Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
March 27, 2006 Issue 191
From the Desk of Bob
We are nearing 600 subscribers of Monday Morning Motivations–a huge milestone for us–and are thankful to each and every one of our faithful readers and new subscribers. Please feel free to let others know about this weekly dose of positive and encouraging information. (There’s even a forward button at the bottom of this email, to make it easier for you to pass along this e-paper to your friends and associates.)
We have now completed Issue #191, to date. That’s 191 consecutive weekly publications! Anyone who has ever attempted to produce a weekly newsletter knows the challenge and hard work that goes into producing it. I have the easy part–writing up the articles and such–while my dear wife, who is so kind and very supportive does all the formatting and editing and ad care work. Every once in a while I need to mention this, because people often assume that I do all this alone. I am so very blessed to be surrounded by several very sharp people who make my life easy and very enjoyable.
Enthusiastically, Bob
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Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Surround Yourself With Positive People
Be Somebody!
The Prairie Beacon
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
~Martha Washington~
"Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”
~Zig Ziglar~
"The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your ATTITUDE!”
~Dennis S. Brown~
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Seeds of Success: Surround Yourself With Positive People
By Robert A. Prentice
Have you ever noticed how it is so easy for we human beings to have our attitudes go straight into the pit of negativity? It takes such a lot of hard work, diligence and tenacity to keep one’s head on straight and attitude right. I learned many years ago that if I wanted to have any kind of success in my life that I needed to surround myself with positive people.
Yes, there was a time in my life that I did not understand this powerful principle, but now that I do, I want to encourage you to surround yourself with upbeat, positive, encouraging people, who can fill you up instead of drain you dry–people who spread their energy and enthusiasm for life everywhere they go. Oh, it is so much easier to keep your attitude where it needs to be when you are surrounded by such people, who have attitudes that are truly contagious and worth catching! What a difference it makes in helping you to operate at your peak level of efficiency!
Be aware, though, that if your own attitudes are negative, while at the same time you are trying to attract more positive people to you, you will be disappointed. Because positive people need to be around other positive people, they avoid negative people like the plague. (The reverse is also true; negative people attract other negative people so they can feed off of each other’s negativity. Yuck!)
One other side note: Please understand I am not saying that surrounding yourself with positive people means you have to find people who have no negative situations and challenges in their lives and only hang around them. On the contrary, your goal is to surround yourself with people who, even when they are in the midst of trying and difficult circumstances, are able to view those challenges and respond to them in a positive way.
Just in case you are not convinced, here are some of the benefits of surrounding yourself with other positive people:
• Positive people will often times pick you up, when you’ve hit a brick wall.
• Positive people will encourage you with words and kind deeds.
• Positive people will have empathy because they understand challenging and difficult times.
• Positive people will check up on you to see how you are doing.
• Positive people will ask you about your priorities and can help to point you in the right direction.
• Positive people will take negatives and turn them into positives.
• Positive people will tell others about you and this can, and often does lead to a positive impact on your financial situation.
I am truly blessed and so humbled because I have surrounded myself with hundreds–and possibly thousands– of some of the most positive people on this planet. How about you? Will you make a commitment to be a positive person with the right kinds of attitudes? This is a personal decision only you can make for yourself. How will you choose to live today?
Be Somebody
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
Make all your friends feel there is something special in them.
Look at the sunny side of everything.
Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.
Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
Give everyone a smile.
Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others.
Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
~Author Unknown~
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The Prairie Beacon
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