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“Our attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective.”


A thought by John C. Maxwell from his book, How High Will You Climb? (p. 25). HarpersCollins Leadership Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

I have found that to be very much the case.

John tells us, “The result of that truth: the accomplishment of uncommon goals. I have keenly observed the different approaches and results achieved by a positive thinker and by a person filled with fear and apprehension.

“Example: When Goliath came up against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, He’s so big we can never kill him. David looked at the same giant and thought, He’s so big I can’t miss.”

He then says, “Moody Bible Institute president George Sweeting, in his sermon entitled ‘Attitude Makes the Difference,’ tells about a Scotsman who was an extremely hard worker and expected all the men under him to be the same. His men would tease him, ‘Scotty, don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day?’ ‘Yes,’ he would answer, ‘I know that. But I wasn’t foreman on that job.’

“The people whose attitude causes them to approach life from an entirely positive perspective are not always understood. They are what some would call ‘no-limit’ people. In other words, they don’t accept the normal limitations of life like most people. They are unwilling to accept the accepted just because it is accepted. Their responses to self-limiting conditions will probably be a ‘Why?’ instead of an ‘Okay.’ They have limitations in life. Their gifts are not so plentiful that they cannot fail. But they are determined to walk to the very edge of their potential or the potential of a project before they accept a defeat.

“This mind-set allows a person to start each day with a positive disposition, like the elevator operator on Monday morning. The elevator was full, and the man began humming a tune. One passenger seemed particularly irritated by the man’s mood and snapped, ‘What are you so happy about?’ ‘Well, sir,’ replied the man happily, ‘I ain’t never lived this day before!’

John goes on, “The future not only looks bright when the attitude is right, but also the present is much more enjoyable. The positive person understands that the journey is as enjoyable as the destination.”

That is so true, isn’t it?

Yes, yes!
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