Imagination + Positive Attitude = Altitude
by People talk a lot about attitude equaling one’s eventual altitude or measure of success. And that’s all true. One of the other key points I would add to this is imagination. The workings of the mind dictate that imagination and attitude feed off each other and create a kind of cerebral fuel that powers successful people even further forward.
If your imagination had inspired you to chisel out the first stone wheel and roll it down a hill wouldn’t that have excited you?. Do you agree that the level of excitement you would have felt probably would have fueled your attitude about putting the wheel to work for you in some way? Sure!
When we let our imaginations soar we solve problems, we write great novels, inspire others and even design great machines. Our imaginations have made the United States of America the greatest nation on earth. People don’t risk their lives to leave our country but many do to get into the U.S..
Positive to negative attitudes: We’re born with positive attitudes. Our attitudes are shaped by events (falling off chairs, etc when we’re children). Children think they can do anything until they get hurt. Our attitudes can be modified by scholastic failures or physical limitations. And even though we eventually come to grips with the shake-up of our youthful attitudes we still fall prey to the incessant abuse to our adult attitudes. “You can’t do that. You’re not intelligent enough to accomplish this. You’re not old enough to obtain something. Always tell yourself that you CAN do something!
Imaginative to unimaginative: Youth surely is the fountain of ideas but age and experience know how to direct the water. As I said, “imagination and attitude feed off each other”. If you have grown from the hardships of living life and ignore the criticisms of your family and peers you probably have a good imagination and the attitude of a winner. A healthy combination of imagination and attitude is that which differentiates the C.E.O. from one of his executives. With education, experience and attitude you might end up as an executive. But not without the imagination part. If you have let life beat you down and think others know more about what you can do than you do, then you’re probably a loser. Sorry, but that’s the way life judges you.
There are a lot of self-help books, tapes and seminars out there to help you if you’ve given up on everything and even mental health experts. If, however you know that you know that you know you still have the imagination and attitude of a super achiever even if it’s to start your own small business then you owe it to yourself to try. Try right now! Take a leap of faith and get out of the kiddy pool. It’s time to swim with the successful folks of this country. It’s time to take control of your life and income, too. Your idea, knowledge or special way of doing something could help many, many people and enrich you at the same time. Would you want to go to your grave without even trying? How many great ideas are buried in the cemeteries of our country?
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