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CHAPTER 1: KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Your attitude is your own creation. If it isn’t great,
make it so. Stay fired up! Expect only the best.
Then work to make that happen.

If your attitude is bad it is on you. Fix it ASAP.

The good man reaps the fruit of his paths. Proverbs
14:14

Point number one is to keep a positive

attitude. It’s a fairly amazing reality that we choose

our own attitude. We can choose to be optimistic,
or we can choose to be discouraged and depressed.

We have all met people who have chosen to be
miserable. I can’t explain that, but it’s not for me.

And I don’t think it’s for you either.

Here are a couple of useful ideas about

attitude. Dale Carnegie makes a great point in his
book called How to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your

Life when he says we are better off if we “count your
blessings and not your troubles.” That we are far

better off if we pay more attention to those things

that are right or great than to those that are
imperfect or could be troubling.

An amazing reality is that there never was a

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