Posts with the ‘Positivity’ tag
Positivity or negativity? It boils down to making a choice. Choosing negativity limits who will follow us. The attitudes we display go a long way in determining what type of leader we are and how many followers we have. Do we choose our attitudes, or do we let our circumstances or other people choose them […]
When you are dealt a bad hand, you can choose to exercise great Positivity or you can wallow in self-pity. It is your choice. Iesha Champs made her choice. She chose her attitude and went from homeless to law school. Read her story and see how great Positivity can change your world.
“Your attitude is a choice. Make a different choice!” My dad, The General, always had a way with words. No matter how big my pity party was, he could cut right through it with that statement. Telling me I could change my attitude was teaching me to exercise Positivity.
“I deserve more!” A lot of dysfunctional attitudes can be traced back to this one statement. It is another way of saying, “I am entitled.” When I am not happy with my day, my week or my life, I can usually trace it back to a feeling of entitlement. The belief that any of us […]
In 2015, the first female graduates of the Army’s Ranger School set an example for all of us for Positivity and getting things done. They overcame unique obstacles as trailblazers in what has been an all-male enterprise. Plus, they overcame the traditional obstacles that have stopped generations of would-be male Rangers from earning the title […]
Sometimes I witness something that makes my blood boil. I see a kid dismiss a coach’s advice during a game. They give the coach that “whatever” look or in some cases even verbalize their bad attitude. I want to jump out of the stands and shake them. I want to say, “Who are you to […]
He called it playing the Devil’s Advocate. We just called him the Devil. We were getting nowhere – as usual. Every time a new idea was brought up, the Devil poked holes in it. As soon as he began to speak, you could see the joy and enthusiasm get sucked out of the room. Everyone would look at the […]
Some people would say we were DAL. I prefer to say we were the team that made the Top 71 teams possible. Unfortunately, there were only 72 teams. I was pushing every button and using every motivational trick I could think of to improve my sales team’s performance. I had never failed before and I […]
