Have you ever told someone that you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed?We ofthe feel like we can't help feeling crabby,but mood swings can be reversed.We can control our moods.Think aboutthat fro a second.There are so many things wew can't control.
,forces we are powerless to change because so much.
of life is unpredictable.We can't control the weather.We can't control the world economy and the national debt and so many things that are a part of our lives.
But we can control our moods.A mood is simply a reflection of our attitude and we certainly can change our attitude.
The strategy is really no different than the one we use in trying to lose weight or ger a promotion.
or accomplish any other goal.We devise a discipline-an organized plan of attack-and work towards that goal.In this case,it's the development of "positive" as an attitude.This is something we can teach ourselves to do.
For example,when someone asks you at work how you are doing,why not answer,"i feel great."Do you always feel great?No.
But why make you co-worker feel bad or uncomfortable too?You've begun a whole cycle of .
negativity.Again,it's an attitude.A good attitude.
and a bad attitude are really just two different ways of looking at the same situation.
Here's another example.You have a big work project.
due on the boss's desk tomorrow morning.You are up againse a formidable deadline,the work equivalent of having a gun pointed at your head.
And you are half-done.Now there are two ways to look at the project.You can either bemoan your fate and worry aboutall the work you still have left to do.Or you can tell yourself that half of it is already done,and you are certainly better.
off than when you first started the project.
That's yur choice:is the glass half-empty or half-full?That's the choice we have everymoning when .
we get out of bed.
Now don't misunderstand.I'm not saying we should.
all be Pollyanna every day and walkaround with our.
head in the clouds,devoid of all reality.
