Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
April 28, 2008 Issue 298
From the Desk of Bob
Happy Monday!
There is nothing in the world like the start of something new. A fresh start is smart. Clean off your desk. Clean out the car. Tackle these tasks with enthusiasm and gusto.
Make sure you do not pile another weeks worth of work on top of what you already have collected. Make a commitment to yourself this week to tackle the toughest projects on your to do list. Do not let those tough one's beat you. Take charge. Overcome. Press On. Be hold!
There is POWER in PERSISTENCE! Bob
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In this week's issue
Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Problems vs. Challenges
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
Sasha Azevedo: "I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them."
Anonymous: "Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm."
Joshua J. Marine: "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
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Seeds of Success: Problems vs. Challenges
By Robert A. Prentice
What if, from this minute forward, you began to see every difficulty in life as a challenge to be overcome rather than a problem, interruption, irritation, or a hassle to be gotten rid of? It's never hard to spot the problems in life and it's pretty easy to go around exposing them for the world to see. It doesn't take much effort to complain and fret about how difficult a particular problem is making your life.
However, true greatness requires an entirely different kind of person, one who is able to recognize the challenges within the difficulties and immediately starts looking for a creative and innovative solution to the issues at hand.
When you are able to see the negatives of life as a challenge, you will be more tenacious in looking and uncovering all kinds of possible solutions because you will be able to see the possibilities and opportunities at hand. As you approach the situation more as a puzzle to be solved or something to be conquered, you are much more apt to find the answers you are looking for because you are thinking in a more positive direction. (Don't we all know that negativity can be a real blocker to creativity!)
Sharing possible solutions with others to capture their opinions, thoughts, perspectives and attitudes is vital, and will be helpful when it comes time to implement change.
Opportunities will abound for you in your work when you see things differently than your co-workers. When they see the problem, you will see the opportunity within the challenge. You will enthusiastically seize the opportunity, because you have determined to think "challenge" instead of "problem" while your co-workers will often continue to stick their head in the sand, hoping the problems will solve themselves.
So what have you got to lose, if you decide to rip the word "problem" right out of your vocabulary, today, and replace it with the word "challenge"? Choose now to take action, and keep on taking action on the challenges in your life, and you will see all the problems disappear.
On the Sunny Side of Life
While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication,
Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor, "It is essential that husbands and wives know each other's likes and dislikes."
He addressed the man, "Can you name your wife's favorite flower?"
Tom leaned over, touched his wife's arm gently and whispered, "It's Pillsbury, isn't it?
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