One of the most important lessons we learn on our road to success is that failure is not a final or feared destination, but rather a place we pass through on our way to achieving our life and business goals.
Positive Thinking In A Negative World
One evening my wife and I were walking through the mall, having a casual discussion about life issues when she abruptly turned to me and said; “I want to go home! You are negative and being out with you is no fun.” That’s when it hit me: I’d become a negative thinker in a negative world. Something began to change in me that sleepless night. It was time for me to return to being a positive thinker even if the circumstances of life, politics, business or relationships weren’t as rose-colored as I’d have wished them to be… My life partner and helpmate was being repulsed by my attitude. It was a wakeup call that changed my life! Read the rest of this entry
What does that mean? Well you have to hear the full statement and then think about it for a minute or two. Here is the full statement… “It’s the things you do that you don’t have to do that always makes a difference when it is too late to do anything about it.”
A good friend and mentor explained this to me many years ago and I liked it so much, it has been up on my wall ever since…
