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Do You Need an Attitude Bailout?
By Art Sobczak on Sep 30, 2008 in Self Motivation
The stock market tanked yesterday. Biggest drop ever. The bailout plan was rejected. Listen to some people in the media and you’d think life will cease to exist.
I’m a news junkie, but I actually quit watching, reading, and listening for a while. I don’t need the poisonous thinking. My stock holdings are worth a LOT less today than yesterday. Can’t do anything about that. One thing I do know: They always go back up.
And oh, the sun came up brilliantly here in Arizona this morning. I noticed stores were still open. The gym was too. So the first thing I did was control the one thing I have total control over: My attitude.
As I have long preached, most everything you accomplish in life and sales is due to how you feel, which then results in what you do.
Many people are in a perpetual negativity cycle. They look at everything through a mud-covered filter, and their actions and lives follow suit.
Others, probably the people you know who are the most successful…the doers, the movers, the producers, the people who make things happen…those are the ones who control what they can and aren’t affected by negative thinking. Hopefully you are in that group.
I’m doing two things for you today to contribute to your positive attitude, if you will allow it.
First, I’m sharing some ideas below from my friend, Dr. Allan Zimmerman, about positive attitude.
And, I’ve also put together a special “Attitude Bailout Incentive Package,” which is an audio seminar Dr. 
Zimmerman did with me for members of my Telesales Success Inner Circle. You can see this at http://www.BusinessByPhone.com/Zimmerman.htm
1. Do Not Catch the Other Person’s Disease
This refers to the negative thoughts and words of others around you,and the media. Stay away from the people you know will pull you down with their whining and complaining. Turn off the TV. Read something inspirational, or listen to motivational recordings.
2. Say Something Positive to Everyone
When you speak positively to others, you brighten up their day, and you can’t help but feel better about yourself. (Of course, with some negative folks, you will have to work at this.)
3. Practice Positive Expectations
If you are not getting what you want, perhaps your expectations are too low. In Dr. Zimmerman’s book, “Pivot-How One Turn in Attitude Can Lead to Success,” he quotes Dr.Norman Vincent Peale, who said, “There is another kind of poverty-one most people never think about-and it’s thepoverty of expectations.” When you expect good things to happen, they seem to take place, not due to some cosmic magic, but because you are LOOKING for the good things, and you tend to MAKE them happen.
4.Use the Positive “But”
In Dr. Zimmerman’s Peak Performance Boot Camps he has participants to draw a line down the center of a piece of paper. On the top left side they write Problems, and on the right, Blessings. For every Problem, he has them counter it with a Blessing. For example, “I lost a big sale, BUT I learned why and will be able to prevent that same thing from happening.” “I am overweight, BUT I am healthy enough to get on an exercise program and do something about it.”
5. Find a Reason to Celebrate
No matter how gloomy a situation is, if you look for it, you can find a reason to celebrate. Dr. Ira Greenberg, head of the Behavioral Studies Institute, urges people to succeed at something every day. He said, “Each day, do something you can be proud of. Each night take pleasure in remembering it.”
For those who have been through my training or books, you know that we always have a Secondary Objective on calls, something we can accomplish regardless of whether or not we accomplish the Primary Objective.
6. Do it Now
It’s tough to consistently feel good about yourself if you let your ideas pass, or you put them on hold. Conversely, it’s difficult to feel down or depressed when you are in action, working toward some goal. What is it that you always wanted, but never have started moving toward? What’s stopping you other than you? Do it now!
Alan Zimmerman is truly one of the leaders today in maximizing peak performance and attitude. I regularly re-read his book, “Pivot,” and listen to the audio seminar he did for my members. I want you to enjoy the benefits and results of his words as well. That’s why, until this Friday at 5 p.m., I offering this audio seminar at HALF of the regular investment. Regularly, it’s $59. And, you can download it right now, along with the file of the written transcript. You can see complete details, hear a sample, and order at http://www.BusinessByPhone.com/Zimmerman.htm
1 Comment(s)
By Russ Salo on Oct 19, 2008 | Reply
Another great blog is Canadian born Jim Estils “CWO Blog Time Leadership” - Jim took a sale of 2 computers sold from the back of his station wagon into a 1.6 B - that’s B billion $$ co. here in Canada -& owns from what I hear 640 million $$ of RIM - the Blackberry Co. - he talks about even just writing down the steps for the next job - “Do it now” = even if that’s all you can do it’ll spurn you on to great things -
Russ
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