ATTITUDE SHIFTS
& LIFE RESPONSE
What's the best way to evoke Life Response;
i.e. evoke a sudden response from Life?
It's by shifting our attitudes from the negative to the positive.
i.e. evoke a sudden response from Life?
It's by shifting our attitudes from the negative to the positive.
here are several true-life examples of how life responds as a result of shifting from the negative form of the attitude to the corresponding positive one:
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Unwilling to Willing
The owner of a computer retail center asked a salesperson to work a second consecutive weekend. At first he was very unwilling todo that. However, he changed his mind, went in that weekend, and as a result within five minutes secured the biggest sale of his life! Selfish to Self-Giving An author was jealous that his co-author was given equal standing on the book cover, even though the second author hadn't written a single word. The first writer then changed his selfish attitude, and suddenly from out of nowhere he secured a number of clients, jump-starting a lifetime career! Pessimistic to Optimistic An instructor who had no work, decided that instead of fretting and brooding about the situation, he would take a more positive tact and clean his filthy refrigerator. Within ten seconds of completing that difficult task, he received a call in which he learned that he had secured six months worth of work! Constrictive to Expansive A businessman insisted that his market was the USA only and after 6-months had nothing to show for it. Then he changed his limited view, became more expansive, and agreed with a consultant's recommendation that the whole world should be his market. Out of nowhere, his business suddenly boomed. Resentful to Goodwill One woman who was working as a temporary employee for years overcame her negative attitude toward a co-worker, which suddenly attracted a full time position, her first after ten years of trying. (coming soon) Impatient to Patient Suspicious to Trusting Unreliable to Reliable Closed Minded to Open-Minded Self-Satisfied to Aspiring Insecure to Self-Confident Indifference to Caring Arrogance to Humility Self-Importance to Respect for Others Weakness to Psychological Strength Dishonesty to Honesty |