- Developing a Positive Mental Attitude: “In Martin Seligman’s twenty-two-year study at the University of Pennsylvania, summarized in his book Learned Optimism, he determined that optimism is the most important quality you can develop for personal and professional success and happiness. Optimistic people seem to be more effective in almost every area of life. It turns out that optimists have four special behaviors, all learned through practice and repetition. First, optimists look for the good in every situation. No matter what goes wrong, they always look for something good or beneficial. And not surprisingly, they always seem to find it. Second, optimists always seek the valuable lesson in every setback or difficulty. They believe that ‘difficulties come not to obstruct but to instruct.’ They believe that each setback or obstacle contains a valuable lesson they can learn and grow from, and they are determined to find it. Third, optimists always look for the solution to every problem. Instead of blaming or complaining when things go wrong, they become action oriented. They ask questions like ‘What’s the solution? What can we do now? What’s the next step?’ Fourth, optimists think and talk continually about their goals. They think about what they want and how to get it. They think and talk about the future and where they are going rather than the past and where they came from. They are always looking forward rather than backward.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 86-87
- “When you’re looking for someone to solve problems in the world, there is no they,” he said. “The they is you, son.” The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game (Steinberg, Leigh; Arkush, Michael) – Kindle Location 274-276
- “If you want to move to another room, you have to get up and move step by step in that direction. Just sitting in your chair and demanding that you be in the other room will not work. It’s the same thing. We all want our problem to be over with, but we don’t want to do the small things that will add up to the solution.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 50
- “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” (Albert Einstein)
- “The only real solutions to many of the serious problems facing our world today are spiritual, not political or economic. Racism, violence, and hate crimes, for example, are spiritual problems, and their only real solution is spiritual.” Religion and Government, Elder Wilford W. Andersen Of the Seventy