Attitude is key!

Attitude is key for business owners, for students, for solopreneurs, for ... well, everyone.  We've heard this many times, and understand it (well, at some level, anyway), and accept its intrinsic wisdom.  Much has been written about the effects of maintaining the "right" attitude for success. We accept that pleasant positivity is certainly desirable!

Choosing a positive, healthful, and hopeful persepctive is not as simple as one might imagine.  Perhaps, you've learned that, too?  Sure, we have a choice, and choosing wisely is the best approach.  It's just the circumstances, in many cases, get in the way or cloud my view.  At least that's what I've experienced.

I subscribe to "Smple Truths News" -- perhaps, you do, too (I highly recommend them!).  The other day, a powerful reminder showed up about the attitude of gratitude. It contained words on the subject from Melody Beattie:

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. I can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Powerful, don't you agree?  WOW!

Several years ago, I came across a technique for maintaining a positive outlook.  Its essence contained creating a habit of recounting specific events/items each night before drifting off to sleep for which to be grateful.  One could journal these to prevent repeating items, compose an ongoing list, or whatever method worked.  For a while, I followed this, and found it was amazingly helpful.  Now, I have a more casual approach, and enjoy reflecting on "the good things" each night.  I acknowledge, though, there are times it is a struggle.

Nonetheless, gratitude may be the most powerful virtue of all, and must be nurtured.  Finding ways, then, to aid us in the nurturing process is critical. We will reap the benefits, I believe, in every aspect of our lives -- business, home, community, world.

What have you found to help you maintain an "attitude of gratitude?" I would love to hear it.

 

Comments

[Merri Taylor, Here2Assist]

The AssistU VTP fieldwork included weekly call preps that asked about challenges as well opportunites that are currently available to me. It created for me a daily/weekly habit of being aware of opportunities. I may have gone through each day without that tool and been very unaware of the good things in front of me. But that tool was a place to capture notes about people or events that I could be grateful for. When I go back and look at even one week (let alone 5 months worth of call preps), there's written proof of the blessings that I could be grateful for. I completed the VTP a few weeks ago, but need to continue the habit of keeping a journal or log that captures those many blessing that I might otherwise overlook.