Building a positive attitude:
There was a
man who made his living selling balloons at a fair. He had balloons of many
different colors, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was
slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air. When the children
saw the balloon go up, they all wanted one. They would come up to him, buy a
balloon and his sales would go up. All day, he continued to release a balloon
whenever the sales slowed down. One day, the balloon man felt someone tugging
at his jacket. He turned around and a little boy asked, "If you release a
Hack balloon, would that also fly?" Moved by the boy's concern, the man
replied gently, "Son, it is not the color of the balloon, it is what's
inside that makes it go up."
THE same principle applies to our lives: It's what's 1
inside that counts. And what's inside of us that makes us go up is our
attitude. William James of Harvard University said. “The greatest discovery of
my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their
attitudes of mind.
YOUR ATTITUDE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS:
A study
attributed to Harvard University found that when a person gets a job or a
promotion, 85% of the time it is because of his attitude, and only 15% of the
time because of intelligence and knowledge of specific facts and figures. It is
surprising that almost 100% of education dollars go to teach facts and figures,
which account for only 15% of success in life! YOU CAN WIN is all about that
85% of success. Attitude is the most important word in the English language. It
applies to every sphere of life, including one's personal and professional
life. Can an executive be a good executive without a good attitude? Can a
student be a good student Without a good attitude? Can parents, teachers,
salesp6rsons, employers, or employees be good in their roles without a good
attitude? The foundation of success, regardless of your chosen field, is
attitude. If attitude is such a critical factor in success, shouldn't you
examine your attitude towards life and ask how your attitude will affect your
goals?
ACRES OF DIAMONDS:
Hafiz was a farmer in
Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was
content because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him and told him about
the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man
said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could buy your own
city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your
own country." And then the wise man left. That night, Hafiz couldn't
sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontented. He was unhappy because he was
discontented and discontented because he was unhappy.
The next morning Hafiz made arrangements to sell his farm, took care of
his family, and went off in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and
couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any. By the
time he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically, and financially depleted.
He was so disheartened that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the
Barcelona River.
Back home, the
person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at the stream that ran
through the property. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a
stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought the stone would look good
in his 'living room. He picked up the stone and put it on his mantle piece.
That afternoon, the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked,
"Is Hafiz back?" The new owner said, "No, why do you ask?"
The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when see
one." The man said, "No, that's just a stone I picked up from the
stream. Come show you. There are many more." They went and picked some
samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They
found that the farm was indeed covered with acres of diamonds.
What is the moral of this story?
There are six morals:
1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all
walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet.
We don't have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.
3. While we are eyeing the grass on the other there are
others who are eyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade
places with us
4. People, who don't know how to recognize opportunity,
complain of noise when it knocks.
5. Opportunities are easier recognized when they are leaving
rather than when they are coming.
6. Opportunity only knocks once. The next one may be better
or worse, but never the same one. That is why it is so crucial to4tmake the
right decision at the right time. A right decision at the wrong time becomes a
wrong decision.
DAVID-AND GOLIATH:
We
all know the Biblical story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant of a man.
He struck fear in everyone's heart. One day, a 17-year-old shepherd boy came to
visit his brothers and asked. 'Why don't you stand up and fight the
giant?" The brothers were terrified of Goliath and they replied.
"Don't you see he is too big to hit?" But David said, "No, he is
not too big to hit, he is too big to miss." The rest is history. We all
know what happened. David killed the giant with the slingshot. Same giant,
different perceptions.
Our
attitude determines how we look at a setback. To a positive thinker, attitude
can be a stepping-stone to success. To a negative thinker, it can be a
stumbling block. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, as well as many
others have said that every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity
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