Popular writer and author, Norman Vincent Peale said,
''Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it,
for that determines our success or failure''
Sometimes you wonder why some people fail in the same business that others succeed in. And they still give you excuses for failure while others are succeeding. Life is full of twists and turns and our attitude determines how we react to events. Positive attitude is the foundation for success. This is the reason why people that are positive in their attitude are always successful.
Great people are not measured by financial and material assets only but also by their feelings, attitudes and relationships. If your attitude is negative, your life is restricted. Your success at work will be limited. You will have fewer friends. Your enjoyment of life will be less. The reason for this is that negative attitude comes with an atmosphere of impossibilities.
Let me share a famous life history with you. There was a man who failed in business at the age of 21; was defeated in a legislative race at age 22; failed again in business at the age of 24; his sweetheart died when he was age 26; had a nervous breakdown at age 27; lost a congressional race at age 49; and was elected president of the United States at age 52. This man was Abraham Lincoln.
This man had a handfull of setbacks and disappointments but refused to give up. He could have quit, hung his head in shame, and gone back to his law practice. But to Lincoln, defeat was a detour, not a dead end. His positive attitude towards life kept him in the face of trials and he was regarded as one of the best presidents of the United States. You want to be successful in life? Then embrace positive attitude, its the foundation required.
Changing the world through positive influence. Cheers.
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