POSITIVE ATTITUDE: THE FIRST KEY TO WHAT HAPPENS IN YOU

Poet and novelist James Joyce said, "Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it." The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness. And middle leaders are usually the busiest people in an organization.

As you move forward on the success journey, you need to remember that what happens in you is more important than what happens to you.

we are today where our thoughts have brought us, and we will go tomorrow where our thoughts take us.

Only when you make the right changes to your thinking do other things begin to turn out right.

A belief is not just an idea that you possess; it is an idea that possesses you.

Ben Franklin quipped, Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall receive it. Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.

Psychologist William James said, That which holds our attention determines our action. In other words, your behavior follows your attitude. The two cannot be separated. As author LeRoy Eims says, How can you know what is in your heart? Look at your behavior.

The most important person you ever talk to is yourself, so be careful what you say. The most important person you will evaluate is yourself, so be careful what you think. The most important person you will love is yourself, so be careful what you do.

The thoughts in your mind will always be more important than the things in your life. Choose happiness.

But here's the good news: maintaining the right attitude is easier than regaining the right attitude.

A Chinese proverb I came across gives insight: "Assume a cheerfulness you do not feel, and shortly you feel the cheerfulness you assumed." Or as editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard says, "Be pleasant until 10 a.m. and the rest of the day will take care of itself." When you get up in the morning, you need to remind yourself of the decision you've made to have a positive attitude.