Like every new year, this is the time we consider the changes we would like to see in our lives in 2012. As a start, I would recommend doing an honest and open attitude check on yourself!
For most of us, when things are going great, it’s easy to be good. It’s easy to be happy. But when things are not going that great and we want to pull our hair out. It’s very hard to look around and be grateful for the blessings we have.
I’d like to share with you a personal story. I was a Certified Financial Planner and Assistant Vice President with Merrill Lynch in Boston for 10 years. I had always made a 6 figure income. I quit my job after my 2nd child was born and my husband and I moved to Charleston.
1 year later, I found myself separated with a 2 year old, a 4 year old, no family close by, few friends, no job, no income and no connections. The easy thing for me to do would have been to get a full-time job. But I decided that I wanted to be home with my children and that I was going to figure out how to become an entrepreneur. I very quickly learned that in order to have the level of success I wanted, I had to work on myself more than I worked on my business. I knew my attitude and my outlook on life would completely shape my future.
So I read and read and read and also researched what was working in today’s marketplace. And I learned and I grew and I failed. And then I learned some more and grew some more and failed some more. And I did it again and again and am still reading, learning, growing and failing – and I love it!
Over the past 6 years….I have been faced with moving to a new city where I knew no one, a divorce, several failed friendships and relationships, 3 failed businesses, having a substantial income one day and it being taken away from me the next which put my family into poverty. And no one knew what was going on in my life!
Why? Because of my attitude!
Through whatever it is that you are going through, you have to condition your mind to where very little could shake you and take you down. And I know that without these challenges, without these setbacks, without these difficulties, without all this chaos, you could never reach your full potential in your life.
So how are you managing your attitude? Is is negative or do you always choose to see the BRIGHT SIDE of every situation?
I suggest that you take your challenges and tell them that they will not defeat you! YOU have a big purpose in your life and you should be determined to become who you know you are.
Here is the key: everything can be taken away from you, but nothing can take your attitude. YOU are in control of that.
So, how’s your attitude? Not just in your business, but how’s your attitude toward your Spouse or Partner? Your Health? Your Children?
And here is a fun one – Do you blame money for your problems? If you do, I can assure you that money will stay far, far away from you!
So tell me, what are you going to do in 2012 to improve your attitude?
Stay tuned! More to come next week!!!