TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

                                                             YOUR LIFE

               I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS BOOK. IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE TRULY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING YOUR INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL. YET, READING THIS BOOK IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP TO LIVING THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE. WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THESE IDEAS - AND TAKE ACTION TO IMPLEMENT THEM - YOU'RE ON THE WAY TO CREATING SOME EXCITING BREAKTHOUGHTS IN YOUR LIFE.

          YOU MAY HAVE SEEN STATTISTICS THAT ONLY ABOUT FIVE PRECENT OF THE POPULATION REACHES A HIGH LEVEL OF SUCCESS. WHY IS THAT? AFTER 20 YEARS OF RESEARCH, I'M CONVINCED IT COMES DOWN TO THIS.

          IT'S THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, KNOWING THAT HIS THOUGHTS WILL BECOME HIS REALITY.

         IT'S THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO WATCHES THE WORDS HE USES,KNOWING THAT HE'S PROGRAMMING HIS MIND FOR SUCCESS, MEDIOCRITY OR FAILURE. IT'S THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE GUTS TO CONFRONT HER FEARS, BECUAUSE THAT'S WHERE HER POTENTIAL WILL BE DEVELOPED - BY DOING THINGS SHE'S AFRAID TO DO.

       IT'S THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO LOOKS FOR THE SILVER LINING IN EVERY DARK CLOUD.

       AND IT'S THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO MAKE A COMMITMENT, FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ... AND HAS THE PERSISTENCE TO GET THE JOB DONE.

        I CHALLENGE YOU TO BE ONE OF THOSE RARE INDIVIDUALS.

       YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MORE THAN YOU EVER DREAMED. YOU HAVE GREATNESS WITHIN YOU... AND YOUR ATTITUDE IS THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THAT POTENTIAL. CHANGING MY ATTITUDE CHANGED MY LIFE. AND IF A BETTER ATTITUDE CAN WORK MIRACLES IN MY LIFE. IT CAN WORK MIRACLES IN YOURS!

       I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THESE WORDS FROM DR. CHARLESS SWINDOLL, WHO CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF ATTITUDE - AND HOW IT DOMINATES THE DIRECTION OF OUR LIVES.

      THE LONGER I LIVE, THE MORE I REALIZE THE IMPACT OF ATTITUDE ON LIFE. ATTITUDE, TO ME, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FACTS. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PAST, THAN EDUCATION, THAN MONEY, THAN CIRCUMSTANCES, THAN FAILURES, THAN SUCCESSES, THAN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OR SAY OR DO . IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN APPEARANCE, GIFTEDESS OR SKILL. IT WILL MAKE OR BREAK A COMPANY ... A CHURCH... A HOME.

             THE REMARKABLE THING IS WE HAVE A CHOICE EVERY DAY REGARDING THE ATTITUDE WE WILL EMBRACE FOR THAT DAY. WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR PAST... WE CANNOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WILL ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY. WE CANNOT CHANGE THE INEVITABLE. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS PLAY ON THE ONE STRING WE HAVE, AND THAT IS OUR ATTITUDE.

           I AM CONVINCED THAT LIFE IS 10 PERCENT WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AND 90 PERCENT HOW I REACT TO IT. AND SO IT IS WITH YOU ...  WE ARE IN CHANGE OF OUR ATTITUDES.

          PRETTY POWERFUL WORDS, AREN'T THEY? DO WHAT CHARLESS SWINDOLL SUGGESTS AND "PLAY ON THE ONE STRING YOU HAVE" - YOUR ATTITUDE. 

         NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR ATTITUDE. NOW IS THE TIME TO START CREATING MIRACLES IN YOUR OWN LIFE.

         GO AHEAD - BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. HAVE THE COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. AND ABOVE ALL, NEVER, NEVER FORGET THAT... ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING !

                                MAY GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY....

                                                 LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE

                SURE, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SHARE OF PROBLEMS AND ADVERSITIES IN LIFE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES YOU DENY YOUR EMOTIONS OR REFUSE TO FACE REALITY. WHAT I MA SAYING IS DON'T IMMEDIATELY JUDGE YOUR SITUATION AS A TRAGEDY AND DWELL ON HOW HAD OFF YOU ARE. SOMETIMES YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO INSTANTLY SPOT THE BENEFIT THAT WILL COME FROM BEING IN YOUR SITUATION ... BUT IT DOES EXIST.

        YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN VIEW YOUR PROBLEMS AS NEGATIVE AND BECOME GLOOMY AND DEPRESSED ABOUT THEM. LET ME ASSURE YOU THIS APPROACH WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE. OR, YOU CAN SEE EVERY SEEMINGLY NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE AS AN OPPORTUNITY.. AS SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN FORM... AS SOMETHING YOU CAN GROW FROM. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. YOUR PROBLEMS ARE THERE TO SERVE YOU - NOT TO DESTROY YOU!

          SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU SUFFER A PROBLEM OR SEBACK IN YOUR LIFE, DON'T  GET DISCOURAGED OR GIVE UP. DON'T LET PROBLEMS CLOUD YOUR ATTITUDE WINDOW FOREVER. CLEAR OFF THAT CLOUDY WINDOW. YOU MAY FIND, AFTER THE DUST SETTLES, THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE BETTER THAN YOU DID BEFORE ! JUST REMEMBER THE WORDS OF NAPOLEON  HILL.

          EVERY ADVERSITY CARRIS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT OR GREATER BENEFIT. CONTINUALLY ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM YOUR TRYING EXPERIENCE AND FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD AND GROWING AS A PERSON. IT TIMES OF CRISIS, ALWAYS STRIVE TO MAINTAIN AN OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE AND AN OPEN MIND - FOR THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO FIND THE BENEFIT IN YOUR DIFFICULTY.

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