attitudes are equally powerful and equally perpetual. They are also the direct result of a conscious choice that you or [...]
Are You Insane?
Here’s one you’ve heard before: “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity”. If you are in sales, you no doubt have heard it a hundred times. Actually, I’m now starting to think that the real definition of insanity might be hearing that definition of insanity and still doing absolutely nothing differently. Doesn’t that sound like craziness to you? To illustrate - I was in a training meeting not long ago, where I was talking with some of my brightest sales people [...]
