STEPS TO A SUPER ATTITUDE

It is not what happens to you that counts. It is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind. In this message, you learn powerful strategies you can use to keep yourself thinking and acting positively and creatively. Here are four things you can do to assure that your attitude is the very best it can be, under all circumstances.

FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
Whatever challenges you face, focus on the future rather than on the past. Instead of worrying about who did what and who is to blame, focus on where you want to be and what you want to do. Get a clear mental image of your ideal successful future, and then take whatever action you can to begin moving in that direction. Get your mind, your thoughts, and your mental images on the future.

FOCUS ON THE SOLUTION
Whenever you’re faced with a difficulty, focus on the solution rather than on the problem. Think and talk about the ideal solution to the obstacle or setback, rather than wasting time rehashing and reflecting on the problem. Solutions are inherently positive, whereas problems are inherently negative. The instant that you begin thinking in terms of solutions, you become a positive and constructive human being.

LOOK FOR THE GOOD
Assume that something good is hidden within each difficulty or challenge. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, a major proponent of positive thinking, once said, “Whenever God wants to give us a gift, he wraps it up in a problem.” The bigger the gift you have coming, the bigger the problem you will receive. But the wonderful thing is that if you look for the gift, you will always find it.

LOOK FOR THE VALUABLE LESSON
Assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful. This situation has been sent to you to help you learn something, to help you become better, to help you expand and grow.

DO WHAT SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO
A Positive Mental Attitude is indispensable to your success. You can be as positive as you want to be if you will simply think about the future, focus on the solution and look for the good. If you do what other successful people do, if you use your mind to exert mental control over the situation, you will be positive and cheerful most of the time. And you will reap the benefits enjoyed by all successful people.

START NOW

Become solution-oriented with every difficulty you face. Make a habit of looking for the answers to your questions, the solutions to your problems.

Seek for the valuable lesson in every adversity. Make a list of every idea or insight you can gain from every setback or difficulty.

Think on paper. Take some time to write out every detail of the problem, and then take the most logical next step to

HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS: MAKE SUCCESS A HABIT

January is the month that symbolizes new beginnings. It is the start of a new year, and the New Year's Holiday is a time to re-valuate one’s life and make resolutions for the upcoming year. 

The idea of making resolutions is not a bad thing. They can be helpful. But too often the resolution of January becomes the failure of February.  Resolutions do not have the force of repetition behind them.  Habits, on the other hand, are much harder to break because they operate at the subconscious level of our brains. And once a habit is established it will operate far beyond January. 


Habits are formed by repetition.  Repeat the same behavior over a given period of time and you wind up with a habit. Initially this can be a painfully slow process, but once you put determination behind your purpose.  And as you work to develop the habit the change in behavior becomes automatic.  And that is our goal: to make our behavior subconscious (a habit).

1) Write your goals down.
This sounds cliché, but it's important.  Thoughts are fleeting things.  They come quickly and they go quickly.  In the midst of distractions the thoughts that we wanted to save have evaporated from our consciousness.  They were not in the mind long enough to become a memory.  Pen and paper preserves your thoughts, and allows us to return to them.


2) Review your goals everyday.Keep your goals in front of you.  Read your goals when you get up in the morning and when you go to bed at night.  The easiest way to fail to achieve something is to let it be forgotten.  Keep your goals in your mind all the time.  Put reminders everywhere.  Evaluate your progress.  If something is not working change it.   Make your goals your reason for living.  Make the achievement of your goals a matter of survival.


3) Do something every day to move you closer to your goals.  A goal is no good without a plan to achieve it.  That is what separates a resolution from a purpose.  A purpose must have a plan.   Every journey has a destination.  You must get in a habit of making plans

4) Build a success attitude.  No goal has ever been achieved with a “can’t do” attitude.  The way to achieve a goal is to believe that it can be done.  Work to develop the habit of being positive.  All achievement is based on faith.  Faith is the belief in something that has not yet happened.  You cannot have faith in your goals if you reject the role that faith plays in achieving those goals.  You can only have one thought in your mind at a time.  Positive and negative cannot live in the same house.  Make positive emotions a permanent houseguest and evict the other guy.  Use the positive emotions of love, faith, and gratitude to chase the negative feelings away.  This is not an option.  IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY!